So, a new month after one impacted on by latest virus / Covid? That is taking its time to go and lead to only 12 shop days in June. July will include the school holidays starting and August will also include them. Art wise I am going to be drawing a variety of original pieces …
Blogging has to be scheduled I think if I am to keep readers on here (if I have any left) updated. I have been active on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok with my personal accounts, shop accounts and now Heart of Swanage accounts. Andy, the artist The sailing season has arrived and the anticipated start has …
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 …
So the week up to Christmas Eve saw 24 people take part in Art for Fun at the shop which was very welcome. I continue to work on one of four extra end panels for my section of the Flooding Swanage with Art project as the blocks on my section have been turned end on …
So December has started. We had the town’s Rotary Christmas Fair on Saturday, last year saw a very poor day for my sales. This year a crisp, sunny but freezing day saw lots of card sales. In the last week, a visitor to the town who saw one of my cards on display in Pursenalities …
I am currently pausing to decide the final steps of a 30 x 80 cm vertical panorama piece depicting the damage to my art panels by Storm Ciaran. It is by its very nature a historical piece but for me a good marker of how my interests in physical geography have overlapped. Drawn in Posca …
So, October 25th I completed my panels. They were installed on Friday 27th October as I was away and I saw them on Sunday 29th on our return. On Thursday November 2nd Storm Ciaran flipped two of the blocks with my art over and pushed them halfway cross the rod scratching the artwork. I seem …
So I dream the end panel on Friday after completing the pier panel. I have used the above panel to talk about those,involved in my section ie. Dorset Coast Forum, myself as AndyKnillArt, AllSort’d and sponsor Chococo. The circles were drawn courtesy of a chococo plate as a stencil, the middle circle was distorted when …
Flooding Swanage with art – community project I have now had my additional panels (6 x 1550 mm). 3 left to draw – first of those started. To date; Drawn on own Bumper long panel – a pilot cutter off the shore, as sailing ships that historically would have visited the Swanage coast. Bumper end …
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, …