Monday – no shop but some art. During a visit to Java in Swanage for lunch I sketched the view from my table, the cafe is due to move location so this records the current view. Later we drove down to Upwey where I collected my latest print and cards order and also ordered some …
Today while at Java (coffee house) the screen which has served well until today gave up the ghost and couldn’t be resurrected. I offered Ciaron my old “post office counter”screen as many nicknamed it I used in The Courtyard Studio as I have no counter to sit behind in AndyKnillArtStudio. That was a collection from …
So penultimate drawing for Inktober and the prompt was slither, I thought snakes and so did a number of other artists whose work I saw. I drew alongside two early art for fun participants today. Today in Swanage we had the second annual trick or treat run by businesses in the town – it was …
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 …
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 …
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 …
…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 …
Evening, a busy day. I woke early to see a fabulous sun rise and a calm bay So I decided to go kayaking, I was on the water at 07:00 and went out to Peveril Point, then across to the pier, across to the banjo pier, up to the north end of the bay then …
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 …