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 …
I have always been honest with people and especially my own children that I don’t know all the answers. This means that I am open to learning new things on a daily basis. This sometimes fell on stoney ground with teenagers I worked with who wanted “learning” to stop as soon as possible. As a …
When I came to art I planned to do my own drawings, the idea that someone would ask me individually to draw something in particular for them seemed unlikely and I wasn’t sure with my damaged mental health I would cope with client demands. Then after my first sale I was commissioned to draw some …
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 / …
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 …
Today I read a blog post from another local gallery about people choosing art for their home. I realised I had never really thought that much about how my art fitted into people’s lives, more an assumption that if they bought a piece it was for a particular space. Customers have mentioned about colour scheme …
So I have now drawn 5 valentines cards / piece for clients and this afternoon some messaging to arrange delivery of the last two. Also late last night this morning a new commission came in from another Swanage business who I know through the Purbeck Business and Community Group. I was able to give a …
While my bricks and mortar shop is closed and my online shop hasn’t attracted custom presently I have kept busy the last two and a half weeks with commission work. Today I started my fifth Valentine commission, which came in last night. My hat commission was always going to go on hold if valentines pieces …