Today was a trip out to see James the printer I use for my art prints and cards and I am now in my fifth year of doing so. I took the two newest pieces to be scanned for prints and cards to be made from to go on sale in Purbeck Art Weeks 21 …
Another very hot day with lots of shop ventilation. Again I stayed in the shop, drank lots of water and stayed hydrated. Art for fun – .so a friend came during her day off to do some Art for fun. Amazing drawing skills based on a picture on her phone. A. coped well when I …
The momentous ‘freedom day’ when to be honest I think most businesses continued their covid safeguards due to rising cases locally. I had planned and used the day to relaunch ‘art for fun’ one of my key principles behind the shop premises in November 2019. Last time it ran until March 2020 and the first …
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 Monday after half term, the town had gone from manic to a few visitors and children with parents because of INSET days. Java opposite was closed to give crew day off after a bonkers week – spent much of today listening to visitor comments while I sat out in a warm but less …
The wooden boxes I have drawn on since doing the art have become for some clients / recipients memory boxes. Isomer recently have expressly been intended for that purpose some have become so. I have a wooden sailing chest I drew on last year when Anne and I started our lockdown zoom sailing lessons and …
So today we went to Wareham for dental check ups and spent some time in the town. A coffee at Coffee Saloon meant a chance to draw from the window table and my piece from Purbeck Artisan Yard on advertising flyer in front of me. Then a mooch in Purbeck Artisan a yard for first …
Today was a non work day but I still added to the commission wooden box and also when returning home from trip out today my new product – calendar for 2022 had arrived. Also delivered two stickers to business that had paid for dogfriendly.social stickers. Also posted for ‘The heart of Swanage’, so not a …