It didn’t arrive during the shop hours so I managed to sit outside all day which was lovely. First job was re mounting original pieces from early 2017 and some prints too. Once this was done I returned to drawing on the Watersports boilersuit. Amongst today’s sales were several cards and also the sealife hat …
So the shop was to be shut today but an order I paid for slower delivery option being delivered next day ie today so sat in shop from 10 until 2, but did sell a print while there so can’t complain – luckily neighbour took in after I had gone. On way to flat met …
So the shop has been open for a week and in less than two weeks I have transferred all my sthop furniture to my new premises. Also a month of pre advertising has made a big difference as most people who come specifically to see me or my work already know where to find me. …
No typo, I meant to type overalls as I added some more colour and art to my 2021 watersports hand drawn boilersuit / overalls. Today was hot and at times difficult to focus so this morning my efforts to do some ordering went awry. I chatted to friends who dropped by and visitors some of …
Today’s admin included some labels for framed pieces for Rollington. Hand titling prints for the same purpose. Reading up on what the stewarding role at Rollington involves as I have never done it before. This afternoon I did some work on my google business accounts, closing down the account for the old shop and adding …
Today I have continued to post on social media. In Instagram I am trying to reduce the number of followers steadily on @andyatthecourtyardstudio and encourage new follows to the new shop account. This is working quite well and this evening the new shop account is already over 190 followers while the old shop a count …
So, August 1 chapter 7 of my art career started I was going to be moving to a shop on my own. The job at hand was to make people aware of the project and start marketing and publicity. It has been a busy four weeks and tomorrow Wednesday September 1st Chapter 7 comes to …
So, much of today involved moving items from one shop premises to another. The current premises, rent paid to September 23 is almost empty of my work and furniture, I will finish this tomorrow morning. The new premises now contains much of my work and furniture and at the end of this afternoon we were …
Saturday and a shop day, my 3rd to last shift at The Courtyard Studio. But also the first day that I had the keys to my new shop, so today Anne and I started the the transfer of materials, stock etc. So the first aspect was to add some marketing and advertising in the window. …
Here I am being welcomed to 21 Commercial Road by Suzanne Dominy of Art Workshop and my landlord. Suzanne runs an art organisation that supports the sharing and learning of a range of art and craft skills. I indeed took part in the group back in 2017 with Anne and we learnt about acrylic painting …