New chapter
In 33 days on September 1, 2021 AndyKnillArt starts the next chapter in the development as an ongoing business… More details as the date approaches…
Category: News
A brave new world
Yesterday I set off a chain of events that will end up with my business no longer having a bricks and mortar base. So why such a decision 2/3 of the way through a tenancy that is being successful in terms of my sales? For those of you that follow my blog and read many …
Drew some, sold some, encouraged drawing
I completed a postcard today of two divers waiting to go below Swanage pier. I started a second card of local fishing boats before going out on angling trips. Sold 14 greeting cards, some postcards, an original postcard and three prints – a good day of sales despite spending a lot of the day without …
An art for fun day
Today I used the shop for one of my key motivations with art which is to share and offer the joy of creating pieces using a medium that may be unfamiliar to many. I allow members of the public aged 4+ to use my promarker collection that covers the entire colour range. I supply an …
Saturday = shop and more art output
So another shop day and just focusing on my work, my time and making more art. Last nights thunderstorms meant a very humid start to the day and Anne came to the shop with me so a careful descent of the hill from home. So as Anne had the wheelchair to get around we kept …
Another day, another drawing and enquiry
Today I drew a picture while waiting after ordering lunch, pleased again with the outcome. This afternoon, I intended to draw but tiredness ruled that out. Tomorrow in the shop I will now have three new original A6 pieces to put up on sales, also art for fun of any takers and also a forecast …
Unravelling dream reinvention
Since February 2017 as this blog has shown I have launched myself from nothing as an artist. The first question being – would anyone buy my art? That has been a resounding yes. The target each year irrespective of spending to – sell some art. Again a resounding and increasing each calendar year success. A …
The joy of art
The momentous ‘freedom day’ when to be honest I think most businesses continued their covid safeguards due to rising cases locally. I had planned and used the day to relaunch ‘art for fun’ one of my key principles behind the shop premises in November 2019. Last time it ran until March 2020 and the first …
July 19 new beginnings
July 19 – “freedom day” misnamed really so keeping many of shop expectations the same from tomorrow. Also Art for fun returns as an activity with the option to use two new tables together or separately and inside or outside he shop or a combination of the two. We will see how it goes.
Free drawings for friends
This is one of he things I used to do when I first started sketching back in 2015/2016. Then I had my phase of art bombing – leaving art on napkins in some cafes around 2016/2017 and maybe 2018. Today we had been to visit Anne’s mum and went down to Burlington Chine and Down …