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 …
Last month I shared my new pieces which are available from the Purbeck Artisan Yard. September has become traditionally the end to my boat season duties by the river Frome in Wareham. Recently I have sold more prints – framed and mounted versions which has been very encouraging. In the next fortnight I will return …
A recent visit to the printers (Art2Card) means I have added new cards to my range available at Purbeck Artisan Yard this week. There will be giclée prints soon too once I have mounted / framed examples. I also have a card that I am selling to support fundraising by my cousin who is raising …
During PAW 19 I received lots of praise about my work of boats and sailing from studio visitors. While I wait for the materials to start work on a new apron commission I decided to do some water linked pieces. So far this has included the Shannon class lifeboat piece for a friend, my False …
I now have work on display and for sale at HappyHay clothing in the Craft Courtyard Centre in Lytchett Minster. Hayley has become a friend after the last two seasons of Artisans on the Beach and this is her new business venture. I saw that another artisan friend was also setting up their own unit …
On Monday evening on the way home from my kayaking course in Wareham (see Post on Mishmashlearning blog) I spotted that fog was coming into the Purbeck valley from the west. I drove home across Middlebere from Arne to Norden as it allows a better vista. I stopped the car several times to take pictures …
Monday July 8th found me at the Purbeck Artisan yard as duty artisan for the day. As usual I took the ProMarkers with me and my current pieces in progress. I have a list of ideas to work on. 1) New Santa Over Dorset series start for Christmas cards 2019. The first two cards will …
Samantha Jolly is a local craftsperson who makes walking sticks, croziers etc through “Jolly Good Sticks“. Sam is also one of our regular Posties. We have talked about our shared love of craft / art often previously. She has seen on a number of occasions my growing range of hand drawn clothing items and during …
This afternoon I took part in what turned out to be a small exercise, the joint judging entries for the Purbeck Art Weeks 2019 sketching competition. There were entries from both adults and children. A remit had been to represent the PAW event. One adult design took in a number of activities within the event …
AndyKnillArt, as regular readers will know started as a going concern in late January 2017. Before then I had drawn pieces but never actually tried to sell any of my art. When my Open Studio is available to the public in Purbeck Art Weeks for 16 days visitors can see the snow range of my …