At last an idea that links with much of my work which to date has focused in the Purbeck area of Dorset and will continue to going forwards. Much of my labelling of work at events and even in The Courtyard Studio has been handwritten and even on scrap pieces of cardboard. I decided that …
New A4 piece of art completed today. It is based on a sketch drawn last weekend down below the sailing club. It was drawn out in Staedtler pigment liner and then colour with Winsor & Newton ProMarkers. It will not be made into prints and like my other lockdown pieces so far will sell only …
So Monday June 1 shops are able to open * (*subject to …). My plan to reopen The Courtyard Studio, Swanage on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday from 10 to 5 with me (Andy) on duty. Times for my fellow sole trader tbc. Social distancing measures will restrict the number of customers inside but I …
Ask other shopkeepers locally who sell similar products and apparently this is one I should be considering. So after a brainstorm I started a new use for some of the pen and ink card designs. Rather than hand coloured cards I could modify the theme of the cards as “Original Valentines” where each design will …
In September I posted “Arty things in the pipeline” . Everything has come to pass. I am now booked to deliver four sessions for Art Workshop in January 2020. The biggest change is that on Saturday November 2nd I got the keys to Unit 7, Tilly Mead, 1-5 Commercial Road, Swanage BH19 1DF. This address …
Purbeck Art Weeks run an opportunity to exhibit art in the cafe at RSPB Arne. I booked a spot 18 months ago and of course then just got on with everything else. This morning a week on from the intended start date (subject to illness) Jenny Hawkes took her exhibition down and I put mine …
Any excuse for some colouring in saw me last night doing my second full promarker collection audit linked to my annual order window. Keeping in mind the demands of a coloured set of overalls to advertise the Santa Over… series and some examples of the new colours launched at the start of September. The next …