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 …
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 …
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 / …
Once when taking part in Artisans on the Beach and talking with a fellow artisan they commented that they didn’t know what to draw. I haven’t had that issue yet, there are always things to draw, the problem often is choosing which one to do next. When I started I listed topics that I would …
Yesterday I posted about how the business name AndyKnillArt came about. Today a bit of background about me, the artist and why you might want to look at my work or possibly meet up or communicate via some online means. I am Andy, I am 56 and I live in Swanage, Purbeck, Dorset. I grew …
Here in lockdown 3 time has little meaning beyond the daily cycle as no end is in sight when we might reopen the shop. Combined with poor sleep at night means my mental health flattens, I am aware of it and today is a ‘day off’ to recuperate a bit. I came to art to …