Today is day 9 of March Meet the Maker, an Instagram based event started by a lady called Joanne Hawker to encourage small creative energy businesses to share more background about themselves. Follow the hashtag #marchmeetthemaker and see such a wide variety of creative talents. Each day there is a prompt, except weekend days that …
As I have learnt to draw and improved my technique I became conscious of different things that could be drawn better and then worked on this as a skill. Trees were one of the aspects I worked on as there are many in the Purbeck landscape? I am very keen on trees in winter with …
Today I started a project for my self. Last year I had seen and started chatting online with El of Southbourne about her vintage workwear and looking at drawing on some of it. I bought myself a shop coat earlier in the year and today I started to add my work to it. I have …
So three days – seven new original cards drawn and out to clients. Back to sky and tree piece which will remain my main focus unless any more Mothers Day commissions come in before the 14th. Also ongoing marketing on instagram, Facebook and Tik Tok with daily blog posts and tomorrow a webinar about online …
Last night in my local business network I introduced my Offer as Member offer of the Month – a 20% discount on my commissioned original greetings cards so £4 instead of the regular price of £5. This morning I woke to messages from five of the group and six cards ordered, 5 for Mother’s Day …
I may not be drawing this week but I have been working through my @andythecourtyardstudio Instagram account and Tik Tok @andyknillart account by putting together clips of images from the Instagram posts sharing my portfolio that is available to buy. To date I have shared the: Printed postcards, greeting cards, hats, mini & miniature canvases, …
A fortnght of various emotional rollercoaster prompts that has decidedly impacted on my creativity – but finished a small surfers wooden box and now starting next commission on my 2021 list. Be warned this is a post of bits… Enjoying the joy of drawing trees again and the intricate patterns of overlying branches. We looked …
I am hoping to try a bit of creativity today but first my portfolio post today was hats on @andythecourtyardstudio on Instagram and also put a clip together on TikTok, for fun as much as anything else really. Please feedback and if you use Tik Tok what should I be doing to improve it, get …
I made the 8 am zoom business network meeting again and even ate breakfast before it. One of the group had changed their background, although this is the target theme for next Monday evening. I wasn’t fully focused but contributed a little bit while distracting the others as I used first the provided images, then …
Since Friday February 12 I have changed approach with my Instagram / Facebook accounts linked to the shop. One aspect I am always conscious of, having a large portfolio of work, is how do I get people to see a range of my work without actually visiting the shop. All items that are on sale …