Art offers so many possibilities when it comes to making art. Due to my background in teaching I had drawn diagrams on boards in pen / marker for 13 years after chalkboards fell out of use (15 years practice). Back in the 1980s when I did my degree we drew diagrams and maps using Rotring …
It’s a new year and as the last post stated, no resolutions just keep doing what I have been. So, January 2nd I had planned to be open for the morning before an electrician came to fit a new meter for landlords. He came at the start of the day so I took the day …
So December has started. We had the town’s Rotary Christmas Fair on Saturday, last year saw a very poor day for my sales. This year a crisp, sunny but freezing day saw lots of card sales. In the last week, a visitor to the town who saw one of my cards on display in Pursenalities …
I am currently pausing to decide the final steps of a 30 x 80 cm vertical panorama piece depicting the damage to my art panels by Storm Ciaran. It is by its very nature a historical piece but for me a good marker of how my interests in physical geography have overlapped. Drawn in Posca …
So, October 25th I completed my panels. They were installed on Friday 27th October as I was away and I saw them on Sunday 29th on our return. On Thursday November 2nd Storm Ciaran flipped two of the blocks with my art over and pushed them halfway cross the rod scratching the artwork. I seem …
So I dream the end panel on Friday after completing the pier panel. I have used the above panel to talk about those,involved in my section ie. Dorset Coast Forum, myself as AndyKnillArt, AllSort’d and sponsor Chococo. The circles were drawn courtesy of a chococo plate as a stencil, the middle circle was distorted when …
Flooding Swanage with art – community project I have now had my additional panels (6 x 1550 mm). 3 left to draw – first of those started. To date; Drawn on own Bumper long panel – a pilot cutter off the shore, as sailing ships that historically would have visited the Swanage coast. Bumper end …
So 8 days ago, I posted about September in the life of AndyKnill Art. Things change so this is an update… Community art project Yes, the project is advancing. I put my Posca marker order in, it has arrived and I will receive it this week. The aluminium panels we will draw / paint on …
So, the summer holidays are over and art for fun has calmed from the August rush. So what is happening with AndyKnillArt? Community art project Dorset CoastForum published on Facebook about a project to put art onto the flood barrier blocks on Swanage seafront over this winter (& 2024/5). I replied and got involved with …
So I have just gone through my years photos and selected some aspects of the year as a record of some of the arty things I have done. Comments / feedback welcomed. If you are in the changing rooms a lot between chorus numbers what can you do? I sketched and they proved so popular …