March 10 prompt for #MarchMeettheMaker. I told people in my Instagram post that I would give more detail about this series of photos. I also then amended my post as the newest aspect of marketing I am going to try is linking into Influencing – do I fully understand what it might involve – yes …
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 …
There are days and sometimes weeks where the mojo seems to go and I just have to keep going for walks, see if I am still noticing things and building up ideas in my head. If I am not in the state of mind to focus then drawing cannot happen and I accept that. I …
Once when taking part in Artisans on the Beach and talking with a fellow artisan they commented that they didn’t know what to draw. I haven’t had that issue yet, there are always things to draw, the problem often is choosing which one to do next. When I started I listed topics that I would …
My key starting point for this art journey was in June 2015 when I visited a shop on London, bought myself an A5 pad and two fineliner pens. So, there you are in 2015 I started with fineliner black pens in two nib widths. I was too nervous to try colour at the time. So …
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 …
Art like a photograph is a record of a point in time. Yes you can edit both through digital manipulation with software or add to a piece of art over a period of time. To see places, objects at a point in time you need to be nosey – or observant as I sometimes try …
Last night I drew an A6 study from some photos provided by a friend of the Sailability boats at Ringwood on the edge of the New Forest. Alex had told me how colourful the boats were. So I sketched out one of the photos in my relax before bedtime slot. I posted my progress of …
I spent almost 30 years including training, teaching geography to different extents and I drew diagrams, in fact I drew 1000s if not several more 0s in my years in the classroom from single lessons where I drew on a chalkboard and then to have space would rub out said image and start some more …