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  8.    <name>G Mundy</name>
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  13.      <title>How To Paint A Superhero T-shirt</title>
  14.      <link href="http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?post/2020/How-To-Paint-A-Superhero-Tshirt" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="How To Paint A Superhero T-shirt" />
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  16.      <published>2020-02-05T18:00:00+00:00</published>
  17.                    <updated>2020-02-05T18:00:00+00:00</updated>
  18.            <author>
  19.        <name>G Mundy</name>
  20.      </author>
  21.              <dc:subject>How To..</dc:subject>
  22.                    <dc:subject>acrylics</dc:subject>
  23.              <dc:subject>art</dc:subject>
  24.              <dc:subject>bleach</dc:subject>
  25.              <dc:subject>fabric</dc:subject>
  26.              <dc:subject>how to</dc:subject>
  27.              <dc:subject>painting</dc:subject>
  28.              <dc:subject>spiderman</dc:subject>
  29.              <dc:subject>superhero</dc:subject>
  30.              <dc:subject>t-shirt</dc:subject>
  31.              <dc:subject>tshirt</dc:subject>
  32.              <dc:subject>wearable</dc:subject>
  33.            <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/public/spidey/Spi-2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/public/spidey/.Spi-2_t.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;float:left; margin: 0 1em 1em 0;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Here follows a guide to using fabric paint on a dark T-shirt.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  34. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;This design features Spiderman leaping from an explosion background.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
  35. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;I also used a technique for the background of the image using bleach to lighten the fabric, however this part is optional.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  36.  
  37. &lt;hr /&gt;        &lt;p&gt;While I have shown a superhero you can apply these techniques to other designs.&lt;/p&gt;
  38.  
  39.  
  40. &lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;mark&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alert&lt;/strong&gt;, Children should not use bleach. Please seek adult assistance or skip this step of the sequence.&lt;/mark&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  41.  
  42.  
  43. &lt;p&gt;Adults may also be quite happy to skip the bleach section and have some fun with the fabric paints and develop your own design.&lt;/p&gt;
  44.  
  45.  
  46. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First here is what you need:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
  47. &lt;em&gt;Black t-shirt, water, acrylic paint, small brushes, fabric medium, trace-down paper, masking tape, water spray bottle, paper towel, gloves, a board to put your tshirt on, paintbrush, clamps, patience.&lt;/em&gt;...plus time
  48. &lt;em&gt;Optional: Bleach, toothbrush, eye protection. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  49.  
  50.  
  51. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THE BEGINNING&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  52. &lt;em&gt;Black t-shirt, a board, tracedown paper, masking tape, clamps, computer &amp;amp; printer and design for t-shirt at correct size&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  53.  
  54.  
  55. &lt;p&gt;The design was developed on computer, or you can use your own sketches, remembering to keep the focus towards the top of the front portion of the T-shirt as this is where it will be seen when worn, you don't want it too low.&lt;/p&gt;
  56.  
  57.  
  58. &lt;p&gt;I found some athletic poses for the figure and using a computer printed it at what I felt was a good size. I modified this with a more recent version of the Spiderman costume.&lt;/p&gt;
  59.  
  60.  
  61. &lt;p&gt;After finding a black t-shirt I placed the board inside the t-shirt to keep the material flat and avoid seeping through to the back. I attached it with clamps to make movingit about and working on it easier.&lt;/p&gt;
  62.  
  63.  
  64. &lt;p&gt;I traced the designs outline onto the t-shirt using white tracedown paper.
  65. &lt;img src=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/public/spidey/.Spidey0_m.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;((/public/spidey/.Spidey0_m.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Peel off the tape.&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  66.  
  67.  
  68. &lt;p&gt;Then I use pieces of tape to mask out the shape of the figure. And yes this was very fiddly. (Alternatively I could have cut out the entire shape very carefully from one sheet of paper or another substance good for masking).&lt;/p&gt;
  69.  
  70. &lt;hr /&gt;
  71.  
  72. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THE BACKGROUND&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  73.  
  74.  
  75. &lt;p&gt;The background is worked on first. You can either drip, splat or dribble paint to create the background, or do the following step that involves &lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Bleach. The background must be light in order that the shape of Spiderman is clear later on.&lt;/p&gt;
  76.  
  77.  
  78. &lt;p&gt;&lt;ins&gt;The following part can be skipped if you don't want to use chemicals.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  79.  
  80.  
  81. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Water spray bottle, Toothbrush, Eye protection, Gloves, Bleach, Paper towel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  82.  
  83.  
  84. &lt;p&gt;This step involved spraying diluted bleach (50% water added) from a spray bottle over the design to make the black area fade. (This must be done in an area with good ventilation)&lt;br /&gt;
  85. &lt;img src=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/public/spidey/.spidey1_m.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Figure masked and protected. Bleach being sprayed onto the fabric&quot; style=&quot;display:table; margin:0 auto;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  86.  
  87.  
  88. &lt;p&gt;The more you spray the lighter the tone will become. You can hold the bottle away from the surface to get a wider fainter area and move it closer to get a stronger smaller fade in the fabric. There is a delayed reaction for the fade to appear so don't try this part in a rush.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  89.  
  90.  
  91. &lt;p&gt;Then wait and let dry.&lt;br /&gt;
  92. &lt;img src=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/public/spidey/.spidey2_m.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;More bleach dripped and flicked on to the T-shirt&quot; style=&quot;display:table; margin:0 auto;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  93.  
  94.  
  95. &lt;p&gt;Repeat above as necessary until you are satisfied. The result will depend on the concentration of bleach and water and the t-shirt itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  96.  
  97.  
  98. &lt;p&gt;Avoid letting spray droplets build up on the tape as it can bleed through gaps or cause tape to lift off. I suggest a tissue to keep the masked area dry.
  99. You can add flicks of bleach or drips on to the surface to add to the design here too.&lt;/p&gt;
  100.  
  101.  
  102. &lt;p&gt;Once all is dry you can peel off the mask to reveal the silhouette.
  103. &lt;img src=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/public/spidey/.spidey3_m.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Masking tape peeled off to reveal the protected silhouette of spiderman.&quot; style=&quot;display:table; margin:0 auto;&quot; /&gt;
  104. &lt;img src=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/public/spidey/.Spidey4_m.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;oops, my masking suffered a bit of leakage.&quot; style=&quot;display:table; margin:0 auto;&quot; title=&quot;oops, my masking suffered a bit of leakage.&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  105.  
  106. &lt;hr /&gt;
  107.  
  108. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THE FIGURE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Water, Acrylic Paint, Fabric Medium, Paper towel, Small Brushes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  109.  
  110.  
  111. &lt;p&gt;I painted over the unwanted breaks in the silhouette and began painting the figure itself and the details. I kept the colours dark as the light is behind the figure here .
  112. &lt;img src=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/public/spidey/.spidey5_m.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Bleach marks covered and a few elements painted in.&quot; style=&quot;display:table; margin:0 auto;&quot; /&gt;
  113. &lt;img src=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/public/spidey/.spidey6_m.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;More work on the suit and adjusting highlights and shadows.&quot; style=&quot;display:table; margin:0 auto;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  114.  
  115.  
  116. &lt;p&gt;I used artists acrylic paint mixed with a fabric medium to paint the figure.  The material of the T-shirt does move as you apply the paint and the fabric itself soaks up the paint, these two factors take a little getting used to.&lt;/p&gt;
  117.  
  118.  
  119. &lt;p&gt;One must remember, with any acrylic paint, to keep brushes moist and never let them dry out. If you finish with a brush clean and dry it with a paper towel.&lt;/p&gt;
  120.  
  121.  
  122. &lt;p&gt;Here is the finished design
  123. &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/public/spidey/Spi-2.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Spiderman T-shirt Finished&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/public/spidey/.Spi-2_m.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Spiderman T-shirt Finished&quot; style=&quot;display:table; margin:0 auto;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  124.  
  125.  
  126. &lt;p&gt;To top it off I also added a small logo on the back of the t-shirt.
  127. &lt;img src=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/public/spidey/.spideyBack_m.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Spiderman logo added to the back for a finishing touch.&quot; style=&quot;display:table; margin:0 auto;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  128.  
  129.  
  130. &lt;p&gt;Once satisfied I let it dry for the required time before washing. (important, check the paint manufacturers instructions)&lt;/p&gt;
  131.  
  132.  
  133. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ADDITIONAL NOTES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  134. &lt;ul&gt;
  135. &lt;li&gt;What colour the bleach turns your fabric is dependant on the fabric and the dyes used as the black. Mine turned shades of orange. I tested it on the inside hem of the tshirt before starting, to see what it did.&lt;/li&gt;
  136. &lt;li&gt;In hindsight I might be tempted to just paint the figure over the background and avoid the masking process, though I might wash it between those stages.&lt;/li&gt;
  137. &lt;li&gt;Some fabric paint requires heat (e.g. Ironing) to seal and set it. The brand I used (Liquitex) did not require this but needed some time left alone before washing.&lt;/li&gt;
  138. &lt;/ul&gt;</content>
  139.      
  140.          </entry>
  141.      <entry>
  142.      <title>BP Portrait Award Statistics infographic</title>
  143.      <link href="http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?post/2018/BP-PORTRAIT-AWARD-STATISTICS-infographic" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="BP Portrait Award Statistics infographic" />
  144.      <id>urn:md5:ec5bb6da32fc6ebd6afa9e5133af9f86</id>
  145.      <published>2018-09-04T21:09:00+01:00</published>
  146.              <updated>2020-01-26T17:18:43+00:00</updated>
  147.                  <author>
  148.        <name>G Mundy</name>
  149.      </author>
  150.              <dc:subject>Infographic</dc:subject>
  151.                    <dc:subject>art</dc:subject>
  152.              <dc:subject>artists</dc:subject>
  153.              <dc:subject>Average Age</dc:subject>
  154.              <dc:subject>awarded</dc:subject>
  155.              <dc:subject>BP Portrait Award</dc:subject>
  156.              <dc:subject>comparison</dc:subject>
  157.              <dc:subject>competitions</dc:subject>
  158.              <dc:subject>exhibition</dc:subject>
  159.              <dc:subject>Formal Training</dc:subject>
  160.              <dc:subject>history</dc:subject>
  161.              <dc:subject>infographic</dc:subject>
  162.              <dc:subject>London</dc:subject>
  163.              <dc:subject>Medium</dc:subject>
  164.              <dc:subject>National Portrait Gallery</dc:subject>
  165.              <dc:subject>oil</dc:subject>
  166.              <dc:subject>paintings</dc:subject>
  167.              <dc:subject>portrait</dc:subject>
  168.              <dc:subject>Previous Selection</dc:subject>
  169.              <dc:subject>statistics</dc:subject>
  170.              <dc:subject>stats</dc:subject>
  171.              <dc:subject>Style</dc:subject>
  172.              <dc:subject>Winners</dc:subject>
  173.            <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The following infographic is based on the BP Portrait Awards between 2008 &amp;amp; 2018.&lt;br /&gt;The BP Portrait Award is arguably one of the most prestigious art competitions in the art calendar and takes place annually at London's National Portrait Gallery.&lt;br /&gt;I looked into style, size, medium and subject matter, among other details, that may be useful to artists thinking of entering or those just curious.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  174.  
  175. &lt;hr /&gt;        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/public/BP_PortraitAWD_stats.jpg&quot; title=&quot;BP_PortraitAWD_stats.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/public/.BP_PortraitAWD_stats_m.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;BP_PortraitAWD_stats.jpg&quot; style=&quot;float:left; margin: 0 1em 1em 0;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The BP Portrait Award is arguably one of the most prestigious art in the art world calendar.  This annual portrait competition takes place at London's National Portrait Gallery.
  176. The competition began in 1980 and sponsorship was later taken over by British Petroleum in 1989.
  177. A £30,000 prize is up for grabs, plus a commission. Thus attracting about 2000 artists each year for hopeful inclusion in the (usually) 55 selected artworks of the exhibition.
  178. Visitors to the exhibition are also able to vote for their favourite portrait and each year sees a ‘Visitors Choice’ awarded to the public's preferred artist.&lt;/p&gt;
  179.  
  180.  
  181. &lt;p&gt;The following infographic is based on the BP Portrait Awards from 2008 to 2018.
  182. Maybe one day I’ll go back to 1980 when it began. . . when I have the time.&lt;/p&gt;
  183.  
  184.  
  185. &lt;p&gt;I was just curious to know if it leaned a certain way, a general impression was that not much other than oil paintings seem to win but I looked into style, size and subject matter, among others, that may be useful to artists thinking of entering or those just curious.__&lt;/p&gt;
  186.  
  187. &lt;p style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;
  188. The phrase &lt;b&gt;Winners&lt;/b&gt; refers to those that achieved 1st place and the prize money. I have not included second or third placed artists.&lt;br&gt;
  189. The &lt;b&gt;Size&lt;/b&gt; graphic represents the smallest, largest and average size from past exhibitions, the paintings represented as squares in proportion to each other to make comparison easier. &lt;br&gt;
  190. &lt;b&gt;Subject&lt;/b&gt; is based on common subject found in the paintings. The phrase 'child' means either a child is a subject or is a young child of the artist. 'other family member' may relate to an older child of the artist. (note: I assumed one portrait was of a 'stranger' as I was unable to get details of the subjects relationship to the artist, but it seemed most likely.) &lt;br&gt;
  191. &lt;b&gt;Formal Training&lt;/b&gt; refers to those with some education and training and do not refer to themselves as self taught.&lt;br&gt;
  192. The phrase &lt;b&gt;Previous Selection&lt;/b&gt; refers to those artists who have entered the competition and have had works selected and exhibited in the portrait exhibition in years previous to their winning entry&lt;br&gt;
  193. The &lt;b&gt;Average Age&lt;/b&gt; section is a rough calculation to the nearest year of their life when the artist won the award.&lt;br&gt;
  194. The &lt;b&gt;Monochrome&lt;/b&gt; item was about full colour versus single colour/black &amp; white images.&lt;br&gt;
  195. The &lt;b&gt;Nationality&lt;/b&gt; section shows by font size in what proportion a nationality has won the prize.&lt;br&gt;
  196. &lt;b&gt;Style&lt;/b&gt; is a little subjective but I placed each portrait somewhere on a spectrum that ranged from abstract and barely recognizable as a face, to hyper realistic in order to establish a value to average out.&lt;br&gt;
  197. The &lt;b&gt;Medium&lt;/b&gt; section has only three substances as these are the only permitted mediums in the exhibition.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  198.  
  199.  
  200.  
  201. &lt;p&gt;I also included winners of the Visitors Choice award for comparison in the ‘Subject’ and ‘Style’ category just to see if judges and the public vote differently.&lt;/p&gt;
  202.  
  203.  
  204.  
  205. &lt;p&gt;Sources:&lt;/p&gt;
  206. &lt;ul&gt;
  207. &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BP_Portrait_Award&quot; hreflang=&quot;en&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia &quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BP_Portrait_Award&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  208. &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/bp-portrait-award-2018/exhibition/&quot; hreflang=&quot;en&quot; title=&quot;National Portrait Gallery&quot;&gt;https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/bp-portrait-award-2018/exhibition/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  209. &lt;li&gt;Plus some individual artists websites to confirm details.&lt;/li&gt;
  210. &lt;/ul&gt;
  211.  
  212.  
  213. &lt;p&gt;DOWNLOAD JPG :&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/public/BP_PortraitAWD_stats.jpg&quot; title=&quot;BP_PortraitAWD_stats.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/public/.BP_PortraitAWD_stats_t.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;BP_PortraitAWD_stats.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
  214. DOWNLOAD GIF :&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/public/BP_PrtAwrd_InfoG.gif&quot; title=&quot;BP_portraitAWD.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/public/.BP_PrtAwrd_InfoG_t.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;BP_portraitAWD.gif&quot; title=&quot;BP_portraitAWD.gif&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
  215. DOWNLOAD PDF :&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/public/BP_PrtAwrd_InfoG.pdf&quot;&gt;BP PrtAwrd InfoG.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  216.      
  217.          </entry>
  218.      <entry>
  219.      <title>How to Find Time to Paint.</title>
  220.      <link href="http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?post/2017/How-to-Find-Time-to-Paint." rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="How to Find Time to Paint." />
  221.      <id>urn:md5:f1eda955527ac031d935f871fb445bb3</id>
  222.      <published>2017-03-04T17:37:00+00:00</published>
  223.              <updated>2018-09-04T20:49:56+01:00</updated>
  224.                  <author>
  225.        <name>G Mundy</name>
  226.      </author>
  227.              <dc:subject>How To..</dc:subject>
  228.                    <dc:subject>encourage</dc:subject>
  229.              <dc:subject>find</dc:subject>
  230.              <dc:subject>quiet</dc:subject>
  231.              <dc:subject>sketch</dc:subject>
  232.              <dc:subject>sketch books</dc:subject>
  233.              <dc:subject>time</dc:subject>
  234.              <dc:subject>visualise</dc:subject>
  235.            <content type="html">        &lt;p&gt;A lot of artists I meet have other jobs and/or families, their 'art &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/time&quot;&gt;time&lt;/a&gt;' can vary from a large proportion of the day to just a few hours per week, or month!
  236. A problem faced by those of us that like painting, drawing or doing 'our art', is the perpetual problem of finding time to do it during our hectic lives. I hear the  phrase, &quot;&lt;em&gt;I just cant fit it in&lt;/em&gt;&quot; regularly. And I am often asked &quot;&lt;em&gt;how do you &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/find&quot;&gt;find&lt;/a&gt; the time?&lt;/em&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;
  237.  
  238.  
  239. &lt;p&gt;Though I'm getting better at getting in the creative mood at a drop of a hat, there is nothing like knowing you have 'X' amount of time to do something. Then you can look forward to it, work up to it, plan in your head what you will do to make best use of it, for that reason alone its worth trying occasionally to have a good chunk of time to invest in yourself and your art. This brings us to our first problem;&lt;/p&gt;
  240.  
  241.  
  242. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Problem 1: Other people don't value that creativity requires focussed time.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  243. For some reason, if I say to people I'm going to be painting tomorrow, they seems to interpret that it means I have nothing serious planed, that I have free time and I have all day to waste and chosen to just do some colouring in or something,
  244. I find people will endeavour to talk you into doing something they feel is more worthy of your time.&lt;/p&gt;
  245.  
  246.  
  247. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Problem 2: Is our time less important than other peoples'?&lt;/strong&gt;
  248. &lt;br /&gt;
  249. As in the examples in problem 1, we the artist are also guilty of devaluing our time. When something has to give we often cut our art time to make way for other things. However, try and make space for it as best you can.&lt;/p&gt;
  250.  
  251.  
  252. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Problem 3: Time Management&lt;/strong&gt;
  253. &lt;br /&gt;
  254. A couple of tips below for tackling the problem of time management. The former seeks to make space for sizeable chunks of time to be creative. The latter is for finding snippets of time overlooked in the day.
  255. &lt;br /&gt;
  256. &lt;em&gt;Reorganise your day&lt;/em&gt;
  257. &lt;br /&gt;
  258. As humans we can procrastinate, and when we muddle through a day we inevitably waste time but I recommend examining how you use your day/week. See if you can increase or decrease time of other activities, effectively see if you can do other things more efficiently. And think, does everything you do need to be done that way? You may find some things are done out of habit? For example -  eating at a certain time could be moved earlier for one day.
  259. &lt;br /&gt;
  260. &lt;em&gt;Wasted time&lt;/em&gt;
  261. &lt;br /&gt;
  262. Don't forget art time can also be snippets of the day in some cases, all adding up to something bigger. So tweak daily routine in your favour. I cut out &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/time&quot;&gt;time&lt;/a&gt; I waste on mobile phones or listening to music while out and about. Now I often &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/sketch&quot;&gt;sketch&lt;/a&gt; my surroundings, jot down ideas or mentally &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/visualise&quot;&gt;visualise&lt;/a&gt; me painting my next projects and how I'm going to approach it. All during these small easily overlooked parts of the day.&lt;/p&gt;
  263.  
  264.  
  265. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Problem 3: Ease of access&lt;/strong&gt;
  266. &lt;br /&gt;
  267. It seems simple but if doing your art is obstructed by some effort and is in any way complicated by something you are less likely to do it. To give an example, for me I felt the need to sketch more but taking around large, medium or small &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/sketch%20books&quot;&gt;sketch books&lt;/a&gt; proved impractical and I either didn't use them or left them at home. Instead now I often take out a tiny 7 x 9cm sketch book that fits In my pocket. It means it's no bother to carry and is there when I have a few moments.
  268. As much as we may all want a huge studio, this is impractical for many, I've seen people with improvised drawing boards on their kitchen table or easels tucked in a corner of a room. The fact of the matter is it has to be easy to use, just 'there' and waiting ready to go. No getting things out a cupboard or from under the bed and no setting up.&lt;/p&gt;
  269.  
  270.  
  271. &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;***&lt;/p&gt;
  272.  
  273.  
  274. &lt;p&gt;This may all sound a bit selfish. Me, my time, my art, my space etc but as a fellow artist I hereby give you permission to be selfish. Its OK to make people wait. Its fine to not answer the phone once in a while, its acceptable to say you have something on at the weekend when all you intend to do is have some &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/quiet&quot;&gt;quiet&lt;/a&gt; time to paint and not be interrupted. Its OK to not go out after work and instead be at one with your art like you planned to do. Don't sideline it, instead embrace it, &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/encourage&quot;&gt;encourage&lt;/a&gt; it into the light.&lt;/p&gt;
  275.  
  276.  
  277. &lt;p&gt;A healthy dose of discipline is required to make all this happen, there are so many demands of our time. &lt;br /&gt;
  278. But do try and make room for art in your day, you will feel better for it and your art will benefit from it.&lt;/p&gt;
  279.  
  280.  
  281. &lt;p&gt;In summary here are a few pointers to increase your art time;&lt;/p&gt;
  282.  
  283.  
  284. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To get more art time;&lt;/strong&gt;
  285. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  286. &lt;ul&gt;
  287. &lt;li&gt;Schedule it and make it routine – make it an ordinary occurrence, not an uncommon event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  288. &lt;li&gt;Make it clear to family and friends how valuable time to do your art is to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  289. &lt;li&gt;Manage time effectively.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  290. &lt;li&gt;Plan ahead to avoid calendar conflicts. And make sure you have materials you need ready. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  291. &lt;li&gt;Make it easy, find ways to have materials ready.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  292. &lt;li&gt;Think realistically what you can do in short gaps during day or week – what art can be achieved in that time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  293. &lt;li&gt;Assert your right to be a bit artistically selfish.&lt;/li&gt;
  294. &lt;/ul&gt;
  295.  
  296.  
  297. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;During art Time&lt;/strong&gt;
  298. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  299. &lt;ul&gt;
  300. &lt;li&gt;Turn off phone, TV, radio, computer to avoid distractions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  301. &lt;li&gt;Be determined not to find other things to 'just do quickly'&lt;/li&gt;
  302. &lt;/ul&gt;</content>
  303.      
  304.          </entry>
  305.      <entry>
  306.      <title>iPod v I Draw – using travel to practise art</title>
  307.      <link href="http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?post/2016/iPod-v-I-Draw-%E2%80%93-using-travel-to-practise-art" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="iPod v I Draw – using travel to practise art" />
  308.      <id>urn:md5:150b988e3bf3f872329d415639bdb239</id>
  309.      <published>2016-10-16T17:57:00+01:00</published>
  310.              <updated>2020-01-26T17:26:58+00:00</updated>
  311.                  <author>
  312.        <name>G Mundy</name>
  313.      </author>
  314.              <dc:subject>Urban Sketching</dc:subject>
  315.                    <dc:subject>artist</dc:subject>
  316.              <dc:subject>bus</dc:subject>
  317.              <dc:subject>creative</dc:subject>
  318.              <dc:subject>drawing</dc:subject>
  319.              <dc:subject>metro</dc:subject>
  320.              <dc:subject>pen</dc:subject>
  321.              <dc:subject>public transport</dc:subject>
  322.              <dc:subject>sketch</dc:subject>
  323.              <dc:subject>sketching</dc:subject>
  324.              <dc:subject>subway</dc:subject>
  325.              <dc:subject>tube</dc:subject>
  326.              <dc:subject>underground</dc:subject>
  327.            <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A little post about why we should, and how to draw, on public transport. &lt;br /&gt;Drawing on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/tube&quot;&gt;tube&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/underground&quot;&gt;underground&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/metro&quot;&gt;metro&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/subway&quot;&gt;subway&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/bus&quot;&gt;bus&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/public%20transport&quot;&gt;public transport&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  328.  
  329. &lt;hr /&gt;        &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/public/.Steps_s.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Steps.JPG&quot; style=&quot;float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;&quot; /&gt;When using public transport there are so many people with earphones in listening to music, or looking at their phones, entertaining themselves during their commute. I often use this time to practise &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/drawing&quot;&gt;drawing&lt;/a&gt; my fellow passengers or other things that catch my interest. In fact I rarely use gadgets when commuting and either &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/sketch&quot;&gt;sketch&lt;/a&gt; my surroundings or if without some tools, think about how I'd sketch something that catches my attention.&lt;/p&gt;
  330.  
  331.  
  332. &lt;p&gt;To do so I use a small notebook that is easy to fit in a pocket and thus more likely to be used. (I find it has to be practical or I wont do it!). Additonally the small size is less conspicuous allowing me to draw in relative obscurity and blend in with the crowd.&lt;/p&gt;
  333.  
  334.  
  335. &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/public/.pen_s.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;pen.JPG&quot; style=&quot;float:left; margin: 0 1em 1em 0;&quot; /&gt;While I may use pencil I often use a trusty old ball point &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/pen&quot;&gt;pen&lt;/a&gt; for my sketches. I find this trains the brain to dismiss the notion that the next mark may not be 'right' but to just assertively go for it. One must also be pragmatic, this is only a &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/sketch&quot;&gt;sketch&lt;/a&gt;, I'll be doing another soon, if it goes wrong its not a biggie.&lt;/p&gt;
  336.  
  337.  
  338. &lt;p&gt;There are of course problems - the fact that you are in motion, lots of unplanned jumps and bumps mean you cant be too precious about any one &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/drawing&quot;&gt;drawing&lt;/a&gt;.
  339. Also a passenger may get up and walk off at any moment. So I draw quick, deciding rapidly what I want to concentrate on, a particular part or the whole person.&lt;/p&gt;
  340.  
  341.  
  342. &lt;p&gt;Why do I do this you may ask. For one, practise. The more you draw the better you get, finding time to do things is a pressure we all struggle with and I now see journeys as extra sketch time. In fact I do it in waiting rooms or anywhere I may have the opportunity.
  343. Secondly, us artists like to exercise creativity and with other pressures in life its good way to get a &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/creative&quot;&gt;creative&lt;/a&gt; fix.
  344. Thirdly, As any &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/artist&quot;&gt;artist&lt;/a&gt; will attest, when painting or drawing time passes quickly, the same can be said for &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/sketching&quot;&gt;sketching&lt;/a&gt; during my travels, long journeys pass much faster!&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  345.      
  346.          </entry>
  347.      <entry>
  348.      <title>First Post - Whats this blog about?</title>
  349.      <link href="http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?post/2016/First-Post-Whats-this-blog-about" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="First Post - Whats this blog about?" />
  350.      <id>urn:md5:e0e505f3b50e32260e8e9fe375b2fba3</id>
  351.      <published>2016-09-22T18:20:00+01:00</published>
  352.              <updated>2020-01-26T17:36:04+00:00</updated>
  353.                  <author>
  354.        <name>G Mundy</name>
  355.      </author>
  356.              <dc:subject>General</dc:subject>
  357.                    <dc:subject>art</dc:subject>
  358.              <dc:subject>blog</dc:subject>
  359.              <dc:subject>MundyArt</dc:subject>
  360.              <dc:subject>painting</dc:subject>
  361.              <dc:subject>paintings</dc:subject>
  362.              <dc:subject>tips</dc:subject>
  363.            <content type="html">        &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/public/.p-trait_t.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;p-trait.jpg&quot; title=&quot;p-trait.jpg, Sep 2016&quot; /&gt; Hello reader! my website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mundyart.co.uk&quot; title=&quot;MundyArt Website&quot;&gt;www.mundyart.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; displays my work and a little about me, This &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/blog&quot;&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt; is more about what goes on behind the scenes, my thoughts on &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/art&quot;&gt;art&lt;/a&gt;, and what I'm up to when I'm not &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/painting&quot;&gt;painting&lt;/a&gt;. I'll even give some &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/tips&quot;&gt;tips&lt;/a&gt; and secrets for those interested in my &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mundyart.co.uk/index.php?tag/painting&quot;&gt;painting&lt;/a&gt; techniques.&lt;/p&gt;
  364.  
  365.  
  366. &lt;p&gt;My &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/mundyart&quot; title=&quot;MundyArt&quot;&gt;Facebook page&lt;/a&gt; and this will probably converge at times.&lt;/p&gt;
  367.  
  368.  
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  370.  
  371.  
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