Gosh, well that makes the point about mainly using social media to post about the business. Since May: Purbeck Art Weeks 2025 Unfortunately not a big success sales wise especially at Rollington Barn so I have decided that there won’t be a 10th consecutive year taking part and I am stepping away for 2026 as …
Today and yesterday I have been doing a regular (about quarterly) stock take of my Winsor and Newton ProMarkers stock in the shop. Not stock to sell but as art tools. This is important for me as they are my tool for paper based work. Also, I let anyone come in / come to the …
Art offers so many possibilities when it comes to making art. Due to my background in teaching I had drawn diagrams on boards in pen / marker for 13 years after chalkboards fell out of use (15 years practice). Back in the 1980s when I did my degree we drew diagrams and maps using Rotring …
Today,Wednesday August 30th was my last trading day of the month before the shop celebrates its 2nd birthday on Friday September 1st. A habit from my teaching career is the collection of data to see if I can see patterns in the business. Obviously I keep accounts for income and expenditure; I also use a …
Being a shopkeeper has sales needs to pay your bills. Today no good news on that side, however I had a good time hosting 8 people doing art for fun and at 230 participants in shop year 2 the figures are already edging towards 3 months ahead of the year 1 figures. So, the first …
Never an easy month as autumnal weather moves in and we have had stormier weather and rain. Each week now is a mystery as to how many visitors / customers I will see. On Tuesday I was in the shop as the weather meant it as far too wet to be outside and I had …
Inktober is a drawing event that I have now participated in a few times. I do not always manage to draw everyday as I might leave it really late to think of something and just run out of time. This year like last year I have created a display in the studio where I have …
I admit I did the drawings for the final two days of Inktober while at the studio / shop on Saturday in between handing out 193 art postcards to visitors for the Swanage businesses Tick or Treat event. Gear for me is usually associated with cycling and another example I thought was climbing gear.
So, in 2021 I did extra opening as the second month of AndyKnillArt Studio and was open for 7/9 days. In that time 97 people took,part in Art for Fun. So, in 2022, I am now just sticking to my usual opening days therefore 5/9 days – how would numbers compare. Last week the forecast …
With this prompt what else could I draw but …. The Teletubbies.