LIZZIE-MAY DESIGN

Is an Artist based near Truro, Cornwall

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Hello and welcome to Lizzie-May Design!

I'm Lizzie-May, an artist and nature-lover based in a small village along the water in Cornwall.

I love to paint in gouache starting with base layers of loose brushstrokes and working on top with finer details to depict immersive garden scenes. I have developed my style after years of practise and painting what I love most.

If you follow me on instagram, you'll have most likely spotted I enjoy painting in my sketchbooks but sometimes I branch out and paint on canvas, or other surfaces.

I find my inspiration from nature, meandering through narrow Cornish lanes with wild hedgerows, visiting botanical gardens and admiring cottage gardens.

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If you want to follow along and see my latest paintings, please do follow me on Instagram @lizziemaydesign

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Lizzie-May x

FAQ'S

What brand of sketchbooks do you use?

Typically a Moleskine or Stillman & Birn journal that is above 200gsm paper weight so that it keeps it's shape!

What types of paints & materials do you use?

Winsor & Newton / Daler & Rowney Gouache and sometimes I will add details with Faber Castell Pencils and Caran d'Ache Wax Pastels.

How did you find your style?

It has taken me a long time as an artist to develop this style I am working in at the moment. It's been a process over the last few years of commitment and also realising that I can choose to paint what I love and focus on that. I saw my style really come into it's own in 2020, when I challenged myself to paint every day for a few weeks. I also did a lot of research into art I admired, and followed along to some Skillshare classes which really helped broaden my ways of painting!