Saturday June 3rd A day with many sections. The morning began waking before 6am. Some guests were doing a charity walk starting from Swanage so we were in town before 7 a.m. to drop them off. So a walk and a chance to take photographs in the bay with Pilot Gigs arriving for the Swanage …
Friday 2nd June A day with fewer visitors but a selection of other artists from Purbeck. The original cards proved popular and I created three more including the use of yesterday’s drawing and a former drawing of daffodils. The opportunity to chat and share creative ideas was great. Later I worked on the pheasant picture …
Thursday 1st June This was a day to be found by lots of walkers who weren’t expecting to find a studio / gallery on their walk. Later in the afternoon a visit brought a sale of several original cards. Also earlier in the day a photographic follow up will need action next week. I have …
Wednesday 31st May Today I celebrate four months since I declared myself as an artist. A day with more visitors and chats. Sales included my framed photo from Woodbridge, Suffolk that was where the gentleman used to sail on skiffs as a child. Just over 20 visits and some. Card sales, it was good to …
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 …