tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337048942024-03-07T19:23:55.804+00:00Planetmithi Bloglittlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.comBlogger391125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-23981286189765350572012-05-28T12:25:00.001+01:002012-05-29T11:22:03.101+01:00Bunt!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So its been a bit quiet around these parts - but I have been busy ... with the house and life in general. Have also slowy been getting back into illustration and this is my offering for the moment - BUNT... "A city wide , Bristol exhibition of illustrated wooden bunting, created by local illustrators and graphic designers celebrating the diverse wildlife of the South West in association with Bristol's <a href="http://biggreenweek.com/">Big Green Week</a>."<br />
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There you have it ... we were asked to choose as
animal/plant/invertebrate each from a list of threated/unique species
around these parts ... I decided to pick, well... more than one - two plants and three insects - as described below...<br />
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The news is the bunting will all get auctioned off at the end of June - not heard the details or who the money goes to, but will be sure to update here as soon as I do!<br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;"></span>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-39959217173928797942012-02-29T17:30:00.009+00:002012-02-29T18:08:06.766+00:00Dance Flyers and Baby Signs<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjozsiqVdy_X6Sm6nfCIBWiQz1FCNcxt86LMpc8ybtSwlrko0gmNo4fqESpBDnxB51CG4bki_xm6J7t8WHIDqMoSPMIkqye4SOQRIDqq9PCG2K6_6elbGFv70IKZtTAV-bHfKwrw/s1600/cardiffteaserweb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 560px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjozsiqVdy_X6Sm6nfCIBWiQz1FCNcxt86LMpc8ybtSwlrko0gmNo4fqESpBDnxB51CG4bki_xm6J7t8WHIDqMoSPMIkqye4SOQRIDqq9PCG2K6_6elbGFv70IKZtTAV-bHfKwrw/s800/cardiffteaserweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714614283237619394" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPkF0eZ70f3uJsx4O1TfxhdwHghz3in_y5h0b1mUUETdv7lF6aEp4nzL8JgvRMgBJUrvapmUwVBKj436KlTpfW5JPp5E_ZRmz1gLH9Pzyu9P_CtzHgD4domY6MIsAjUeSiH9Ijg/s1600/Cardiffmainweb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 560px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPkF0eZ70f3uJsx4O1TfxhdwHghz3in_y5h0b1mUUETdv7lF6aEp4nzL8JgvRMgBJUrvapmUwVBKj436KlTpfW5JPp5E_ZRmz1gLH9Pzyu9P_CtzHgD4domY6MIsAjUeSiH9Ijg/s800/Cardiffmainweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714614286235936850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Oh dear, I have been mighty absent from this blog, haven't I? I have been busy with life (as you can see on my <a href="http://wooyayhooray.blogspot.com/">other blog</a>). But I have also been illustrating. Here's some stuff I made up for our dance club - yes, its a re-hashing of <a href="http://planetmithi.blogspot.com/2010/07/trotting-with-mr-fox-revisited.html">these</a>, but thats what I was asked for ... these little dancing people proove to be popular!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCf4ELiCNdgIab4c_zeIDUAH1ntOS71s5FLZSbV394in8xc-q95f0nsUty0k9kKaW79kkj8cJq_lGtfdfwKf5nZVC01AoLYHQZznmgLt1vYYMWZhxyMlsN9Tckp0WZENBAd0h3JQ/s1600/Comiusweb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 560px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCf4ELiCNdgIab4c_zeIDUAH1ntOS71s5FLZSbV394in8xc-q95f0nsUty0k9kKaW79kkj8cJq_lGtfdfwKf5nZVC01AoLYHQZznmgLt1vYYMWZhxyMlsN9Tckp0WZENBAd0h3JQ/s800/Comiusweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714617306679666178" border="0" /></a><br />I have also been busy with my <a href="http://planetmithi.blogspot.com/2011/10/signs-of-progress.html">hands</a> ... yes it was a <span style="font-style:italic;">very</span> long commission but part one of which has now finally finished. </span><span style="font-size:85%;">I did 400 black and white line drawing ones in the end</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> (100 words done in 4 languages). That commission now continues with <span style="font-style: italic;">colour images</span>. I think though the colour ones are only going to be in English. I've spent today making up the faces in colour - still needs a bit of work, but am happy with how they are coming along. What I'm worried about is how they will look with the hands. I think I may have to do some fading-out or knocking-back or adding drop shadows to make sure the hands pop forward of the bodies. But that's for another day ...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9s-TTJ2aDvL7PBw9_woketpvQPBHnrv4tSwnI5L53Jks24Pd49wLj8WUb1kImMbimjpTWGsXL9_0KK2gmW8p-q9IXFLXXPxT4LdNoMF7R3me3nqPTFG5TzmZprhEUAP216cCBFw/s1600/colourheadsweb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 560px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9s-TTJ2aDvL7PBw9_woketpvQPBHnrv4tSwnI5L53Jks24Pd49wLj8WUb1kImMbimjpTWGsXL9_0KK2gmW8p-q9IXFLXXPxT4LdNoMF7R3me3nqPTFG5TzmZprhEUAP216cCBFw/s800/colourheadsweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714619372552013202" border="0" /></a><br /></span>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-32307619289843272682011-11-04T23:26:00.003+00:002011-11-04T23:30:21.015+00:00Bluesbaby ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1NnBjdjlSPUn1bWRq5cqtTTJr60zOhuVtG9TKu4ay7C6chA6SOoN0Y9qfn8SGsJ73FvWK7iXoHmcd5T7hXEj28_uSX2H7cy58wzYhcUjdt4elGRkPr-KohJ-x7OEk4iSIBRnKzw/s1600/blues-angled-for-web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1NnBjdjlSPUn1bWRq5cqtTTJr60zOhuVtG9TKu4ay7C6chA6SOoN0Y9qfn8SGsJ73FvWK7iXoHmcd5T7hXEj28_uSX2H7cy58wzYhcUjdt4elGRkPr-KohJ-x7OEk4iSIBRnKzw/s800/blues-angled-for-web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671286467982477250" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hrnKsvqszggYJrg7_cE1lOTkSpeUhfnv2hd2UO18knpimsW3nEX8_L0kClPoKnteHcsPojBwv2Zs_PDOawJ8Fyx2symptDKYC6iL9rzThO570PFFwC15y0VyU4mRQxLQgkUqAw/s1600/NYBlues2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hrnKsvqszggYJrg7_cE1lOTkSpeUhfnv2hd2UO18knpimsW3nEX8_L0kClPoKnteHcsPojBwv2Zs_PDOawJ8Fyx2symptDKYC6iL9rzThO570PFFwC15y0VyU4mRQxLQgkUqAw/s800/NYBlues2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671286472055899362" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I'm still busy drawing hands ...but I'd totally forgotten that I'd also done these flyers for our dance club recently... thought I'd share them...</span>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-47326657566651544072011-10-24T15:43:00.002+01:002011-10-24T15:46:45.380+01:00Signs of progress<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2i1rHBGNFvarJw1_ZVKmfdT94ZsdAM5-dz6lzoLZbdrhuJyYfI-pHjSmumL3nsHfRrDNdFhatCx17rlKOrSXndDNep0l-a-yPPfpBuZTmenyaQN53sBfQ5khiAzm3MubevpLo1Q/s1600/babysignprogress.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 560px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2i1rHBGNFvarJw1_ZVKmfdT94ZsdAM5-dz6lzoLZbdrhuJyYfI-pHjSmumL3nsHfRrDNdFhatCx17rlKOrSXndDNep0l-a-yPPfpBuZTmenyaQN53sBfQ5khiAzm3MubevpLo1Q/s800/babysignprogress.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667069772311601954" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Work in progress ... have several hundred to do! Crikey ... better get on with it then ...</span></div>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-72980646771756176772011-10-10T14:34:00.003+01:002011-10-10T14:42:11.472+01:00Link love<span style="font-size:85%;">A quick note to say thank you to Craig at <a href="http://fishinkblog.wordpress.com">Fishink</a> for doing such a lovely feature on me last week ... <span style="font-size:78%;">(click banner image to go to article)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://fishinkblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/mithila-shafiq-from-einstein-to-alice/"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 560px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDL_D-QNtpgOVebaVHoVp4j5k7Qi-0W-g_2i5QxjnSJW8oYAXt89GOIIVsFMYUs_d_JNpm57f4v41VeryWMvHFEDahzKqsVHjWypDRBywMqb7Yr17VchurJsIUQUtX7ZdRai2Vbg/s800/Fishink-banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661856944766101074" border="0" /></a><br />And to the lovely pattern fanatics at <a href="http://paperbicyclecreative.blogspot.com">Paperbicycle</a> who voted my <a href="http://planetmithi.blogspot.com/2010/07/patterns.html">Bristol Ships pattern</a> as their winner for last month's pattern design contest... <span style="font-size:78%;">(click banner image to go to article)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://paperbicyclecreative.blogspot.com/2011/10/super-entries-winner-of-september.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 560px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBoiHJtTjB8tG2tPgBjzzJWeQNnhnWJR_rmfdcpfqYsszlsifSWCMPs6v9ISksLUJGb4jrc-_6ODNh0wsjwvJSUUbjXtpo_t3MsBmtYJKaGsG9NeHFePt_97W3xyfYa_QcJekOzg/s800/Paperbicycle-banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661856943632894498" border="0" /></a><br />Thank you!</span>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-28615888812985402942011-10-05T15:04:00.004+01:002011-10-15T19:52:12.456+01:00More hands...<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6CF3QOSR1TSlGGtGvUvz3LIh3_hzQz30sMDnWI2YkmG98ESe0c8ciR6vdx2JXC_zI2675Kby2OW4gDRFOQ7GnnIDi5QBIfwQt1ikBlGWb-45S4inGvdDo6pAW1OidGM1WvmWIA/s1600/morehandsandhands.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 560px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6CF3QOSR1TSlGGtGvUvz3LIh3_hzQz30sMDnWI2YkmG98ESe0c8ciR6vdx2JXC_zI2675Kby2OW4gDRFOQ7GnnIDi5QBIfwQt1ikBlGWb-45S4inGvdDo6pAW1OidGM1WvmWIA/s800/morehandsandhands.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663792803356150258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">... and some faces ... and lots of references (yes, thats multiple pictures I've taken of my hands on the webcam...)...</span><br /></div>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-3690238164908184832011-09-27T13:31:00.004+01:002011-09-27T13:35:43.002+01:00Hands<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXyyfP8rBorPTaigCHYaiF8al6YY6AQ3xhfiVvgwZRQIXsJlIx-_UXtXVfytA4GbMK4ohqS6pH3IXEOJDXv8VkKE6-Ucbq_LbOqtFOB5s55O8rVq00Hrl9Vf5IpZECmIUt6dfP1g/s1600/drawinghands1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 550px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXyyfP8rBorPTaigCHYaiF8al6YY6AQ3xhfiVvgwZRQIXsJlIx-_UXtXVfytA4GbMK4ohqS6pH3IXEOJDXv8VkKE6-Ucbq_LbOqtFOB5s55O8rVq00Hrl9Vf5IpZECmIUt6dfP1g/s800/drawinghands1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657016685681692978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Been drawing hands lately. Commission for a friend and want to do it well :)</span>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-20496011355224463322011-08-31T11:01:00.005+01:002011-09-27T13:36:45.410+01:00What's the sign for "update"?<span style="font-size:85%;">Sorry its been so quiet around here - we have been mega busy since we <a href="http://wooyayhooray.blogspot.com/2011/08/homeowners.html">bought our house</a>! Have a look at all the new house <a href="http://wooyayhooray.blogspot.com/search/label/DIY">DIY</a> posts over at my other blog.<br /><br />Also, have been asked if I want to do some illustrations for a baby sign course run by a lady I met when I was pregnant with <a href="http://planetmithi.blogspot.com/2011/03/he-had-such-beautiful-hands.html">Little Wind</a>. I've always been interested in the concept having seen friends communicationg with their toddlers pre-speech with it. Hope to one day be able to do the same for any kids we may have.<br /><br />Anyways, here's some samples I did for her - not the best - but had to try and fit it in in between all the DIY!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_IYm_2bYAbfDdCm5fZkNep5Es_jF3o8GObaPJouailb2j9s4T1lHb5GITt7n5RjCFimZTnDLIiHuebKKN0T8WE9vGif74UUBsEOvyugG2s-aTNMazE-1BFs3-Zd1MnHT73QrcDA/s1600/Test1web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_IYm_2bYAbfDdCm5fZkNep5Es_jF3o8GObaPJouailb2j9s4T1lHb5GITt7n5RjCFimZTnDLIiHuebKKN0T8WE9vGif74UUBsEOvyugG2s-aTNMazE-1BFs3-Zd1MnHT73QrcDA/s800/Test1web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646960111432342418" border="0" /></a></span>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-44120136222399080492011-07-13T20:08:00.007+01:002011-07-13T23:15:08.184+01:00Phew!<span style="font-size:85%;">Oh my goodness ... my computer has been pretty dead for the last month or so. I've had internet access on the laptop - but its the desktop I use with Potatoshop etc so image handling has been non-existent.<br /><br />ANYWAYS, in the mean time, the exciting news is WE ARE BUYING A HOUSE! .... infact, we are buying OUR house!!! Yes, after living here for 4 years we are going to transfer from being tenants - to being homeowners ... how exciting! To commemorate the occasion I am going to do a drawing of the house when we exchange/complete the purchase (should be in the next few weeks), but in the meantime, here is a drawing I did of it when we first moved here back in September 2007.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAqc_h-BAlsAxkKZVN2F8CfB2P613CVQfGAKN_6cuCnZJZ_e9pzxmSHkH0wfBht6kT0pvkcX_MmXlRqblRXV_kU7LZiU1ydPA0DTP8PP4i9X27eXqaZLpCOqShU4Nxwz6z6ZVRvQ/s1600/home.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 296px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAqc_h-BAlsAxkKZVN2F8CfB2P613CVQfGAKN_6cuCnZJZ_e9pzxmSHkH0wfBht6kT0pvkcX_MmXlRqblRXV_kU7LZiU1ydPA0DTP8PP4i9X27eXqaZLpCOqShU4Nxwz6z6ZVRvQ/s400/home.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628918056438830338" border="0" /></a></span>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-79045723804330050952011-05-24T13:38:00.003+01:002011-05-24T13:42:00.304+01:00Cards<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Aw850pgMNPaiCQlm-hBT3oDk0LRreGaQSLjPSTMURNjcST7oVTyoz7LTGncdvmqpv2hafVa8QP6aWEgH_gPvZgwhugifYBVeC4fSdG303Zl8_d3dZE7-cyEpSC1RHWrDM4KwPg/s1600/CongratulationsJ.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Aw850pgMNPaiCQlm-hBT3oDk0LRreGaQSLjPSTMURNjcST7oVTyoz7LTGncdvmqpv2hafVa8QP6aWEgH_gPvZgwhugifYBVeC4fSdG303Zl8_d3dZE7-cyEpSC1RHWrDM4KwPg/s800/CongratulationsJ.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610261622858974834" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Xfbzh9ui3Z12iStdK3YqRibQSfd2YujvlQuxxXnCHY18BaLX9PFswflwSx8Mg42EnDSvxz6mbDlH9fWjao1loRzoNeWYr4Ef0dfJcDstIvQ-GbQIVfZrT8O4SCx5YbIACtIaIg/s1600/lola%252BMrTwedding.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Xfbzh9ui3Z12iStdK3YqRibQSfd2YujvlQuxxXnCHY18BaLX9PFswflwSx8Mg42EnDSvxz6mbDlH9fWjao1loRzoNeWYr4Ef0dfJcDstIvQ-GbQIVfZrT8O4SCx5YbIACtIaIg/s800/lola%252BMrTwedding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610261618872041842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Have really gotten into the hand-made-cards-for-friends groove recently...</span>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-67576840309868108142011-05-03T12:42:00.003+01:002011-05-03T13:00:48.843+01:00Looking for creativity<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlEzFhEeFjFCO1cd-zf7vvXPyZvB7GL9kQJDMX5BrKOuQfZMaJqo4vFcPh4K9yMr-9E_GmxHIVf-EMveG-kClBjNUrZwIFLbJ_1AhNPcBDiuqNS8EFKickoW4O6iz-CWtw4xdvw/s1600/Welcome-babies.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 560px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlEzFhEeFjFCO1cd-zf7vvXPyZvB7GL9kQJDMX5BrKOuQfZMaJqo4vFcPh4K9yMr-9E_GmxHIVf-EMveG-kClBjNUrZwIFLbJ_1AhNPcBDiuqNS8EFKickoW4O6iz-CWtw4xdvw/s800/Welcome-babies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602455910290755234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Well, its been 8 weeks since we lost <a href="http://planetmithi.blogspot.com/2011/03/he-had-such-beautiful-hands.html">Little Wind</a>. How quickly time flies ... I could swear it was much slower when I was pregnant. Yesterday I spent the day making these two new-baby cards for the two new arrivals in our friends' circle. Felt good to be doing things with my hands again ... but also re-inforced the fact that we won't be getting any 'happy new baby' cards in July...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9hnet4d_kJQxgEAKnzl-X9SOkchADGV2YGZpxuXJ38yXTJEvUyGDCQPw64V_P8nA4UnWRJhXrzRVzrnX8nHxrMBwK3h8UXB-878YT8dHGO_m6Q-_kHhqsiLA7-t81cYQ0aSdgQ/s1600/birthday-and-bunny-04_2011.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 560px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9hnet4d_kJQxgEAKnzl-X9SOkchADGV2YGZpxuXJ38yXTJEvUyGDCQPw64V_P8nA4UnWRJhXrzRVzrnX8nHxrMBwK3h8UXB-878YT8dHGO_m6Q-_kHhqsiLA7-t81cYQ0aSdgQ/s800/birthday-and-bunny-04_2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602455923706654194" border="0" /></a>Also in April (since this is the blog where I was cataloging creative endevours), it was Sunshine's birthday and I made him some birthday bunting to go on his cake - which I also made (with the help of Sunshine's sister as I had never attempted making cake before); and we went for a <a href="http://vintage-velo.blogspot.com/">vintage velo cycle ride</a> here in Bristol on Bramble the tandem (see our photos <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drewandmithi/sets/72157626519198524/">here</a>)... Bunny had to come with us too so I made him some vintage wear as well (tweed waistcoat and cravat!). I have a few more outfit ideas for Bunny - he's become a bit of a family mascot since we lost Little Wind - so more sewing is on the agenda for the summer. And hopefully a few more creative projects to blog about. And who knows, maybe even some illustration ...</span>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-19785677557183080492011-03-22T18:15:00.002+00:002011-03-22T18:31:10.793+00:00He had such beautiful hands...<span style="font-size:78%;">This morning, Sunshine and I attended a funeral. It was just us, the chaplain, and the funeral director. We were saying goodbye to our <span style="font-style: italic;">Little Wind</span>.<br /><br />Two weeks ago Sunshine wrote this to tell our friends the news:<br /></span><blockquote><span style="font-size:78%;">He had such beautiful hands.<br /><br />On Monday morning there were some complications with the pregnancy, and we had to go to the hospital. At around 2:45pm on Monday 7/3/2011 Mithi went into labour. At 22 weeks there is no chance of a baby surviving, he did not open his eyes, nor took a breath. We spent some time with Little Wind, to say goodbye. He had such beautiful hands, with long elegant fingers.<br /><br />There were no signs of problems before Monday morning, and there was nothing that we or the doctors could do. The doctors and midwives at St Michaels in Bristol were fantastic.<br /><br />It was the worst day of our lives, in the worst week of our lives. There are a lot of tears here.<br /><br />Thank you to our many friends and family who are supporting us.<br />For Adam and Corrina, Mark and Nic, and our other friends who are expecting at the moment, we wish you all the best, really we do.<br />Lots of Love<br />Drew and Mithi</span></blockquote><span style="font-size:78%;">After the <a href="http://planetmithi.blogspot.com/2011/01/reflecting-on-2010.html">last post</a>, I really wish I had something positive to write here. Life had indeed got a bit better over February. My sickness had settled down; we had our scan at 19 weeks and Little Wind was looking wonderful and healthy; I'd even had my folks visit for a couple of weeks - and bump had really started showing in those two weeks too. I had grand plans of how I was going to re-start posting here.<br /><br />As you can imagine, those plans are on hold now for a bit while Sunshine and I try and get to grips with what has just happened to us. Sunshine has been my rock - despite having to deal with own grief, he has constantly been here for me. And so have all our friends and family - thank you everyone. And thank you to all those people who come and read my blog and join me on Planetmithi.<br /></span>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-68234315169124149902011-01-06T11:21:00.004+00:002011-01-06T12:23:09.262+00:00Reflecting on 2010<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Gosh, has it really been 2 months since I posted last? I don't know how many of you are going to be reading this - you must all be bored of my absence by now and given up coming here. But I thought it would be good for me to explain my absence, and also do a bit of reflecting as we head into 2011...</span><br /><br />I knew 2010 was going to be a tough year. It started off with us handing in all that we'd been up to in the first semester of my final year studying illustration. I'd worked really hard and was determined to concentrate wholly on my degree and nothing else this year. Unfortunately I wasn't really happy with the feedback I got from the tutors. I felt I hadn't quite achieved what I had wanted to and that made me quite sad. But I thought I still have another (my final) semester and I was going to pull myself up through it all.<br /><br />I worked really hard that last semester - but it always felt a bit unsatisfactory. My coursemates were all jumping over personal hurdles, and I just felt stuck. I worked so hard I exhausted myself. Eventually, during Easter break, Sunshine took me away to <a href="http://planetmithi.blogspot.com/2010/04/so-much-lots-of-things-to-do.html">Milan</a> for a few days. We were one of the last planes out before all the airports were shut down due to the Icelandic volcano eruption. So although Milan was great, it took us three extra days to get back to the UK travelling over land and sea. Somehow I felt I never quite managed to catch up with work after that.<br /><br />I wasn't particularly happy with my graduation grade; but I was too tired to care. We also had a really strong year so no matter how good you were, most people were ignored and the same handful of about 5 people kept getting all the interest from commisioners. Now don't get me worng - I'm not bitter ... those few people DID deserve to get all that interest. But having gone round lots of other shows I realised that most of our even mid-range students were more talented and creative than some of the best in the other colleges. Anyways, lots of other little things happened within college those last couple of months that left me quite disheartened by it all, and I didn't end my degree in a particularly happy place.<br /><br />Summer I was determined to get my life back and reconnect with my Darling Sunshine who'd pretty much just seen the back of my head in front of a screen for the last year. It was a good summer. We didn't really go away anywhere, but bought a tandem and spent lots of time just cycling around and having quality time together. It was a wonderful few months.<br /><br />As the new academic year 2010/2011 started in September/October; and Sunshine had to get back to his university lecturing job; I thought I'd take the time from then till the end of the year to re-do my portfolio and have a re-think about what actually I wanted to do with this illustration degree. I definitly wanted (and still do) want to become a freelance illustrator - but I needed to work out within what specialisms and whether I wanted to do stuff for myself (designer-maker) or commissions, or some combination of the two.<br /><br />Then at the beginning of October we got the awful news about the death of our very good friend (and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drewandmithi/4075101965/">wedding photographer</a>) Burning Dan. Within a day I also received some upsetting news about a family crisis too (which is still unresolved). I spend days crying as one thing would remind me of the other and it just spiralled. I tried to distract myself with illustrating - but was having real self-confidance issues and just couldn't bring myself to produce anything decent.<br /><br />So there I am trying to keep it together, when we find out that I'm <span style="font-style: italic;">expecting</span>! (bravo to you those that have read this far and managed to get the news!). We <span style="font-style: italic;">had</span> been trying, but with all the rubbish news, it still took us a bit by surprise ... The hormonal imbalances meant that I lost all creativity and was just feeling tired all the time. Then at about 8 weeks the symptoms really hit and December was pretty much a washout with me having all-day sickness; Sunshine catching the flu; me catching it off him... etc etc. No cards or greetings for anyone.<br /><br />We had the dating scan just before Christmas and got to see Little Wind for the first time. He/she seems to be doing well (despite momma being so ill). Started telling family over Christmas and friends just after that. Happy news all round.<br /><br />Sunshine and I spend New Year's Eve at a dear friend's who looked after us very well and we vowed that 2011 was going to be a much better year than 2010. And with that thought we went to bed. On New Year's morning, just as we were getting up and having breakfast, I got a phone call from my Dad. "Happy New Year dad!".. "Mithi, are you alright?", "Yeeessss ....?", "You sure you're alright? I have some bad news ..." Oh dear! For a second there I thought it was to do with that unresolved family crisis from October ... but it turned out to be that one of my dear cousins, only 27, had died tragically in an accident the night before. I put the phone down and cried on Sunshine for a while. Is this how 2011 was going to start?<br /><br />So, I have't been really 'here' physically or mentally. I've been meaning to blog since Christmas ... but its been one thing after another ... I haven't given up on PlanetMithi, but it will still be a bit quiet here for a while. I'm getting much better but the pregnancy symptoms seem to attack quite randomly at times so I'm not quite there yet. I'd love to start crafting for the baby and showing you all what I'm doing here - but I've been mostly just curled up in bed fighting fatigue and nausea and sadness. Writing this post has been my achievement for the day.<br /><br />Thank you for reading this far - may you all have a Fabulous and crisis-free 2011!<br /><br />Love<br />Mithi<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Reposted to <a href="http://wooyayhooray.blogspot.com/2011/01/reflecting-on-2010.html">Woo! Yay! Hooray!</a></span><br /></span>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-89515264715921798532010-11-03T10:23:00.008+00:002010-11-03T16:03:26.574+00:00Anyone for a Christmas sale?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRnV7gJzgFzSkSQRdZwb0B8lOzJcq0_E2znvuSE8zc44UpUvA53L4hKBxYRXJmj_E0l5EhV5gPeFYBVhvxqbzRXhg_UTlzof9gq8mozb40n687O2BpYqtQSEpmXALMAGKdwiBNw/s1600/Children's-book-to-sell..jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRnV7gJzgFzSkSQRdZwb0B8lOzJcq0_E2znvuSE8zc44UpUvA53L4hKBxYRXJmj_E0l5EhV5gPeFYBVhvxqbzRXhg_UTlzof9gq8mozb40n687O2BpYqtQSEpmXALMAGKdwiBNw/s800/Children's-book-to-sell..jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535267468226734130" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Top Left: "<span style="font-style: italic;">Small</span>"; Top Right: "<span style="font-style: italic;">Dance</span>"(SOLD)</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Middle left: "<span style="font-style: italic;">Sofa</span>"; Middle Right: "<span style="font-style: italic;">Fox</span>"</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Bottom Left: "<span style="font-style: italic;">Bear</span>"; Bottom Right: "<span style="font-style: italic;">Circus</span>"</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Good morning folks! Having a bit of clearout here in PlanetMithi and going up for sale are some of the archival quality giclee prints from my degree show. These are the spreads I did for my children's book (details <a href="http://planetmithi.blogspot.com/2010/07/trotting-with-mr-fox-revisited.html">here</a>). I really need to re-coup some of the costs of the show and what better way to do it than to actually sell some of my illustrations!<br /><br />They are going for £35 each (plus postage - amount depends where you are). They have been printed with archival quality inks on archival quality acid-free paper. They are about 15.25 inches by about 8.5 inches each; with at least an inch extra round the sides for mounting. I'm selling them without the mount as it is easier to post. So start digging into those pockets and purses and get yourself (or a young loved one) an original PlanetMithi Christmas present!!!<br /><br />To buy, e-mail me at mithi at planetmithi dot com , listing which one(s) you would like to purchase - and I'll send you postage cost plus a link to my paypal account. Cheers!<br /></span>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-13202829799205922482010-11-02T17:36:00.003+00:002010-11-02T17:44:50.957+00:00Painting science...<span style="font-size:85%;">And it is <a href="http://www.classic-play.com/the-science-issue/experiment-red-cabbage-ph-indicator/">LIVE</a>!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRLDCeheDn8vYuyVccn__3pcYMqoo_QPBxITWRn2kxBZ2y2u-0X9FI6I5pt_kxcfihEBQVEw8eIafOpKW1hVitpIVo1bdRDOd56h0FwOS0i2yujeloF-efZvpFM-Qz07AvqjVJg/s1600/classic-play-final-wood.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRLDCeheDn8vYuyVccn__3pcYMqoo_QPBxITWRn2kxBZ2y2u-0X9FI6I5pt_kxcfihEBQVEw8eIafOpKW1hVitpIVo1bdRDOd56h0FwOS0i2yujeloF-efZvpFM-Qz07AvqjVJg/s800/classic-play-final-wood.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535008223359442578" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Thanks so much to <a href="http://www.classic-play.com/author/jennifer-cooper/">Jen</a> for inviting to contribute to this season's issue of <a href="http://www.classic-play.com/">Classic Play</a>, all about <a href="http://www.classic-play.com/the-science-issue/"><span style="font-style: italic;">science</span></a>! Its been an honour and a pleasure ;)<br /><br />Have a look round the issue for much sciency goodness (including <a href="http://www.classic-play.com/the-science-issue/experiment-red-cabbage-ph-indicator/">instructions</a> to my red cabbage juice pH-indicator painting experiment!)</span>.littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-35171570696142019012010-10-27T23:26:00.004+01:002010-10-27T23:33:41.811+01:00Tricycle! Tricycle!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR5fU_fUtu-iF-W-LzGsWq4XfdL5rmPkZ5eJGriUgjj_s4xrj358IKaM8pf9XphaFjTF0ggYF2yOkKfjQu82MfFpBuwMNA8dcnLsgx7i2qNQjTyiuf7GV214hdXzqMTvn9c57W0A/s1600/tricycles_lineart.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR5fU_fUtu-iF-W-LzGsWq4XfdL5rmPkZ5eJGriUgjj_s4xrj358IKaM8pf9XphaFjTF0ggYF2yOkKfjQu82MfFpBuwMNA8dcnLsgx7i2qNQjTyiuf7GV214hdXzqMTvn9c57W0A/s800/tricycles_lineart.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532856824952938002" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Tricycle! Tricycle! I love you with all my mi-i-i-ight ..</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Tricycle! Tricycle! I ride you morning noon and night ...<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Inspired by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_emCzYGqi0">this</a>.</span></div>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-81546671706523288022010-10-26T14:00:00.003+01:002010-10-26T14:07:57.762+01:00Boring post<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfy5fPz2CFX1QkF6zAvYeJcOka3B6bp2DW27XjBYbjV46YXYgrbf_UwNPDPmIHAhntuPpEDm-UcIhoT6LfhfvHoPjC2Ma1gJrvtduQxDNNOmIMVkucLsRY-XIXk8l3GO0YUZlfA/s1600/girl-sketches.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfy5fPz2CFX1QkF6zAvYeJcOka3B6bp2DW27XjBYbjV46YXYgrbf_UwNPDPmIHAhntuPpEDm-UcIhoT6LfhfvHoPjC2Ma1gJrvtduQxDNNOmIMVkucLsRY-XIXk8l3GO0YUZlfA/s800/girl-sketches.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532339697823912210" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">I've not given up on my illustration career ... its just taking a little time. Here is me trying to re-learn how to draw children. Having self confidence issues at the moment - "Ack! I can't illustrate to save my life!" - so just going back to first principles and practising drawing ... trying to re-jig the kids section of my portfolio ... </span>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-21461227344602465682010-10-12T13:03:00.004+01:002010-11-02T17:47:15.765+00:00Classic science ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-oJe6H-x_Zvc9qPnXgmIpdYYXzUHAK4liOjDBJpjmMnMBi31qCzU1veAXCrSBe5P5i_6U28UZ9rrTrNZmz38XkTpj53Y9szyuLVcBOBOfrI53PeDEyB-Mdd9xs0xlTDN907xRwQ/s1600/cabbageweb.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-oJe6H-x_Zvc9qPnXgmIpdYYXzUHAK4liOjDBJpjmMnMBi31qCzU1veAXCrSBe5P5i_6U28UZ9rrTrNZmz38XkTpj53Y9szyuLVcBOBOfrI53PeDEyB-Mdd9xs0xlTDN907xRwQ/s400/cabbageweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527129431111975874" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Firstly a big "HELLO!" to all those that have come here via Jen Cooper's facebook wall ... welcome to PlanetMithi. For the rest of you, here is a sneaky peek at something I've been doing for the lovely <a href="http://www.elliebelliekids.com/">Jen</a> who invited me to contribute to the new issue of <a href="http://www.classic-play.com/">Classic Play</a> all about SCIENCE! Will update here when it goes live.</span><br /><br />~<a href="http://planetmithi.blogspot.com/2010/11/painting-science.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">UPDATE!</span></a>~<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">To the regular readers ... sorry its been so quiet over here lately. Usually its because I've been busy ... unfortunately, this last absence has been more to do with the untimely loss of a very good friend. Coupled with some other bad news (that I got within 24 hours of finding out about my friend's death) I've not been in a very 'happy' place. Fortunately Sunshine has been a tremendous rock and I'm slowly trying to get back into illustrating as its the only way to keep my mind occupied.<br /><br />You may also notice on the righthand sidebar that I've started <a href="http://wooyayhooray.blogspot.com/">another blog</a> in which I hope to be putting up more about my life and vintage goodies collections and related stuff - so that I can concentrate on my illustration stuff here. Enjoy!</span>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-36629845420874823132010-09-27T21:54:00.006+01:002010-09-27T22:21:24.141+01:00Flolloping with tiger ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWtmOsOIl3psWh6LhLRCD9qoEdKQNawdSYNBtDzZczLRUi7IoiZ7poZ32AU-f8rlnJW4smWkbbRFpglti512wclpMU1jpGluQoPB7Mis_Lo7FqOW_yWzEVUx8rG10JitIMijhXA/s1600/dancingtigerweb.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 590px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWtmOsOIl3psWh6LhLRCD9qoEdKQNawdSYNBtDzZczLRUi7IoiZ7poZ32AU-f8rlnJW4smWkbbRFpglti512wclpMU1jpGluQoPB7Mis_Lo7FqOW_yWzEVUx8rG10JitIMijhXA/s1600/dancingtigerweb.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521706435746479810" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Not dancing but "flolloping" as Sunshine describes it ...</span>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-85170729966519930532010-09-17T15:24:00.003+01:002010-09-17T15:31:12.901+01:00Tea for two, two for tea ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzM8SJFADSDa1KaiGpGXcUpJpRNWeVlKyXzlwiviattd7wZDiNS7E9MbnwPH7zB2vL1fcyHZVrlo4mXzoVfXQhqUUR6qBaF7VfxpIDg-eA29X0oy28GljBfikv2jSl-rIPuDUZoA/s1600/partyblueweb.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 590px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzM8SJFADSDa1KaiGpGXcUpJpRNWeVlKyXzlwiviattd7wZDiNS7E9MbnwPH7zB2vL1fcyHZVrlo4mXzoVfXQhqUUR6qBaF7VfxpIDg-eA29X0oy28GljBfikv2jSl-rIPuDUZoA/s800/partyblueweb.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517888726334061186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Just finished off something I was working on from almost a year ago ... Actually painting and <span style="font-style:italic;">not</span> digital for a change!</span>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-13005955045299221432010-09-13T10:38:00.003+01:002010-09-13T10:41:10.614+01:00Life imitates art ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezMwcy0LzvXsVROYbrrq5zUxeDZ31ahlh41VD6UCJP9yqR2HO6kUa6s7pkjHiKjEhfh_Sntu1-h3eyv82L6q83FtBQfeNxPs1mVtrNHux0nfjNQ-hOHm-DWOEGLBRGQzYCDuM_w/s1600/tandem-show.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 550px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezMwcy0LzvXsVROYbrrq5zUxeDZ31ahlh41VD6UCJP9yqR2HO6kUa6s7pkjHiKjEhfh_Sntu1-h3eyv82L6q83FtBQfeNxPs1mVtrNHux0nfjNQ-hOHm-DWOEGLBRGQzYCDuM_w/s800/tandem-show.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516330580838154866" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Or is it the other way around?</span>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-88978377154728267832010-09-11T10:22:00.004+01:002010-09-11T10:45:50.604+01:00The joy of cycling<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6nWPL8v8WTPElEc8dlOuQTkoPGDWIVtlOwTGZkaK_ryH_rEx1EPJixpvx4Y9doBzeiMVuz8md5vI7aFS5jV8q3VTNj26T9FloMl5jSMtsKDcT-KLAlAL-2rar-vV18EvPfO7vg/s1600/tandem-poster-web.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 550px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6nWPL8v8WTPElEc8dlOuQTkoPGDWIVtlOwTGZkaK_ryH_rEx1EPJixpvx4Y9doBzeiMVuz8md5vI7aFS5jV8q3VTNj26T9FloMl5jSMtsKDcT-KLAlAL-2rar-vV18EvPfO7vg/s800/tandem-poster-web.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515585374561610434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">This is it ... went up in Howies Bristol shop yesterday and will be there for two weeks, along with lots of other cycled themed goodness. The private view last night was really busy and prooved to us how many random people we knew in Bristol (and London) who all knew each other too ...<br /><br />Those of you who follow the blog might <a href="http://planetmithi.blogspot.com/2010/08/planetmithi-news.html">recognise</a> the figures ;)<br /><br />We took some photos - but haven't really looked through them -and I want to go back to take some photos of other people's work. So that will be a future post.</span>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-5699862640939904622010-09-09T14:02:00.001+01:002010-09-09T14:04:11.361+01:00Howies ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgej-yIZkbXUIh6Tjp8gAdYmwW4lKbcjaUQmqL24U7bTkKDvMB3yzShxZfVeLKD253o1NE745asnTL3d634qysZdIaq228L0BkwNQoD559LeG3SGx8eloPGVON4G3JWFS2oVYih5Q/s1600/howies-launch-flyer.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgej-yIZkbXUIh6Tjp8gAdYmwW4lKbcjaUQmqL24U7bTkKDvMB3yzShxZfVeLKD253o1NE745asnTL3d634qysZdIaq228L0BkwNQoD559LeG3SGx8eloPGVON4G3JWFS2oVYih5Q/s800/howies-launch-flyer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514898668669278242" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> Come see lots of lovely Bike-y illustrations by lots of Bristol artists upstairs at Howies from tomorrow night for two weeks - including a special image by yours truly ;)</span>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-20787794417785461802010-09-01T11:03:00.006+01:002010-09-01T11:40:07.821+01:00Tandem Love<span style="font-size:85%;">Ha! Another three weeks goes by without an update ... oh wo-es me ... To tell you the truth, I HAVE been up to <span style="font-style: italic;">lots</span> (similar to the <a href="http://planetmithi.blogspot.com/2010/08/planetmithi-news.html">last</a> post). Its just not been very 'art/illustration related' and I would like to keep this blog a bit more art focused. <span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Edit: and oh yes, today is this blog's 4th Birthday!!!!!!!!!</span></span><br /><br />I've been thinking about starting a separate blog for Littlemithi and Sunshine's <span style="font-style: italic;">other</span> adventures (like TANDEMS!) but just haven't got round to it as we've been too busy enjoying the summer. But now as September creeps up on us and Sunshine has to be back at work fulltime (he's a university lecturer) soon, and I'm very officially freelance/unemployed/housewifey; maaaaaybe a separate blog is called for.<br /><br />Anyways, I HAVE been trying to draw for the Bristol Cycle Festival group exhibition at Howies (see panel on the right) that I've signed up for. I would very much like to do something tandem based ... but I'm not feeling particularly inspired at the moment (want to be <span style="font-style: italic;">riding</span> tandems, not <span style="font-style: italic;">drawing</span> them...); and have also come down with a headcold which makes my brain a bit mushy. Oh well - hopefully something will come together in the end ... here's some sketches:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VOsFfiwXyWhX3RJNPcuj4CLjAPvC0_bHuwnRUW0CMro5tte7Tj-74eUl4RJMM20WC7AcIfgojHvzQFQTF5gNW0XjWmjYDK-NsohOaUCJQvrhZ_6ZvKP7_ajBKDd0_B7pJO82hg/s1600/tandem-sketches.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 550px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VOsFfiwXyWhX3RJNPcuj4CLjAPvC0_bHuwnRUW0CMro5tte7Tj-74eUl4RJMM20WC7AcIfgojHvzQFQTF5gNW0XjWmjYDK-NsohOaUCJQvrhZ_6ZvKP7_ajBKDd0_B7pJO82hg/s800/tandem-sketches.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511886381680733346" border="0" /></a><br />And in other news - we have already clocked the 100mile mark on "Bramble" (our tandem has a name now!). We both love it and have become real tandem geeks. We've been trying to update a google map with some of our longer rides as we get used to her. See our progress below (longest ride to date is the blue one - to Bradford-upon-Avon and back; a total of 54 miles in one day):<br /><br /><iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&msa=0&msid=103530866497868695647.00048ef9f6aed9aeb30f6&ll=51.417195,-2.47467&spn=0.171289,0.376968&z=11&output=embed" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" height="400" width="550"></iframe><br /><small>View <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&msa=0&msid=103530866497868695647.00048ef9f6aed9aeb30f6&ll=51.417195,-2.47467&spn=0.171289,0.376968&z=11&source=embed" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-align: left;">Brambling</a> in a larger map</small><br /></span>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33704894.post-42503592975145634262010-08-10T11:36:00.012+01:002010-08-10T20:18:56.234+01:00Planetmithi News<span style="font-size:85%;">Whoa! Almost a month since I last posted ... nope, I haven't abandonned Planetmithi ... just been on a well deserved break - am still kind of on break, but trying to gear myself up for the rest of the year. Doesn't mean I haven't been busy though ...<br /><br />... busy building sofa forts ...<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuWfwM4tSpgHQzRXGB6-UEZwGQ0C-lvatnZg8maDbP8zqt9UV5gGKvrtHlDOkdMl9yVyGvCLWJzQVCbJEv9VQXsUq02F5ObOxdtLRPedKa_ne1yRyFGEfeXygJO9SNQqZvR5gLg/s1600/4810167314_529ee67160_b.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuWfwM4tSpgHQzRXGB6-UEZwGQ0C-lvatnZg8maDbP8zqt9UV5gGKvrtHlDOkdMl9yVyGvCLWJzQVCbJEv9VQXsUq02F5ObOxdtLRPedKa_ne1yRyFGEfeXygJO9SNQqZvR5gLg/s400/4810167314_529ee67160_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503745029109417522" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFNAwitDUzxOkLw2kBV4-2Mt1x5R5YwGFAqL2CVJ8NqNVKP_czF8gmffcLqWJLdM13BfkgNUxdUzjFoDZFvomK05vdYJqoATAvzbxS0-u4ErikRgYADCXSRbkPBTiNam3dMMRVqg/s1600/4809542027_f74efce703_b.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFNAwitDUzxOkLw2kBV4-2Mt1x5R5YwGFAqL2CVJ8NqNVKP_czF8gmffcLqWJLdM13BfkgNUxdUzjFoDZFvomK05vdYJqoATAvzbxS0-u4ErikRgYADCXSRbkPBTiNam3dMMRVqg/s400/4809542027_f74efce703_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503745024206200306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(with my fort-building-partner-in-crime Sunshine)</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />... hanging out at music festivals ...<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPZZAQEFDKrYmlJqjGPLx9odTR_-CcOrb789oPZ_GCB714N_yis1adgyOmg93hzzgA_u_03tDyvGqlT-wi6BXbUfNTByxLQwWo8Bgvk2LFzs1VDouzFekdn3l9H9PIoCObpuAOag/s1600/38459_428719192200_640922200_5189190_3811881_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPZZAQEFDKrYmlJqjGPLx9odTR_-CcOrb789oPZ_GCB714N_yis1adgyOmg93hzzgA_u_03tDyvGqlT-wi6BXbUfNTByxLQwWo8Bgvk2LFzs1VDouzFekdn3l9H9PIoCObpuAOag/s400/38459_428719192200_640922200_5189190_3811881_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503745530798917746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">here at SGP with the smashing Mizz Rosalind and her clubs ...</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />... riding round on our new TANDEM! Whoopee!!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3yqxfK4z3Kg4eSf0XnQ0SEZKeANW0O3O_KFbiiTZfnpWnW27T_kSKJ6RiWzLS8hn33Ajw8aF51FZbJvjBcYaUttVgPxNXdyVKcT1_QdNHRvGwgnU9chi4Fns0HJPbGi8nUoKTdA/s1600/4869045371_59ddcbf4f3_b.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3yqxfK4z3Kg4eSf0XnQ0SEZKeANW0O3O_KFbiiTZfnpWnW27T_kSKJ6RiWzLS8hn33Ajw8aF51FZbJvjBcYaUttVgPxNXdyVKcT1_QdNHRvGwgnU9chi4Fns0HJPbGi8nUoKTdA/s400/4869045371_59ddcbf4f3_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503746356234232050" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB67Le4tIcvY5bQ9tL4vysnWCPZgkjrZH6BKEL1uazPAcd2HkmJ3oZKKeMdq5fk7VMGJW_gkVIP_5FObAV11r3rlR_s0MYXRKVx3qpJSoTurrSJOg_PTQ65nV0mkmfDfuJFyF_og/s1600/4869045157_fc8be91e65_b.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB67Le4tIcvY5bQ9tL4vysnWCPZgkjrZH6BKEL1uazPAcd2HkmJ3oZKKeMdq5fk7VMGJW_gkVIP_5FObAV11r3rlR_s0MYXRKVx3qpJSoTurrSJOg_PTQ65nV0mkmfDfuJFyF_og/s400/4869045157_fc8be91e65_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503748538731757826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">She still needs a name ... any ideas? Thank you mum for the photos :)</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />... getting back into dancing ...<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4R0l4u8iavySBgSlFZHZurLEseIWUGFZdl8g8iLhSJpcLOm3Cu08dArh1-Jkb8vvFUKO0UIXD9aU7PzpaeJogH4rHFTP9cxXcibKkj5jLuU0alrw7wCzEQkH_xaQz63oAvrj4Dw/s1600/38832_456477492227_540232227_6159802_884491_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4R0l4u8iavySBgSlFZHZurLEseIWUGFZdl8g8iLhSJpcLOm3Cu08dArh1-Jkb8vvFUKO0UIXD9aU7PzpaeJogH4rHFTP9cxXcibKkj5jLuU0alrw7wCzEQkH_xaQz63oAvrj4Dw/s400/38832_456477492227_540232227_6159802_884491_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503746667536957730" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hwQ_jZnz0Vq5rJKtj9N-E6Oj6J8DMRJwh1eVn1jY6mHUXkbx_IcMUSZ9ygKqiwf5qI017L4tuYnSCmj1Tm1_f3XDX1aWy0ZMm87ty9syWyDQX2-nujVbTH01i9byTGXTWGSxdA/s1600/40285_456477537227_540232227_6159804_5590674_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 340px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hwQ_jZnz0Vq5rJKtj9N-E6Oj6J8DMRJwh1eVn1jY6mHUXkbx_IcMUSZ9ygKqiwf5qI017L4tuYnSCmj1Tm1_f3XDX1aWy0ZMm87ty9syWyDQX2-nujVbTH01i9byTGXTWGSxdA/s400/40285_456477537227_540232227_6159804_5590674_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503746668826728130" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">here with the lovely Mr Tom Kerwin aka Jungle Kid; old mate, old dancing/teaching partner, smashing dancer and all round good egg - photo by the gorgeously lovely fellow dancer Miss Anika East.</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />... hanging out with my mum who has been visiting; and sanding our Ercol dining chairs (erm, don't ask) ...<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecMF-ZjwRDCXhlfr-7lXOqdHMcm0pIBBBy-lJRulJhxkPIAJi0GMY4gKhvN3Cky45GG48EHxDlsMgOeiC5ACGGASGTNHn-kGqYChJFCBRHa4kITKM6R_molCglJsUZWE8ToVFbg/s1600/4869048481_1c023a578f_b.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecMF-ZjwRDCXhlfr-7lXOqdHMcm0pIBBBy-lJRulJhxkPIAJi0GMY4gKhvN3Cky45GG48EHxDlsMgOeiC5ACGGASGTNHn-kGqYChJFCBRHa4kITKM6R_molCglJsUZWE8ToVFbg/s400/4869048481_1c023a578f_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503747861747107570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Hello mum! wave wave!</span></span><br /><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;">Haven't done ANY art since the degree show, but am involved in an upcoming exhibition at Howie's Bristol shop in conjunction with friends <a href="http://sophieswindells.co.uk/">Sophie</a> (fellow dancer and illustrator) and <a href="http://peskimo.com/">the Peskimos</a> (and a few more as yet unconfirmed artists) for the <a href="http://bristolcyclefestival.com/">Bristol Cycle Festival</a>. So watch this space for some tandem themed art work coming soon to a planetmithi near you ;)</span>littlemithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072027337598940807noreply@blogger.com5