July 19 – “freedom day” misnamed really so keeping many of shop expectations the same from tomorrow. Also Art for fun returns as an activity with the option to use two new tables together or separately and inside or outside he shop or a combination of the two. We will see how it goes.
I consider this an essential business skill whether it be verbal or written, letter or email, honest or measured. It has been for a long time now, ie about March 2020 the biggest fault line in the business connection between myself and my fellow business premises cotenant. I have been very open about my mental …
This is one of he things I used to do when I first started sketching back in 2015/2016. Then I had my phase of art bombing – leaving art on napkins in some cafes around 2016/2017 and maybe 2018. Today we had been to visit Anne’s mum and went down to Burlington Chine and Down …
The second week of visiting Upwey and James at Art2Card to: a) take in some work for new prints and cards – today it was my Golden Horizon piece completed on Tuesday & Wednesday. I was originally to just sell this as a one off original only, then contact yesterday evening led to a request …
Another quiet day for sales, it is what it is. I had quite a few good chats with visitors about various aspects of art including telling some about Art for fun restarting on Monday from 10 – based on the last two days I need an earlier night on Sunday and an early arrival at …
So today’s post is about my second safety boat duty in three days at Swanage Sailing Club. I had decided when volunteering for safety duties that two after each other would help consolidate any new skills. Sunday had been very calm but I had learnt about the anchoring method for the racing marks in the …
Today a visitor came into the shop who had received the original drawing of “Sailing from Chapmans Pool” as an engagement present from her parents. They bought it during PAW 2018 from my Open Studio because the proposal had been on the stone bench at the St Aldhelm’s end of the valley of steps between …
Today, I made a new window display stand from two smaller remains of pallet and various other offcuts from previous shop diy display pieces. Did it all go to plan straightaway? No, of course not. But of course I hadn’t planned it before I got to the shop today. I moved my larger window vinyl …
I didn’t rest physically today except this afternoon, but arty aspect rested. In the shop for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday for the next fortnight and plan is art for fun from 19th – need to come up with a risk assessment where choice and responsibility belongs to the customer.
As I have posted previously the working connection between myself and shop co-tenant started to sour just 3 months in to the tenancy, but lockdowns have provided some time outs. I wish….I had been wiser before I made the commitment to co- tenant and also knew the other artist better. But I didn’t so I …