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  • Well, that didn’t work.

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    Liz

    I disappeared again. I think I might have needed a break. It has been a pretty full on year until just recently. Not in a bad way, more in a fantastic, I have a lot of work – art and design work – to do. Thoroughly enjoyed it, but lots happening at once and sooner…

  • Something floral

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    Liz

    Tired tonight so all you get is a doodle 😀

  • Friar Mug – Day 1 of Blogtoberfest and 31 Days of Playful Drawing

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    Liz

    Challenge: A favourite mug (or tea cup). (Well, technically speaking this is not a mug, but a jug, and despite the challenge asking for a mug, I thought I should challenge myself more and see if I could do it. It was fun.)

  • Blogtoberfest and a little drawing

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    Liz

    I’m putting my hands up for these two challenges and combining them.

  • Creating a painting – Part 1

    Creating a painting – Part 1

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    Liz

    I’ve just started a new painting. This isn’t anything new for me, I start paintings all the time, but it suddenly occurred to me that it might be interesting to document the process from the beginning.

  • How to finish an acrylic painting – part II

    How to finish an acrylic painting – part II

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    Liz

    In my last post about this I spoke about the procedure as a whole, with a few whys chucked in for good measure. Here I would like to talk about the nitty gritty how.

  • A return to Paint Party Friday

    A return to Paint Party Friday

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    Liz

    Basically yellow, orange, red and purple reside beside each other on the colour wheel in that order and are harmonious. However, if you flip the order of the colours and lay them next to each other we encounter the fact that yellow and purple are direct contrasts and spark off each other.

  • How to finish an acrylic painting – part I

    How to finish an acrylic painting – part I

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    Liz

    One of the things I have always been concerned about since starting my business around fourteen years ago has been customer satisfaction. I will leap through hoops to make sure my clients are happy with what they pay for – it is a lesson I have learnt very well having spent even longer in customer…

  • Welcome to my new website!

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    Liz

    It has been a long time in coming, but it is finally here. It feels like ages since I posted a blog post, probably because it is and I have to say it feels good to be writing again. So what has been happening in the last six months? October saw two paintings sell. November…

  • Big news!

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    Liz

    I’ve been busy…setting up shop!