This is one of he things I used to do when I first started sketching back in 2015/2016. Then I had my phase of art bombing – leaving art on napkins in some cafes around 2016/2017 and maybe 2018. Today we had been to visit Anne’s mum and went down to Burlington Chine and Down …
The second week of visiting Upwey and James at Art2Card to: a) take in some work for new prints and cards – today it was my Golden Horizon piece completed on Tuesday & Wednesday. I was originally to just sell this as a one off original only, then contact yesterday evening led to a request …
Another quiet day for sales, it is what it is. I had quite a few good chats with visitors about various aspects of art including telling some about Art for fun restarting on Monday from 10 – based on the last two days I need an earlier night on Sunday and an early arrival at …
Today, I made a new window display stand from two smaller remains of pallet and various other offcuts from previous shop diy display pieces. Did it all go to plan straightaway? No, of course not. But of course I hadn’t planned it before I got to the shop today. I moved my larger window vinyl …
So a day away from the shop so what did today include: – a visit to my printer James Kerr of Art2Card in Upwey. It was great to see and hear about three artists I had recommended James to who are now using him too. We collected some reprints of prints and cards and have …
I may not have been at the shop but today has involved an order, some web account admin and collecting a map to help with a boiler suit. So order – a lightweight artists chair using my SAA membership which is my art association membership for public liability etc. This will replace the garden chair …
A sunny and hotter day so sat outside but eventually getting up and down put paid to my comfy chair – now set for the tip. Commission – collection of birthday card piece. Worked on one side of one sleeve of Watersports boiler suit with a group out kayaking and canoeing near Old Harry Rocks …
So a night with bad sleeplessness and a catch up of sorts this morning. Then I completed a greetings card commission for Fathers Day which the client is collecting tomorrow. I downloaded recent photos at some point in the night when I couldn’t sleep. So a commission drawn and completed, apart from that a slow …
So Wednesday, my first one on shift in this fortnight ( it is how we split the shop hours equally between the two artists). Today was a good day for more extended conversations with visitors, some of whom became customers and others who didn’t. I really enjoy this interaction with visitors. Today I met two …
Today the theme for 2021 is people whose livelihood comes from the sea. I shared this in a variety of ways today. On my new ‘the heart of Swanage’ initiative on Instagram and Facebook I shared the opening details of our local fishmongers with Julia who is one of the first UK female master fishmongers. …