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…and the excitement is nearing its peak!

When, as the artist, you have designed the detail of the ‘look’ for a wedding right from the first ‘Save-the-date’ down to the last announcement board and jar of flowers, the anticipation in the preceding week is almost as heightened as that of the Bride and Groom themselves. When the artist is also the Groom’sContinue reading “…and the excitement is nearing its peak!”

Seascape…

Moving into a new ‘old’ house, one that is a project, to say the least, is an amazing “blank canvas” opportunity… Yesterday I began and completed a giant wave across three canvases to make a huge wall-filler for the bathroom… Pretty pleased with end result… emulsion, chalk, tempera powder and acrylic paint.

Painting on cakes…a new departure

So, being totally honest, my first attempt at painting directly onto a tier of one of Charlotte Jane’s wedding cakes was not great! It was largeand clumsy and more resembled one of my large-scale wall paintings rather than the detailed watercolour paintings I transform into wedding stationery!   But not to be disheartened, I gotContinue reading “Painting on cakes…a new departure”

It started with a… cornflower…

Soft, sweeping brush strokes form this beautiful blue and lilac cornflower and this could be the start of your wedding stationery theme… Creating exquisite, hand-crafted save-the-dates, invitations, place names & table plans, menu cards, favour bags etc each with your specially designed motif, Busylizzie Art will ensure a perfectly coordinated feel to your wedding day.Continue reading “It started with a… cornflower…”

And a fox crept up on the hedgehogs…

The woodland scene begun last week is beginning to be inhabited by a host of woodland ‘friends’….    All of the ‘arriving’ creatures are being  painted in a range of scales to fit the spaces – so don’t be too critical of the fact the hedgehogs look as if they could seriously challenge Mr Badger… Continue reading “And a fox crept up on the hedgehogs…”