So up earlier and dropped off brochures as requested before being dropped off to open the shop this morning. I set up outside the shop as early sunniness, but it clouded over and a few raindrops that became a shower and meant cleaning away inside. This was repeated twice. I took some photos from the …
Yesterday Rob and Charlie visited the shop, we had actually bumped into them as they parked up on the seafront as we were enjoying a pre work walk on the seafront. Originally met and talked about my Rescue piece – Rob works full time for the RNLI on one of the London Thames stations on …
I lost a week’s trading earlier this month due to my chest infection and reopened on the 13th. Since thenI have had the absolute pleasure to share my drawing tables and the art for fun activity with 67 participants from 2 year olds to adults in their 50/60s . I find myself explaining the background …
Second day in a row with a family I know – but local rather than visitors this time and that magic moment when three often hyperactive young girls were absolutely focused and silent for about 5 minutes. In fact their Mum and I were so gobsmacked we probably triggered the next word spoken. Now at …
So today after yesterdays marker audit was to include some drawing and see who came through the door sort of plan. Early sales of some cards and then two for Art for Fun, once of whom has a card business so a little bit like coals from Newcastle but a great chat and draw for …
So a solid night’s sleep and a later start but I still fitted in a bit of seafront and gig sighting. Then onto work via two other workplaces to practice Panto care follow up after last nights get together – both were ok. My first visitors of the day were shop son Martin who I …
So, January 25 I started the cutting of a linocut piece for the first of potentially four different Purbeck drystone wall designs. I had said to myself after my last linocut attempt at Swanage pier thatI must try something easier yet here I was doing something complicated again. In the last two weeks I have …
Online presence is something I have a lot of for AndyKnillArt but not used efficiently enough. It is something I am aware I could try and do better although I don’t find it as much fun as the art. Yesterday I spent time tidying links up. I have updated the linktr.ee account for the studio …
So Wednesday and a mix of drawing and Lino work today. I had a small block of the easy cut material left and decided to make a small printing stamp with it. I took a photo of a local paddleboarder at the weekend and based the stamp on him. The cutting was better but showed …
Since I started this thing that I called AndyKnillArt in 2017 I have enjoyed the freedom to share things I have done, tried, succeeded with, failed at in social media posts, blog posts, articles, conversations with people. That freedom comes from my own openness with aspects of my life that developed when I was a …