What does an artist do all day?

June 2022

Dorset Art Weeks has been and gone- what a fantastic event with my best sales ever!

I have some fresh new paintings in the shop now and plenty of ideas for new ones. I have felt energized by colour and the elements and excited about where this will go.

Have you ever wondered what an artists day consists of?

I have recently begun the practice of spending an hour between 8 and 9am to learn new skills and research opportunies, review the website, and other business progression thoughts.

I don’t paint every day, it depends if I have a show to work towards, a painting I want to finish or a commission to start on. Variety is the spice of life and I need that!

Running a small art business is not all painting and studio time- I am my own marketing manager, social media coordinator, photographer, stylist, website designer, tech support, videographer and graphic designer!

All these skills have been learnt over the years and it’s a challenge but one I’m happy to undertake- small creative businesses dont have the budget to pay people to do these tasks so necessity is the mother of invention as they say!

My studio is a place of tranquility. The moment I walk through the door I'm at ease. It's my space - no interuptions apart from the occcasional bark from my studio dog, Izzy, and very few notifications thanks to a slightly dodgy phone signal ( helpful for once )

ANY BAD HABITS?

Yes! I have a habit of leaving the lids off my paints and have to employ the uses of my trusty friend 'Brad Awl'. He always comes to the rescue and I use him for lots of tasks like scratching into layers of wet paint, making holes in things and as I said, gouging out hardened paint from lids...

CALLING IT A DAY

I always know when I've had enough. I lose interest and feel quite drained creatively and know it's time to stop, down tools and walk away.
I'm often in and out of the studio all day and spontaneously add a few more brush strokes in between processing orders, grabbing work to photograph, priming boards or cutting paper to paint. Always so much to do

Ask me a question!

Anything you’d love to know? fire away- I’m waiting to hear from you