So a day with lots done and my drawing left u til the evening. Scurry to me reminds me of mice in animations. But then all the stories of missile attacks etc from Ukraine that we have been told about on the news gave me an idea instead. I am not celebrating the idea of …
Inktober is back, a daily drawing challenge in ink / pen. There is no pressure to spend loads of time on the drawing, nor doyou have to complete a piece every day. I use it as a challenge to respond to the daily prompts and stretch my mind thinking of creative ideas from my own …
23 July 600 participants 03 August 700 participants 06 August 800 participants 23 August 900 participants 27 August 1000 participants Gobsmacked, very very happy and amazed that this many people have taken me up on the art for fun activity – yes it’s free but even so. This month over 340 people have taken part …
During Swanage carnival week Art for Fun was proving very popular – see last post re passing 700 participants. On theFriday (August 5th) we hosted 29 people. In a mad moment on Saturday August 6,final shop day of carnival week I made a sign challenging a record attempt to beat30 people in a day. It …
23 July we passed 600 and had 25 people draw over two days. Yesterday on Wednesday 3 August we passed 700 and have had 40 people draw to start August off. Anne has been with me more at the shop helping chat with people, guide art for fun activity, take sales and has realised how …
A drawing scheme that I am going to promote as part of the #artforfun offering this month and sharing my own and art for fun pieces on Twitter with the hashtag. Todays piece – observation at the beach cafe
This week Andrew Diprose published an interview we did recently in his publication Dorset Biz News, I shared it and today the story achieved 2nd most popular story of the week which was a great feeling.
Today we reached and then continued on – 600 participants and a new total of 603. In the last two days as the summer holidays kick in we have hosted 25 drawing guests. The best thing for me has been that I have not been distracted by too much customer needs so have drawn more …
On Monday I bought a parasol to use outside between the art for fun tables and have benefitted from shade the last two days. By early afternoon the air has felt ‘heavy’ and being able to get some shade has helped. The heat is draining my energy but I have had some art for fun …