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September 26, 2023

September 2023 part 2

So 8 days ago, I posted about September in the life of AndyKnill Art. Things change so this is an update… Community art project Yes, the project is advancing. I put my Posca marker order in, it has arrived and I will receive it this week. The aluminium panels we will draw / paint on …

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September 18, 2023

September 2023 – Year 3 and …

So, the summer holidays are over and art for fun has calmed from the August rush. So what is happening with AndyKnillArt? Community art project Dorset CoastForum published on Facebook about a project to put art onto the flood barrier blocks on Swanage seafront over this winter (& 2024/5). I replied and got involved with …

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August 30, 2023

Art for Fun grows in popularity

Today,Wednesday August 30th was my last trading day of the month before the shop celebrates its 2nd birthday on Friday September 1st. A habit from my teaching career is the collection of data to see if I can see patterns in the business. Obviously I keep accounts for income and expenditure; I also use a …

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August 9, 2023

2000

Today, Wednesday August 9th Art for Fun at the studio passed the milestone of 2000 people taking part in the activity. Three to four return families today from 2022 and 2023.New families discovering the activity for the first time. It gives me great satisfaction to see participation rise and alongside it so have my art …

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July 24, 2023

Summer as an artist in Swanage

The school holidays have started and Swanage will start to fill up with more visitors. Next weekend we see the start of Carnival week – not just a parade for Swanage. For me the shop will continue to open on the same four days of the week and keeping to my regular hours of 10 …

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June 26, 2023

Artists make a good subject

Today was a day off like a holiday. That means it’s June, the sun is out d we went along the seafront and enjoyed lunch at our favourite beach cafe – Down the Beach at Burlington Chine. After lunch a break was needed so we sat on the sand sheltered from the Sw wind by …

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June 24, 2023

June 24 2023 and blog reset

As those of you who have followed the development of AndyKnillArt will have noticed for a while I have neglected the blog as I post regularly on social media mainly through https://www.instagram.com/andyknillartstudio . I have found the photo aspect of Instagram easy todo while working at the studio. Now I need to reset my use …

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May 1, 2023

May already…but not panicked about Purbeck Art Weeks even with 23 days to hand in day.

I have completed my commissioned pith helmet and now comes the long wait until the clients gift it to its recipient and I hear about their response. For PAW 2023 I have so far: 1) completed Pith helmet for Year of the Coast 2023 2) Completed New Zealand (North island) holiday album pair of hand …

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April 6, 2023

Gosh, April already

So last month I posted about posting on Instagram for March meet the maker where I completed a month of posts. I continue to post daily on Instagram with my Good morning from Swanage posts. In the studio account I share different things that are going on and currently trying a social media calendar of …

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March 18, 2023

March Meet the Maker 2023

On the first of March I saw a post by Lucy Tidbury, our local successful artist on her 1st March post. I had forgotten all about the initiative but joined in as it’s a nice way to search the hashtag each day and find other creative people. Each day has a prompt except weekends when …

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