My Books

Paul has published four books: Drawing for Science, Invention & Discovery, Drawing to Learn Anything, his memoirs; Classroom Catastrophe’s (under the pseudonym Peter Carling), and his debut Young Adult Fiction novel the Arthrobot Scriptures.

  • The Arthrobot Scriptures

    I used AI to create some illustrations for my young adult fiction novel, the Arthrobot Scriptures which is out on Amazon. It’s a humorous adventure about an old woman who has her brain uploaded into a robotic insect and must… Continue reading

    The Arthrobot Scriptures
  • Classroom Catastrophe’s: Silver Spoon

    Describe something you learned in high school. The thing I learned in school was that there are some people with a hell of a lot more advantage than others. For example, there are people my age now who talk about… Continue reading

    Classroom Catastrophe’s: Silver Spoon
  • Classroom Catastrophes: My opening line

    You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence? The opening paragraph to my autobiographical book Classroom Catastrophes is: Autobiographies tend to be written by famous people who have led incredibly rich and exciting lives, so I suppose I’d better start… Continue reading

    Classroom Catastrophes: My opening line
  • The Arthrobot Scriptures

    My new novel is finally in the Amazon bookstore. It’s only taken me over 15 years to get it to this point! I wrote and re-wrote it several times during this period, pushed it one side, abandoned it, then picked… Continue reading

    The Arthrobot Scriptures
  • Drawing to Learn Anything

    The exercises and techniques used in this post are contained in my book: Drawing to Learn Anything. Buy from www.paulcarneyarts.com Drawing to Learn Anything is a collection of ideas and explorations into how simple, non-skilled drawing can help you learn… Continue reading

    Drawing to Learn Anything
  • The best way to remember something is to make it memorable.

    Memory is an emotional, sensory and experiential process. Spaced retrieval is one way we can remember better, but there are other techniques have been shown to be just as, if not more, effective. The first way we remember anything is… Continue reading

    The best way to remember something is to make it memorable.
  • Drawing for Science, Invention & Discovery

    Buy it from: www.paulcarneyarts.com This book is aimed at all the scientists, mathematicians, engineers, pioneers and thinkers out there who understand the value of creative thinking in their field. It identifies some of the key cognitive processes that drive innovation,… Continue reading

    Drawing for Science, Invention & Discovery
  • Syllable Association Drawing (SAD) Memory Technique

    To remember complex words and terminology try the SAD technique that uses a combination of familiar, well-researched memory techniques. I don’t lay claim to inventing the memory techniques, only that I have developed a method of combining them into an… Continue reading

    Syllable Association Drawing (SAD) Memory Technique