So today I updated the signs in my front and back windows in The Courtyard Studio about the new shop. I spoke with some other businesses in the courtyard making sure all are aware of the move. I checked my square business card which has proved very popular and identified details that needed to change …
I did one sketch today, the photo I took of it was out of focus so no real evidence except a memory. We were sat at Down the Beach cafe at north end of Swanage Bay. I sketched a couple on the beach. She was sat in a stripy deckchair hired from the cafe, he …
Yesterday I set off a chain of events that will end up with my business no longer having a bricks and mortar base. So why such a decision 2/3 of the way through a tenancy that is being successful in terms of my sales? For those of you that follow my blog and read many …
I completed a postcard today of two divers waiting to go below Swanage pier. I started a second card of local fishing boats before going out on angling trips. Sold 14 greeting cards, some postcards, an original postcard and three prints – a good day of sales despite spending a lot of the day without …
So another shop day and just focusing on my work, my time and making more art. Last nights thunderstorms meant a very humid start to the day and Anne came to the shop with me so a careful descent of the hill from home. So as Anne had the wheelchair to get around we kept …
Today I drew a picture while waiting after ordering lunch, pleased again with the outcome. This afternoon, I intended to draw but tiredness ruled that out. Tomorrow in the shop I will now have three new original A6 pieces to put up on sales, also art for fun of any takers and also a forecast …
Since February 2017 as this blog has shown I have launched myself from nothing as an artist. The first question being – would anyone buy my art? That has been a resounding yes. The target each year irrespective of spending to – sell some art. Again a resounding and increasing each calendar year success. A …
Wednesday 21 July 2021 will none remembered in our household for a while. The nearest day to it was one 23 years ago – the common factor? … Meanwhile, poor sleep due to heat, left home after 9.30, arrived at shop to ask gent asking after my wooden art poseable figure – was it for …
Another very hot day with lots of shop ventilation. Again I stayed in the shop, drank lots of water and stayed hydrated. Art for fun – .so a friend came during her day off to do some Art for fun. Amazing drawing skills based on a picture on her phone. A. coped well when I …
The momentous ‘freedom day’ when to be honest I think most businesses continued their covid safeguards due to rising cases locally. I had planned and used the day to relaunch ‘art for fun’ one of my key principles behind the shop premises in November 2019. Last time it ran until March 2020 and the first …