Black Friday for larger retailers (mainly) and a reiteration of how people can buy from me online but also that the shop and I will be ready to welcome visitors again from Wednesday and I can offer a Happy Sales dance – most people scared off by man in hand painted boiler suit and coloured …
Today’s post is about mentioning other artists and crafters and I have also mentioned other independent businesses. But knowing so many people in this field now, choosing is so hard. This is the image I used, not artists with businesses but sharing the love of art and emphasising that art is about fun, therapy. It …
In my past career as a teacher I attended many meetings where often I would find myself doodling, usually just shapes or abstract patterns but sometimes other people at the meeting. Today I was an attendee at our sailing club AGM on Zoom so after a while the fidget urge started. As I was at …
When I started being an artist I took part for three years in an event called Artisans on the beach in Swanage. Every December we would hire a beach hut from the town council for the month and just intoJanuary. This year’s event has been cancelled linked to covid-19 and now that I have the …
Today saw three aspects of my art business: First I completed the online order from yesterday evening by collecting the greetings cards needed from the shop. They were two from my Christmas card series of Santa over Purbeck and Santa over Dorset All of the above cards are £2 each (£1.80 in November with 10% …
So I have one commission left to complete and it is another hand drawn hat design. I started this new idea during Lockdown 1.0 with my own logo pith helmet. The first design was very simple and linked to the logo I already had. So, I had in fact done a design before I got …
Drawing as I do, painting, sculpture, whatever art form you might produce is personal to you as its creator. I am starting the wonderful journey where I am asked to produce a piece directly for someone else (a commission). I have already found that it is not always easy to find exactly what that person …
Yesterday I drew two sketches while at RSPB Arne. Today I drew three more on the north end of Swanage Beach. Sketching for me helps me practice the skills of drawing and observation. Also for my mental health I focus on the drawing which relaxes me too. Now that all but one commission are completed …
A busier day than I had planned or expected. Yesterday a couple who had visited the shop in September emailed about a print they had admired. One copy left in shop was in frame, they wanted non framed. So today’s first art task was to go to shop, remove print, check card mount and prepare …
Until the last year commissioned work was something I was rarely approached about or confident to take on after some early pieces that didn’t work and I put myself under additional stress which I didn’t need. I have found with some clients that I haven’t had enough clarity about what they seek before starting a …