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December 21, 2020

Commissions finished and now I can draw whatever I like…

So a shop day, one commission left to be collected and paid for by the client so I can sit or I can draw and I can draw whatever I want. Today in the shop I sold a print, a treasure chest and some Brussels sprout bunting, whoever thought that would be my record of …

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December 20, 2020

See surfers, draw surfers

On my walk today I got to watch up to 8 people surfing or at least attempting to in Swanage Bay. I took,photos and videoed them as I find it easier to draw activities involving movement after the event. I decided to try today’s theme using my A6 original art postcard format which allows me …

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December 19, 2020

The news in art

Art is a record of something, somewhere… sometimes art responds quickly. Today I responded to photos I had seen of a cliff fall at Hive beach, Burton Bradstock in Dorset from yesterday.I have drawn a new A6 original art postcard.

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December 18, 2020

Network tries

I have been on LinkedIn for years as it was helpful when teaching specially to connect with people in fields outside teaching but who dealt with issues that were relevant to my lessons e.g.environmental management, teaching abroad.. I have reduced my contacts but the other week looked for art related groups and discovered such useful …

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December 17, 2020

Commissions pre Christmas completed ….

Today started with some routine matching online and store stock levels, an admin task but important as I gradually have everything tallying in house and online. Then some details on my 5th hat commission and 10th hat in 6 months and final Christmas commission completed even though it came in late. Just one photo to …

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December 14, 2020

A creative day

Not a busy day at the shop but a creative one… First project was a sign to put outside and further from the shop to possibly attract people. As usual hand made from backing card, cellophane envelope and a piece of pallet. Next prototype 2 for wooden tray plus hand drawn picture New hand drawn …

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December 12, 2020

Lively shopkeepermode

How do you dress to serve customers? Some chain stores have staff uniforms, some shops sell clothing and wear the product. Some dress to keep warm or cool. One of the aspects of selling my art that I have embraced over the last three years is to maintain my sense of humour and wear outfits …

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December 10, 2020

Living in an arty area

Thursday, one of regular days off and today a chance to visit some other local artisans in their studios / shops plus refreshment of course. Today we visited The Pink Goat in Corfe Castle to catch-up with Pav and the team, see their decorations but also to find a new merch. stand which came with …

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December 8, 2020

It’s all in a day at the shop

Hi, a shop day ideally would be lots of shoppers buying items. In reality it’s cold, it’s Tuesday, people are trying to stay healthy so, no we didn’t have that many customers today. I sold Christmas cards and this included a new achievement – I have now sold over 4000 greetings cards since I started …

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December 7, 2020

Hand made and hand drawn wooden trays

A new product experiment in conjunction with another local shopkeeper. He makes small wooden trays, I am hand decorating and we will see how well it varnishes and works as a practical tray. We are not looking at a high cost item but will report back on progress and see how this goes.

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