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 …
So back in 2017 to 2019 when I had an open studio in the outbuilding at Hillview, where we rented from 2016 to 2020, I would open up the studio on every day of Purbeck Art Weeks (PAW) to try and maximise the possibility of people visiting. I will be very tired by the end …
Swanage came alive again today. In town today we had: Swanage Folk Festival, lots of people from Morris teams walking around town bells a ringing Swanage Sea Rowing Club having a small regatta in the bay Purbeck Art Weeks for visual art started today. I walked to the shop via the sea front and took …
So the shop has been open for a week and in less than two weeks I have transferred all my sthop furniture to my new premises. Also a month of pre advertising has made a big difference as most people who come specifically to see me or my work already know where to find me. …
No typo, I meant to type overalls as I added some more colour and art to my 2021 watersports hand drawn boilersuit / overalls. Today was hot and at times difficult to focus so this morning my efforts to do some ordering went awry. I chatted to friends who dropped by and visitors some of …
First complete week for AndyKnillArt Studio. So this week I am open four days plus trips to printer and Rollington arm with my exhibition pieces. So today a mix of visitors and friends dropping by. I sold some cards and calendars. One lady joined me for Art for fun and several discussions with passers by …
So, two days out and now it must be Saturday although days seem to melt into each other at the moment. I woke early so mounted four more prints ready for PAW21 before breakfast. Down at the shop by about 9.15 once set up with tables outside I was sat drawing more long after 9.30 …
So I was awake early, funny that I had been slightly nervous overnight. My new adventure of a solo shop / studio with the aim of returning to my happy place of sharing my love of drawing with others, my perennial target to sell some art and to enjoy myself doing it. The inside tour …
So, August 1 chapter 7 of my art career started I was going to be moving to a shop on my own. The job at hand was to make people aware of the project and start marketing and publicity. It has been a busy four weeks and tomorrow Wednesday September 1st Chapter 7 comes to …
So, much of today involved moving items from one shop premises to another. The current premises, rent paid to September 23 is almost empty of my work and furniture, I will finish this tomorrow morning. The new premises now contains much of my work and furniture and at the end of this afternoon we were …