So a lazy day start for me as not working Mondays at least until half term at the end of the month. The prompt for Inktober today is “knot” so I did a reef knot, but drawing and working out which rope lies above or beneath the other was fun. Later after a walk on …
So, yesterday I sat on the downs to the south of the bay and enjoyed the view. Today was not a day for sitting outside, we had rain, at times light showers and at times heavy rain or persistent gusty showers. Realistically I expected a shop day where I would see virtually no one and …
So, from next week Friday will become a regular shop day as part of my trying to see which four days are the best to be open. Today however it is the first of October – AndyKnillArt Studio celebrates one month since opening. It is October which means a drawing challenge I have participated in …
Today it was cooler but dry. If you were in the sun and out of the wind it felt warm which is what I did for the first 2.5 hours outside the shop at a table completing the other 5 boxes of cards stock take that I started yesterday. As the sun was blocked I …
So, art weeks over, had a day off at the shop and today a reset moment. Heading into October and on a day that forecast pm showers, torrential rain in the morning plus the forecast rain meant visitors were few and far between. I had set myself two things to work on today; reset the …
So Purbeck Art Weeks has drawn to a close, Rollington Barn has been packed away, art collected, sales paid for and May return for 2022. For me personally it combined with a new shop in a new location and my best sales at Rollington Barn with 54 cards sold, it was a shame not to …
I set myself the difficult target of opening the shop from 10 to 5 on 14/16 days of the art festival in Purbeck. The other 2 days of the 16 in total include me doing a duty as a steward at Rollington Barn, the festivals main exhibition. Today at 5pm I shut the shop and …
Thursday, Friday and Saturday shop days for PAW remain and energy is seriously flagging, not helped by irregular sleep,patterns. I will need my rest on Sunday pm / Monday and time out to just “be”. Today some visitors, good feedback and prints and cards bought again. Then in the afternoon the promised visit of four …
Today early on I had some visitors from Dover on holiday who decided that they could rearrange pictures in their hall to accommodate two prints from me – Looking up at wintery sky and Last of the leaves – a very positive start to the day. Some cards but mainly quiet for purchases so I …
Today I put out some posts on my Facebook accounts to confirm that Monday 27 September I am closing the shop and having a day off after 13 consecutive days, a good decision knowing how tired I will be by the end of Saturday. At the shop for just before 10 and my first art …