As many visitors have commented I am fairly prolific with new pieces of drawn work as I like to spend any shop / studio time producing new work as much as possible. I switch between projects often to keep my interest and motivation up. Today quite a few visitors and good sales for a Monday …
I did no art but I tried to sail in an easterly between force 4 and 6 which included helping to launch other sailors and trying to get myself out into Swanage Bay – I did, I didn’t race because I never got there in time. Lucy Slater took some pictures from the shore which …
Using some pigment fineliners and then Posca markers today I have completed the first side of the sleeve with kayakers and canoeists on the Swanage side of Old Harry and Handfast Point. Then I mirrored the Old Harry rocks on the other side of the sleeve.I then added a variety of motorised watercraft seen locally. …
Only one sketch today while having a coffee outside Java, pleased with detail through windows of Ciaron’s signs. I took the camera on our walk this afternoon with youngest along the seafront and caught some items that I noticed – definite drawing possibilities at some time – so many possibilities to be honest and never …
Visits to: The Blue Pool Tearoom / cafe for lunch – nicely refurnished Walk around The Blue Pool – lots of photos taken for potential work Sit on a bench dedicated to the previous owners after a hilly scramble up from the pool shore and sketch 2. Onto The Pink Goat in a Corfe Castle …
A sunny and hotter day so sat outside but eventually getting up and down put paid to my comfy chair – now set for the tip. Commission – collection of birthday card piece. Worked on one side of one sleeve of Watersports boiler suit with a group out kayaking and canoeing near Old Harry Rocks …
So today I sold some art and I started some new art. A6 postcard Sam Whaley who also belongs to Swanage Sailing club is a British sailing squad dinghy sailer. He competes in ILCA (Laser), RS Aero and Waszp (foiling dinghy), this weekend he won the 2021 National Championship for the Waszp and took some …
So, on Saturday June 19th I started a new A3 piece based on the idea of trees in full leaf in the summer based on some photos I had taken at Durlston Country Park on the south side of Swanage a couple of weeks ago. I started by developing the piece in layers as the …
Today is Sunday – club racing day at Swanage Sailing club, this season I am trying to sail three times a week to improve my sailing and become more independent. So today I was sailing a single handed boat an RS Feva. I have used it 3 or 4 times now and find it more …
Hi, so yes another shop shift and another positive day with great conversations with visitors, working on a new piece of art and some encouraging sales. The weather was cooler but dry until the last hour so when not welcoming visitors in the shop I sat outside and started a new piece which has been …