Covid Hobbies

[STDFR33]

Has anyone taken up anything interesting to pass the time?

I’ve continued to work but have been enjoying a couple of crosswords and a coffee in the garden to break up the day.

We have also done family quizzes each week. We’ve done countdown, tenable, catchphrase and pub quizzes to name a few.
Last week we did a pub quiz where each household picked a category and had to dress up as their category. We picked the animal kingdom and I dressed up as the Tiger King. Exhibit A:
https://ibb.co/g7P0QHy

We’ve also found some really nice walks ... I didn’t realise we had so much countryside within a ten minute drive. Frustratingly, we’ve found some very nice pubs that we can’t go into!

 

[Gordon - Commercial Finance]

I've learned how to powder coat, and got all the necessary equipment to do it out in the shed. I'm now taking every conceivable part off my motorbike to get it coated black. Very therapeutic!

Also bought a PS4 so I'm reliving my youth and sitting up until all hours playing games.

 

[Mr D]

Slowly learning to play the guitar, a few minutes at a time. Adapting to single strings, sheer size of the instrument and different tuning. But fun.

 

[BustersDogs]

I already had enough hobbies distracting me from work, I turned instead to trying to sort out my garden after years of ignoring it in the hope it would go away.

 

[AndyBowness]

I've really got back into photography. My business is camera accessories, so I'm always around cameras, but had been using my own for fun less and less. Now I take my camera out each day on a walk. It's been really refreshing.

 

[Deleted member 59730]

but have been enjoying a couple of crosswords and a coffee in the garden to break up the day.

Normal day for me.

I turned instead to trying to sort out my garden after years of ignoring it in the hope it would go away.

Leave it wild and study the wildlife.

 

[MOIC]

Painting . . . . .watercolours, acrylics, Chinese paints.

Very very relaxing!

 

[alan1302]

Painting . . . . .watercolours, acrylics, Chinese paints.

Very very relaxing!

What is Chinese Paints? I know the other 2 but not heard of that before.

 

[MOIC]

What is Chinese Paints? I know the other 2 but not heard of that before.

They're specially formulated (water based) to paint on rice paper. Usually larger size paintings (3ft. 4ft, 5ft. 6ft +)

 

[Deleted member 59730]

What is Chinese Paints? I know the other 2 but not heard of that before.

Special techniques. More time spent in contemplation and meditation than actually touching the paper. The white spaces are just as important as the ink marks.

 

[alan1302]

They're specially formulated (water based) to paint on rice paper. Usually larger size paintings (3ft. 4ft, 5ft. 6ft +)

Ah, ok - have learnt something new today...think I'll stick with smaller stuff for now - I like oil pastels and recently started using gouache.

 

[alan1302]

Special techniques. More time spent in contemplation and meditation than actually touching the paper. The white spaces are just as important as the ink marks.

My painting is like that although more thinking about what to do than peaceful meditation! LOL

 

[MOIC]

Ah, ok - have learnt something new today...think I'll stick with smaller stuff for now - I like oil pastels and recently started using gouache.

I sometimes mix gouache with my watercolors.

'Chinese painting' is totally different to watercolors, gouache, acrylics and oils. The brushes used are different (usually, goat or squirrel and much larger so hold much more paint than traditional brushes used with watercolors, acrylics and oils) and strokes are 'carefree' and as @atmosbob mentioned, important attention is taken on leaving white areas as part of the finished painting.

I find it more relaxing than other mediums and can often be more creative with the strokes and choice of (limited) colours. Greyscale is often used throughout Chinese paintings, sometimes with the addition of just one or two colours to add interest to a painting.

 

[STDFR33]

acrylics!

I didn’t have you down for having fancy nails.

 

[BustersDogs]

Normal day for me.

Leave it wild and study the wildlife.

It was a wildlife garden to start with, but need to do something with the bottom because I have zero shade in summer, so can't use it. I will be making a patio in a shaded area, then letting the wildlife have it back again.

Also all the plants in the wildlife ponds died when I was home boarding dogs, so getting them planted up again.

 

[MOIC]

I didn’t have you down for having fancy nails.

I better not mention my cross dressing then . . . . .

 

[CVRO]

Making pizza from scratch. It took many attempts to get the dough just right.
I'm now moving on to hydroponics and, by the looks of it, I may have found something even more finicky than pizza doughs.

 

[MOIC]

Hydroponics - That's the way to go.

Every home should have a system in their kitchen and eat fresh hand picked salad and vegetables every day.

It will happen in the near future.

 

[JEREMY HAWKE]

I've learned how to powder coat, and got all the necessary equipment to do it out in the shed. I'm now taking every conceivable part off my motorbike to get it coated black. Very therapeutic!

Also bought a PS4 so I'm reliving my youth and sitting up until all hours playing games.

That is such a useful skill to have I am always sending things down to the powder coaters .

I had some old raking done around Christmas and it looks like I just had it made

 

[Gordon - Commercial Finance]

That is such a useful skill to have I am always sending things down to the powder coaters .

I had some old raking done around Christmas and it looks like I just had it made

Anything you want done that you can send up here?? I need the practice

 

[JEREMY HAWKE]

Anything you want done that you can send up here?? I need the practice

Its a nice drive

 

[marakana88]

working full time in office. but my girlfriend working from home and she starts playing puzzles)) very interesting hobby

 

[CVRO]

Every home should have a system in their kitchen and eat fresh hand picked salad and vegetables every day.

You are the second person to tell me this in the last few days...

 

[jo.ann]

it's a good time to try new things, you may not like everything, but you will find something that interests you and devote your free time to it. Exercises in front of a computer, cooking, listening to good music or manual work. At this time, the internet offers even more possibilities and inspiration.

 

[alan1302]

Exercises in front of a computer, cooking, listening to good music or manual work.

I prefer sitting at computer, eating takeaways, listening to bad music and no work

 

[Scottishgifts4u]

Building scale models which I haven’t done since I was a kid.

Although to be honest it’s a retirement hobby rather than a Covid 19 hobby.

 

[johndon68]

Building scale models which I haven’t done since I was a kid.

Again, not strictly a COVID 19 hobby, lockdown has enabled me to make big progress on a 40' long model railway I've been planning for years...

 

[Clodbuster]

Something I've been putting off for years so not a hobby - painted out the entire house. Because that has been done the Minister for Home Industry has insisted on new carpets and furniture.
Wish I had not started.

 

[estwig]

I've got a great pastime for the lockdown, being a single fella living on my own, I went from a flat out hectic lifestyle to, doing nothing, overnight.

Since then I completely lost the plot for the first 6 weeks and have spent the last 6 weeks or so looking for it, without any success. If you do find my plot, please post it back to me, I miss it!