Marchmeetthemaker day 22 and we are back to official prompts. Today it is Hands On. A good day to exemplify this because as with most small businesses there is always something to be done. Targeting April 12 as potential reopening day for the shop. It is time to brighten things up. In June 2020 I …
I had one of my almost sleepless nights last night where I slept for a couple of hours then a pounding head meant I couldn’t sleep and the more I couldn’t sleep the tenser and tighter my neck and shoulders became. Eventually at 5am I threw in the towel and went for a walk on …
Marchmeetthemaker day 19 prompt. Here are the photos I shared today as my life has several silver linings. I wake up everyday to a view of the Swanage bay and the wider Bay Area of Bournemouth sometimes as far as Hurst Castle, Hampshire. We moved into the flat inAugust 2020 after living for four years …
Today is day 18 for Marchmeetthemaker and the prompt today is colour. Obviously from previous posts I use colour in quite a lot of my work. When I am out and about I often dress in quite dull colours but when on duty at the shop or art events out comes the logo pith helmet …
Marchmeetthemaker day 17 and the prompt is process. So where do you start to create a piece. The clip above shows the stages in drawing my current commission but it doesn’t show the pre drawing aspect. My task: Create a keepsake box for a teacher who is leaving to have a baby. Background: The client …
Marchmeetthemaker day 16 prompt – so for me a search for an older portfolio case and the pieces I have shared on Instagram (@andy.knill) and Tik Tok (@andyknillart) this morning. This is an early sketch in the first few pieces of using the promarker colour pens. Papermill lock outside Chelmsford, Essex was a favourite location …
Day 15 of Marchmeetthemaker and today’s prompt. Less photos today because there are some key priorities here: 1) enjoying and sharing where I live every day with my Good morning from Swanage posts. I am lucky enough to have this view and I want to share it. Later in each day I share some Vitamin …
Day 14 of Marchmeetthemaker and another weekend chance to create my own prompt which today is to look for pieces of art drawn of scenes away from the water which has become so important in my Purbeck life. This was drawn from the drive of my friend Nick. I love the silver birches and drew …
Marchmeetthemaker does not have weekend prompts so this is one of my own developed more as Ilive by he coastand love boats. Some of these are drawn from photos on instagram as lockdown practices. An old friend from teaching volunteers at sailability and had told me about he coloured boat and sail combinations. When restrictions …
Today’s MarchMeettheMaker prompt for day 12 is “In use”, I have seen others show photos from customers where their art has been hung or displayed. Of course as I draw on things I thought they would be better examples for me. So,… Robin’s hat featured the yacht that he sails off Studland Bay, Captain Pugwash …