Busylizzie Art has been commissioned to breathe some sense of wonder and excitement into the KS1 foyer at Combe St Nicholas Primary School, by painting huge woodland wildlife wall-art from floor to ceiling! After preliminary sketches, work began on the researching of suitable ‘characters’ for the scene. It needed to have Badger, Fox, Squirrel, OwlContinue reading “Woodland wildlife beginning to inhabit KS1 entrance foyer…”
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Tick-tock croc’ completes library wall-art…
Finally, after just over 30 hours of painting, the walls of the newly located school library at Hamp Academy, Bridgwater, are complete. Chosen by the children, classic and modern fiction books are standing up or lying flopped open to reveal their characters and settings, along with a significant quotation or famous ‘line’ from their pages….Continue reading “Tick-tock croc’ completes library wall-art…”
Busylizzie Art teaching trainee teachers…
Busylizzie Art provided a day of Art Skills training for trainee primary school teachers yesterday and it was hands on all day – compiling a sketchbook of notes and practical activities, adding to it their own examples from the practical activities…. These soon-to-be teachers learned about the progression of skills necessary to develop confident artistsContinue reading “Busylizzie Art teaching trainee teachers…”
Super Stars at Wellsprings
Children attending the summer holiday camp at a Wellsprings Leisure Centre this Thursday learned all about Stand Against Violence’s Constellation Campaign and their ‘Wish upon a Star’ project….. These are the stunning stars created by the 5-10 year olds in acrylic paint on plywood star shapes…. Busylizzie Art, working for Go Create Taunton, facilitated theseContinue reading “Super Stars at Wellsprings”
Busylizzie ‘al fresco’….
Today I spent a glorious day outside, colour-mixing and painting with groups of children at this tiny village school. Working from the children’s ideas, I had made a quick sketch of their design….church, school, hills, hedges, wellies and much more… We began by blocking out areas of sky, trees, grass and hedges…. Sketchbook(7ft x 8ftContinue reading “Busylizzie ‘al fresco’….”
Planning our playground painting…
A very successful afternoon was spent yesterday with the lovely children at Sampford Arundel Primary School, planning for their large scale playground painting which will cover some rather unsightly garage doors! Having watched a clip of the great master of painting in the landscape, David Hockney, the children began to share their ideas of what theyContinue reading “Planning our playground painting…”
Busylizzie back from Plymouth – Part 1
Monday evening had been spent madly making ready for the trip to Plymouth. Resources were sorted and packed: paper cut for painting, strips cut for word lists, labels made for group work, tokens for talking, as an early start was required Tuesday…. Thursday, and Busylizzie Art has returned from two hectic days in Plymouth. Armed withContinue reading “Busylizzie back from Plymouth – Part 1”
Busylizzie Art bringing the outside in…
During the amazing week long Taunton Live 2015, Summer Festival of the Performing and Creative Arts, Busylizzie Art will be painting a large scale, full wall creation for Shakees Play Cafe, as part of the “Adopt an Artist” scheme. These are some initial ideas, incorporating the ‘Shakees Bear’ and ‘accommodating physical obstacles’ (such as windowContinue reading “Busylizzie Art bringing the outside in…”
Busylizzie at Taunton Live 2015..
Check out this new design t-shirt for me to wear whilst painting during Taunton Live 2015! I will be creating a huge, full wall painting at Shakees Play Cafe during the Taunton Live 2015 Summer Festival of the Performing & Creative Arts. This is a week long festival, in Taunton, Somerset’s County Town, which willContinue reading “Busylizzie at Taunton Live 2015..”
Busylizzie Art is on the way to Plymouth!
Next week sees the first Busylizzie Art & Literacy ‘outing’ to work out of Somerset, in a Plymouth Primary School… Linking the skills of drawing and painting to developing vocabulary, inference, deduction and detail in written description will be the order of the day – or rather two days to be spent in a largeContinue reading “Busylizzie Art is on the way to Plymouth!”
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