{"id":9511,"date":"2013-01-08T09:17:41","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T09:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.jacksonsart.co.uk\/?p=9511"},"modified":"2019-03-09T21:17:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T21:17:45","slug":"resolve-to-have-a-creative-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/08\/resolve-to-have-a-creative-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Resolve to have a creative new year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/party-hats-small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9516\" title=\"party hats small\" src=\"http:\/\/jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/party-hats-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Happy New Year everyone<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Many New Year&#8217;s resolutions seem to be rather negative proposals about doing less of the things you enjoy.<br \/>\nI would like to suggest some positive possibilities and since this is an art oriented blog my list leans in that direction.<\/p>\n<p><em>This year I resolve to:<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>take more time for creativity.<\/strong> For some people creative time is not optional, it gets the same priority as bathing- you simply do it every day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>get organised.<\/strong> I don&#8217;t mind making a mess while I paint. But I don&#8217;t like to stop what I am doing to hunt for a colour of paint or a scalpel. Here are a few things to help with organisation. <em>(organised studio tip: leave time at the end of painting to clean your brushes, don&#8217;t leave them until next time.) <\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/Brands-A-Z_All_Brands-Specialist_Brands-Art_Bin\/c2200_1044_9133_26982\/index.html\">Art Bin Art Boxes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/Brands-A-Z_All_Brands-Specialist_Brands-Wooden_Storage_Boxes\/c2200_1044_9133_33107\/index.html\">Wooden Storage Boxes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/Art_Departments-A-Z_All_Departments-Art_Accessories-Brush_Accessories\/c2129_2128_36_400\/index.html\">Brush And Pencil Cases<br \/>\nand brush cleaning tanks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>try new things.<\/strong> I hear people talking about trying new mediums or techniques but never quite getting around to it. Why not try <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/Art_Departments-A-Z_All_Departments-Encaustic_Painting\/c2129_2128_1416\/index.html\">encaustic<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/Art_Departments-A-Z_All_Departments-Gouache_and_Egg_Tempera-Sennelier_Egg_Tempera\/c2129_2128_12556_12799\/index.html\">egg tempera<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/Art_Departments-A-Z_All_Departments-Silk_Painting\/c2129_2128_2201\/index.html\">silk painting<\/a>. You might find just what you have always been looking for.<\/p>\n<p><strong>expand my knowledge of art.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacksonsart.co.uk\/home.php?how_to_shop=medium&amp;this_medium=Books\">Books for artists at Jackson&#8217;s<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/Art_Departments-A-Z_All_Departments-Instructional_Art_DVDs\/c2129_2128_2161\/index.html\">Art Instruction DVDs<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.art-classes.org.uk\/\">Art Classes listings<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artcourses.co.uk\/\">Art Courses listings<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>spend time with art.<\/strong> This can be combined with the popular &#8220;spend more time with family and friends&#8221; resolution. Go see art together. Support your Arts!<br \/>\nHere is a good link to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artrabbit.com\">UK art listings<\/a> &#8211; there are many more!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: &lt;a href=;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9520\" title=\"fireworks.small\" src=\"http:\/\/jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/fireworks.small_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/fireworks.small_.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/fireworks.small_-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">Haaaaaaaapy New Year!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year everyone! 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