While out for a walk this afternoon we met some friends from the sea rowing club and a member I didn’t think I knew u til he piped up that he had met me in my kayak the other day – chief instructor with the trainees that I photographed on Monday and drew a card …
So, I am in the chorus for the local panto. This week during the dress rehearsal and three public performances I have needed a distraction in between the three chorus numbers. I decided to take some art materials on Thursday for the dress rehearsal and see how it went. Drawing materials; A6 postcard sized watercolour …
Yes, back at the shop, very quiet although some came to the door to say hello including a lady whose granddaughter had previously enjoyed art for fun. So no sales. Today was better than Wednesday as I felt better. I completed an 8 x 4 piece based on my previous two recent paddleboarder pieces and …
After a good night of rest today was a get some fresh air and take the day sensibly kind of day. This morning we headed over to Studland for a walk in the bay. Parking at Knoll beach we had lunch at the cafe and I did my first sketch on a napkin for a …
…since I wrote that my days at the unit are studio days with the bonus of visitors sometimes and sales maybe. Today a dull, misty, cloudy day Yes, a very quiet day. Anne came down with me, came back for lunch together; shop son visited; son and client visited. One visitor while his wife went …
Initially seen while out kayaking today and then out for a walk later.
A morning walk and an afternoon in the theatre. Some photos taken on the camera of waves and a kayaker and paddle boarder out in the bay, a walk on the bay. I took some drawing materials in case I needed distraction at rehearsals today, but I didn’t. So a day off.
Today was a wet day, until 4.45 pm no shop visitors inside except for family and shops on. A late sale including one of today’s drawings. I had decided to draw a variety of A6 card pieces from old photos mainly 2014 which caught my imagination. This van was on the South Bank in London …
Again a day of different tasks. A walk on the seafront first and beautiful sunshine. A cappuccino at Java before work and saw some friends. Then updating my calendar with events for February and March, also identifying deadlines for commissioning Valentines and Mothers Day cards. A return to drawing, a forecast of showers expected didn’t …
Not a topic that I haven’t included in my portfolio of work before but one that I continue to return to as a local inspiration. For my first four years in Purbeck I lived in a property with a boundary of walls on three of four sides. I saw walls everyday at home and on …