Marchmeetthemaker day29 prompt. In this case the reels are video clips made in Instagram. I did two, they weren’t amazing and it took several attempts to it but they did include the reference to my reel lockdown hairstyle. So social media posts today and then off to the shop. More tidying of decorating lines and …
Three related aspects of my day that link back to my art. Being a weekend day there is no Marchmeetthemaker prompt so I used the prompt ‘diversify’ as I have gradually started to put my art into different items like the clothing for myself, the custom hats, the wooden boxes. Before Christmas I started to …
So on Monday I shall be meeting with my fellow shop co-tenant to revise and update the shop measurements for each of our areas to ensure that we have a 50:50 distribution of wall and floor space each. Alongside the decorating I have been doing in my areas this offers a reset moment as we …
On Thursday my most recent completed commission was presented to the giftee it was intended for. NL (my client) has bought a range of greetings cards from me before and last Christmas bought two decorated wooden boxes for her children. Admission – never seen a kingfisher, let alone drawn one, but yes …. This was …
Marchmeetthemaker day 26 prompt is Favourite. I can never have one favourite piece of art. However, my favourite view from a home is my current one over Swanage Bay. Who couldn’t love this view in all weathers and at all time of the year. I share a shop to sell my artwork and it now …
Marchmeetthemaker day 25 and the prompt is Starting Point. This can be approached in so many ways linked to the multitude of jobs that you do as a small business. The initial photos are based on my Instagram post today but then I will add some extra examples as well linked to other things I …
Marchmeetthemaker day 23 prompt is job(s) and the list could be endless almost as a small business. Today in my artist role I have been: Shopkeeper – day 2 of decoration my areas within the shop, sea layer second coat added. Cliff section in white one coat done on both sections. Tomorrow after a zoom …
I had one of my almost sleepless nights last night where I slept for a couple of hours then a pounding head meant I couldn’t sleep and the more I couldn’t sleep the tenser and tighter my neck and shoulders became. Eventually at 5am I threw in the towel and went for a walk on …
Marchmeetthemaker day 19 prompt. Here are the photos I shared today as my life has several silver linings. I wake up everyday to a view of the Swanage bay and the wider Bay Area of Bournemouth sometimes as far as Hurst Castle, Hampshire. We moved into the flat inAugust 2020 after living for four years …
Today is day 18 for Marchmeetthemaker and the prompt today is colour. Obviously from previous posts I use colour in quite a lot of my work. When I am out and about I often dress in quite dull colours but when on duty at the shop or art events out comes the logo pith helmet …