Tuesday 30th May A brighter day, a slow start again but more walkers discovering us by accident. Being on the footpath attracts interest to my gate side notices and PAW brochure box but not always then coming up the drive, even when dogs welcome read. I have to stop myself from heckling and calling out …
Monday 29th May It’s an English bank holiday and rather predictably, at least up in the Purbeck hills, it’s a wet one. Slightly drier at times. So wet weather to start meant that I knew that I would be able to get on with a lot more work. I only saw one walker pass in …
Sunday 28th May Mixed weather again but got brighter, even sunny in the afternoon. A good day where early on it was quiet and I got on with mounting two pictures – my drawing from my stewarding at the Etches Collection Sketches exhibition last week and my piece at home of the Foxglove. The Foxglove …
Saturday 27th May. I had attended the Private View at Rollington on Friday evening and did my two hours stewarding stint as Soft Drinks barman. I then got to have a look around most of the exhibition and bought Anne a print that she liked by Linda Wallis. A very sunny evening. So, Saturday morning …
No weekly update this week, a daily PAW diary instead from Saturday May 27 to Sunday June 11. Friday June 10 A day of action and the conversion of an outbuilding with new painted walls and some shelves attached to display prints into a fully working studio. Some jobs went through stages of frustration before …
Well, the key fact is that on Saturday Purbeck Art Weeks start and I shall be in Open Studio 22 for the 16 days from 10am to 4 pm each day. I will try to take photos and post a record of my first experience of hosting an Open Studio, having an art studio, having …
Well it’s the penultimate week before Purbeck Art Weeks. Suddenly there are things you realise you need and a seven page document of instructions as an Open Studio artist to go through again. Exhibition pieces to be handed in only at set times and forms and waivers to fill in. Yes, I am a beginner, …
Hi to regular readers and anyone new. 16 days in the countdown to Purbeck Art Weeks 2017 and Open Studio 22 opens its doors for people to visit, see my art, chat about it, maybe purchase something maybe not. Suddenly the reality seems much closer as forms are filled in and dispatched for different exhibiting …
A new month and one with so much art potential ahead. In 23 days I shall be an Open Studio within the Purbeck Art Weeks programme. Number 22, sat in and around our home drawing, painting, taking photographs and hopefully greeting visitors and maybe selling some of my work too. I am not ready yet …
A fourth weekly newsletter / post. The craft fair was poorly attended but some cards were sold and I got to know the other crafters. One card was taken home and framed and evidence posted on Facebook. So next time 6th May, looking to help advertise and attract more visitors. This week has seen my …