I am always thinking about what I am drawing and trying to sell, be it something original or whether to make a reprint of a drawing in postcard, card or print form as well s the original piece. This year I have focused on the Art for All and Introduction to Art range and it …
Lots happening once more. PAW preparation 2025 So meeting attended, posts put out on Visual artists forum trying to encourage some community to mainly “radio silence”. Brochure hub started and new arrangements with Will at Acoustic distribution – we will see how it all works this year. May pull back from being hub next year …
I had a rethink and rebranded at the shop as I am seeing the impact of economic downturn more and more, offer to no sales on some days. I shared this post on local business group and also my own accounts today. I have two philosophies that govern my business. They are – #ArtForAll and …
So the last two years on January 7 I have looked at the top 20 selling cards since AndyKnillArt started and started to look at which cards have sold best in a particular year. Total sales Top 5 – 4 are Christmas cards. 2023 sales Only one of the top 5 is a Christmas card …
It’s a new year and as the last post stated, no resolutions just keep doing what I have been. So, January 2nd I had planned to be open for the morning before an electrician came to fit a new meter for landlords. He came at the start of the day so I took the day …
9 days since my last post. So what has been happening. RNLI Swanage Christmas card This has now gone on sale and I have a poster linked to it in the shop. The Facebook post by the lifeboat station has had over 100 likes and already people are telling me they have bought their cards, …
So 8 days ago, I posted about September in the life of AndyKnill Art. Things change so this is an update… Community art project Yes, the project is advancing. I put my Posca marker order in, it has arrived and I will receive it this week. The aluminium panels we will draw / paint on …
So, the summer holidays are over and art for fun has calmed from the August rush. So what is happening with AndyKnillArt? Community art project Dorset CoastForum published on Facebook about a project to put art onto the flood barrier blocks on Swanage seafront over this winter (& 2024/5). I replied and got involved with …
So I have just gone through my years photos and selected some aspects of the year as a record of some of the arty things I have done. Comments / feedback welcomed. If you are in the changing rooms a lot between chorus numbers what can you do? I sketched and they proved so popular …
Today at about 1 pm a visit to the shop from an acquaintance – his wedding anniversary is today! Could I do a special card – price set by me then changed by him and my wife that I was undercharging. I remembered to ask which anniversary. He gave me a vague concept based on …