I made the 8 am zoom business network meeting again and even ate breakfast before it. One of the group had changed their background, although this is the target theme for next Monday evening. I wasn’t fully focused but contributed a little bit while distracting the others as I used first the provided images, then …
There are days and sometimes weeks where the mojo seems to go and I just have to keep going for walks, see if I am still noticing things and building up ideas in my head. If I am not in the state of mind to focus then drawing cannot happen and I accept that. I …
Since Friday February 12 I have changed approach with my Instagram / Facebook accounts linked to the shop. One aspect I am always conscious of, having a large portfolio of work, is how do I get people to see a range of my work without actually visiting the shop. All items that are on sale …
Throughout lockdown I have changed my front window display in the shop most weeks so that passersby using Java for takeaway food and coffees and Swanage Bay fish (fishmongers) could have a variety of work to look at. After producing two draft pieces celebrating Pip Hare’s return to Dorset I decided today to put these …
Yesterday Anne and I went to Shell Bay, Studland and watched Pip Hare global solo sailer return to Poole Harbour. I took a number of photos using my longer zoom leans and also some video clips using my phone. This afternoon I have drawn two first draft ideas of pictures to mark this special occasion. …
I only blogged about this last on January 24th 2021, but already I can update more inspiration from one of those links. In October I spotted a very large yacht sailing past Swanage Bay. I worked out that it i puts be Pip hare who was off to France’s west coast for the start village …
When I came to art I planned to do my own drawings, the idea that someone would ask me individually to draw something in particular for them seemed unlikely and I wasn’t sure with my damaged mental health I would cope with client demands. Then after my first sale I was commissioned to draw some …
I have spent quite a bit of time this lockdown researching publicity and marketing and now starting to put the ideas into practice. Today I have planned a month’s posts for my Courtyard Studio Instagram / Facebook accounts. So going forwards this is where you might find different sorts of information: The shop – The …
Today I have branched out to try a new platform where I am out of my depth but will learn what to do, at least roughly, going forwards. Several people have suggested that I use video more in my publicity and marketing as it gives an opportunity to get more of my character across and …
No, nothing special, an account of my day and how it links into being an artist. I set out to be a part time artist, I do not draw all day and especially now in lockdown I don’t even work the hours I do when sat in the shop drawing and waiting for visitors / …