I have previously mentioned that I,would be starting this new initiative and today Anne and I setup the firstGuest Artist exhibition in the studio / shop which opens to the public from tomorrow. A notice about the idea: August artist detail Jessica’s work Noe we wait for feedback from visitors.
This week Andrew Diprose published an interview we did recently in his publication Dorset Biz News, I shared it and today the story achieved 2nd most popular story of the week which was a great feeling.
Today we reached and then continued on – 600 participants and a new total of 603. In the last two days as the summer holidays kick in we have hosted 25 drawing guests. The best thing for me has been that I have not been distracted by too much customer needs so have drawn more …
On Monday I bought a parasol to use outside between the art for fun tables and have benefitted from shade the last two days. By early afternoon the air has felt ‘heavy’ and being able to get some shade has helped. The heat is draining my energy but I have had some art for fun …
At the start of 2022 I set myself two targets to work on; to try some Lino/relief printing; to draw some panoramas. I have produced some Linoprint pieces but need to return to printing best copies of my drystonewall series; developing use of the beach marker piece and continue to sell the kayaker cards. Panoramawise …
So today was session three of three with both Year 3 and 4 at the local primary school as part of our sketching project. A wet morning so I was so glad that we did our outdoor sketching last week. The classroom title has significance because I fled almost from classrooms as a location early …
In conversation with other local businesses we have reflected how it is impossible to predict what may happen on any given day. So Friday had seen the sale of two cards but pleasing as it took sales over £100 for the week. Today cooler, dry for most of it except some light showers near the …
Best Tuesday for sales since September 2021 during PAW 2021 and the month I opened AndyKnillStudio. So today was good for sales but also constructive with work done / completed. First work task was labelling and putting on sale cards 11 to 18 of the Kayaker series featuring my Linoprint cut. Then I went onto …