Art market in Taunton..

Saturday July 23rd saw the first Taunton Art Market on Castle Green as part of Taunton Live Summer Festival of the Performing and Creative Arts… Busylizzie Art had a stall and sold one large print and 2 cards!!! My first attempt at selling my reproduced work – as I normally just work with my originalContinue reading “Art market in Taunton..”

Taunton Live Sock Extravaganza Exhibition is ready to go…

Workshops by me, Liz, of Busylizzie Art and Go Create Taunton, have taken over 600 children in ten Primary Schools,  on creative journeys under the umbrella theme of “Socks” between May 23rd and June 24th, 2016… Unconvinced, when the idea was first mooted by Chris Dart of CiCCiC, I sat down to doodle my firstContinue reading “Taunton Live Sock Extravaganza Exhibition is ready to go…”

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…”

Two foyers, one artist…

If you want to create a “wow” on entry, Liz of Busylizzie Art will transform your foyer with a hand-painted panel or a whole ‘all walls’ painting… Resources 4 Learning in Bridgwater, now have a wise-words wall, with  quotation from Dr Seuss: “The more that you read, the more you will know…the more things youContinue reading “Two foyers, one artist…”

Woodland scene almost complete…

Squirrels scamper in along an old beech branch, whilst s second owl swoops in and settles in the ash tree…     If you like this painting and would like to discuss further – email : busylizzie2@sky.com        Liz of Busylizzie Art  at work…

Woodland wildlife beginning to inhabit KS1 entrance foyer…

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…”

The Amazing Taunton Live Sock Extravaganza….

Preparations are well underway for Tuesday’s information meeting where interested primary teachers will find out more about this project which will feed into this year’s Taunton Live Festival of the Performing and Creative Arts. With ‘Socks’ as the theme, we will be exploring the skills of drawing, colour-mixing and painting as well as working inContinue reading “The Amazing Taunton Live Sock Extravaganza….”

You choose your theme, or flowers, I paint and create your stationery…

Looking for something extra -specially different for your wedding stationery?  Busylizzie Art will create totally unique invitations, place name cards, seating plans, menus, orders of service and indeed anything else you could wish for, from original watercolour paintings, in any style from shabby chic to exquisite elegance…. “Bespoke and personal from consultation to completion”, BusylizzieContinue reading “You choose your theme, or flowers, I paint and create your stationery…”

Wise words….

“The more that you read, the more things you know… The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go…” Dr Seuss       Words chosen by Karen Horsfield and the Resources for Learning staff, interpreted by Busylizzie Art as a countryside scene, where a young headgehog, under the watchful eye of two wiser friends isContinue reading “Wise words….”

Work in progress….

Busylizzie Art is currently working on the designs for a divers groups of projects….  1. Somerset County Councils’s School Library Services, R4L in Bridgwater, is about to have an original Busylizzie large(ish) scale wall painting in the entrance lobby, which will include a Dr Seuss quotation….. Liz will be painting on Wednesday and look outContinue reading “Work in progress….”