A good day today. I set up early at the shop including setting up my outside drawing base. The hottest day yet and I had to put on an outfit over my legs to protect them from the sun. This afternoon the shade was very welcome. I worked on a new hat based loosely around …
I am very grateful to all those clients who have asked me to draw work for them, increasingly I have been asked to do more work of all sorts. I offer commissions from original art A6 postcards or 7”x 5” greeting cards at just £5. These have included Valentines, Mothers Day and birthday cards so …
More people in town, more visitors, more customers and one or maybe two new commissions today plus friends / acquaintances dropping by to check how I am doing mentally. Today was a day where I focused on the things I loved: – prep of materials to sell, today this was continuing to number, title and …
First the art aspects: Today I put my drawing from Swanage pier earlier in the week up for sale on the original art postcards display. In between moving in and out of the shop due to small showers of rain I drew two new original art postcards from memories. Firstly yesterday afternoon’s kayak paddle in …
Today my art skills have not been used as much as my organisational ones. I have recently bought, at last, a range of marker wallets to contain the promarker set that I keep in the shop and hope to use again for an ‘art for fun’ table. So today was a case of separating pens …
So today I have had more energy. This morning a visit to a kitchen planners / company – interesting to see different colour combinations, textures and features. A delivery – yesterday’s order arrived so I am now fully stocked again for Promarker sets 1 and 2 to resell in the shop. I love selling the …
An early start as I woke up and couldn’t get back to sleep so on the seafront just before 6 am. I had a nice walk and some good photos to inspire art of various sorts. Once home I completed my current pen and ink commission which is off to the client tomorrow. At work …
So, a bank holiday with a forecast of strong winds and rain in the mid afternoon – would the shop get visitors / customers? I went in this morning and logged then put out the new original art postcards I drew yesterday, one sold in the morning to my first customer of the day. A …
Yes a full day and lots of art inspiration. Today we were on the water just after 9 and enjoyed a great paddle on a calm and sunny Swanage Bay – taking in the natural beauty of our natural scenery. We paddled across the bay between moored yacht visitors, saw friends in the rowing club …
Ok, there are still two business days to the end of the month but I did my final April shift today. It has been a very successful start back to being in the shop and continuing to be creative. Some successes for the last 17 days: – reopened the shop with my new decorated spaces …