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 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 did my stewarding duty this morning and also a sketch while we were quiet in the morning. Chatted to some other artists and walked around in the Watersports boilersuit which proved quite popular. This afternoon walked in Swanage, followed the young people’s parade to finish the Planet Purbeck Festival and chatted to more acquaintances. …
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 …
Monday and the start of the last full week of PAW21 and also the start of Planet Purbeck Festival. This morning I had a visit from Dean and Phil who were visiting Planet Purbeck events on offer as part of the festival – I of course am offering Art for Fun. Dean and I chatted …
…and it’s Sunday (again)… This morning as my morning post (last post) said I was feeling weary, today has been a day with much chat, some great visitors, some unexpected rain and more fabulous sales. So this morning some card sales were followed by a pause while I prepped the card machine and suddenly a …