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. …
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, 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 …
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 …
So Wednesday, my first one on shift in this fortnight ( it is how we split the shop hours equally between the two artists). Today was a good day for more extended conversations with visitors, some of whom became customers and others who didn’t. I really enjoy this interaction with visitors. Today I met two …
So today at the shop I drew two new pieces – a card based on the inflatable unicorns I had seen several of on the beach on Sunday. Not,y usual subject but fun all the same,. Also a piece giving my interpretation of last night’s sunset. I also sold some prints and got great feedback …
Today the theme for 2021 is people whose livelihood comes from the sea. I shared this in a variety of ways today. On my new ‘the heart of Swanage’ initiative on Instagram and Facebook I shared the opening details of our local fishmongers with Julia who is one of the first UK female master fishmongers. …
Today, the Monday after half term, the town had gone from manic to a few visitors and children with parents because of INSET days. Java opposite was closed to give crew day off after a bonkers week – spent much of today listening to visitor comments while I sat out in a warm but less …
The wooden boxes I have drawn on since doing the art have become for some clients / recipients memory boxes. Isomer recently have expressly been intended for that purpose some have become so. I have a wooden sailing chest I drew on last year when Anne and I started our lockdown zoom sailing lessons and …
Today was a non work day but I still added to the commission wooden box and also when returning home from trip out today my new product – calendar for 2022 had arrived. Also delivered two stickers to business that had paid for dogfriendly.social stickers. Also posted for ‘The heart of Swanage’, so not a …