Is your inbox bulging everyday with news of Black Friday deals? They are everywhere it would seem. A way for big businesses to sell stock at reduced prices that’s all business eases often cannot match. Just a Card is a campaign that makes the point that by just buying a card from a small independent …
Today while at Java (coffee house) the screen which has served well until today gave up the ghost and couldn’t be resurrected. I offered Ciaron my old “post office counter”screen as many nicknamed it I used in The Courtyard Studio as I have no counter to sit behind in AndyKnillArtStudio. That was a collection from …
A milder day – no thermals needed below the overalls. Today I drew with K-M this morning, chatted with TH, sold some cards and later SD paid for her commissioned box. So some sales, some drawing and also some pieces finished. I completed my Corfe Castle piece and also played with some observations of the …
So penultimate drawing for Inktober and the prompt was slither, I thought snakes and so did a number of other artists whose work I saw. I drew alongside two early art for fun participants today. Today in Swanage we had the second annual trick or treat run by businesses in the town – it was …
A quieter day which started with stormy conditions and heavy rain. Later it dried out, the wind dropped but still cool so Art for fun stayed indoors and subsequently was less busy. Inktober prompt was patch so a varied approach again I continued to work on my new Corfe Castle piece, received another art supplies …
To put art earnings in context I joined Purbeck Artisan Yard in March 2018, 13 months into my new job as an artist so my work would be available all year round. I left the Yard in October 2020 as my commitment to having a shop in Swanage meant I had to balance up relative …
A question that arises quite often especially at times like this half term when I sit out at a table setting and turn my art tools over to anyone who wishes to take part (rough 4 years plus rule). When I started to draw and keep sketchbooks in 2015, just 6 years ago I discovered …
Today was day 22 and back at the shop. The prompt for today was ‘open’ and I drew while a lady and her two children did art for fun. I drew the shop front with the door and business open. I also then removed paint on the window Dow to modify he two pumpkins to …
So today’s Inktober prompt was ‘loop’. I delayed drawing a piece as I spent quite a bit of today at the shop starting an autumn window piece using my Posca markers. As part of a conversation with Malcolm, a local friend, yesterday about painting window displays included his need to find a way of making …
Hoorah into the second half of the month and today I went with the prompt of moon. This was my second drawing of the day after a pre holibobs sketch in Java which we visited on a jaunt into town. Today was nice as we popped into town, saw friends at Java and also on …