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Wishing you a very Merry Christmastime…

Working on some Christmas Wishes…  An interesting little project I’m working on that is just for my personal pleasure and satisfaction… It’s so lovely to indulge myself by working on a mini-project to please me! So here are some photos of my developing ideas for wishing my friends and family, the season’s greetings…           Continue reading “Wishing you a very Merry Christmastime…”

Chickens and bunting….

Finally getting around to painting at home, in the kitchen…. I am trying to tie together the soft pear coloured walls with the ‘dandelion clocks’ curtain fabric and my love of chickens and cockerels…. Here’s how it’s going… Bunting painted this morning and chicken & cockerel added this evening….around midnight!!!              IfContinue reading “Chickens and bunting….”

Tour d’Ashmoor…

Members of South Dartmoor College’s Ashmoor Community Sports Centre using the spinning studio, can now literally follow the tour!!!!   The view of the finish line in a stage of the Tour de France has been ‘customised’ and painted by me, Liz, of Busylizzie Art….  The scene shows the road and cyclists heading into theContinue reading “Tour d’Ashmoor…”

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…”

Peter Pan joins Alice, The Witches, Harry Potter & Co in the Library at Hamp Academy…

Day three of painting in the newly refurbished library at Hamp Academy, Bridgwater, has seen the appearance of more characters from the books above the shelves along with the children’s favourite quotes….   Peter Pan and a friendly looking dinosaur/dragon have joined the likes of Alice, The Gruffalo, and the Witches, emerging from the ‘books’ aroundContinue reading “Peter Pan joins Alice, The Witches, Harry Potter & Co in the Library at Hamp Academy…”

Stars for Stand Against Violence Constellation Project…

  Monday sees the start of two weeks of workshops in Taunton Primary schools facilitated by Liz of Busylizzie Art, under the umbrella of Go Create Taunton…      Children of Y5 &6 will be introduced to the Taunton based charity, Stand Against Violence (SAV) which was set up almost 10 years ago after the tragic deathContinue reading “Stars for Stand Against Violence Constellation Project…”

‘Rustic chic’ – my watercolour paintings hand-made into wedding stationery….

Trying out some more ‘rustic chic’ combinations of ribbon and card with the existing pink rose paintings for a potential customer…. 50 Invites, details printed on insert, 13 x 13cm card with envelopes plus organza ribbon, all hand-made using an existing painting, all for £200. (Over 50 charged pro-Rata) Place name cards with either printedContinue reading “‘Rustic chic’ – my watercolour paintings hand-made into wedding stationery….”

Where land meets sea…

Busylizzie Art is both pleased and proud to have been commissioned to create a new look for the corridors at Leigham Primary School, Plymouth during August 2015. Even before completion, painting rolling hills and rippling waves along corridor walls has begun  to create some cohesion in this  large Plymouth primary school… Plans were created, colour combinationsContinue reading “Where land meets sea…”

Funky Festival Flowers…

   Last weekend saw the culmination of months and months of meetings, discussions, planning, begging, making, and a tireless determination to pull off the first week-long festival celebrating the creative and performing Arts, TAUNTON LIVE 2015! What a triumph it was and a pleasure (even if exhausting) to be part of this very first eventContinue reading “Funky Festival Flowers…”