So, on Thursday 23rd I assisted Sara Parker from Dorset Coast Forum on the rearranged Open Classroom day with three local primary schools. The children aged from year 3 (7 to 8 yrs) to year six (10 to 11 yrs). Over the day we did 6 trails and 153 pupils in total. I was there …
I am currently pausing to decide the final steps of a 30 x 80 cm vertical panorama piece depicting the damage to my art panels by Storm Ciaran. It is by its very nature a historical piece but for me a good marker of how my interests in physical geography have overlapped. Drawn in Posca …
So, October 25th I completed my panels. They were installed on Friday 27th October as I was away and I saw them on Sunday 29th on our return. On Thursday November 2nd Storm Ciaran flipped two of the blocks with my art over and pushed them halfway cross the rod scratching the artwork. I seem …
So I dream the end panel on Friday after completing the pier panel. I have used the above panel to talk about those,involved in my section ie. Dorset Coast Forum, myself as AndyKnillArt, AllSort’d and sponsor Chococo. The circles were drawn courtesy of a chococo plate as a stencil, the middle circle was distorted when …
Flooding Swanage with art – community project I have now had my additional panels (6 x 1550 mm). 3 left to draw – first of those started. To date; Drawn on own Bumper long panel – a pilot cutter off the shore, as sailing ships that historically would have visited the Swanage coast. Bumper end …
9 days since my last post. So what has been happening. RNLI Swanage Christmas card This has now gone on sale and I have a poster linked to it in the shop. The Facebook post by the lifeboat station has had over 100 likes and already people are telling me they have bought their cards, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …