Lu Morgan

#zine #thecure #rabbitsmith #ink #allkitsaregrey #theperfectdoe #letsgotoburrow #fascinationfield #lovekits #bunsdontcry

A bit of fun - a zine paying homage to The Cure if the singer was Rabbit Smith. A gift for a friend’s birthday. Featuring All Kits Are Grey, The Perfect Doe, Let’s Go To
Burrow, Fascination Field, Love Kits, Buns Don’t Cry, and more.

Hosted by @naomitippingillustrator, @kathryn_boyt, and @charlotte.durance over on IG, the challenge runs for the month of August but I’m keeping going until my sketchbook runs out. The materials for this are med yellow watercolour and two coloured pencils: fluro orange and dark green.

A drawing of a fruit bowl over an open spread of a sketchbook. To the left of the drawing lies two coloured pencils and a water brush used.

Day 39 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: fruit bowl, and that’s a wrap - the sketchbook is full. The challenge involves drawing from life in 30minutes using only three materials.

Hosted by @naomitippingillustrator, @kathryn_boyt, and @charlotte.durance over on IG, the challenge runs for the month of August but I’m keeping going until my sketchbook runs out. The materials for this are blue/red/yellow gouache on a prepared black ink

A drawing of a garden in spring with lots of verdant green growth as well as coloured flowers. Rusted fences stand in the background .

Day 38 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: garden in spring. The challenge involves drawing from life in 30minutes using only three materials.

Hosted by @naomitippingillustrator, @kathryn_boyt, and @charlotte.durance over on IG, the challenge runs for the month of August but I’m keeping going until my sketchbook runs out. The materials are three gouache colours: red, black and white.

A drawing of a squeaky ebi nigiri dog toy in the foreground, across an open spread of a sketchbook. In the background sits the actual dog toy.

Day 37 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: squeaky dog toy. The challenge involves drawing from life in 30minutes using only three materials.

Hosted by @naomitippingillustrator, @kathryn_boyt, and @charlotte.durance over on IG, the challenge runs for the month of August but I’m keeping going until my sketchbook runs out. The materials for this are 3 gouache colours: med yellow, bright red, and light green.

A drawing of a squeaky carrot dog toy in the foreground, with the actual dog toy lying behind.

Day 36 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: dog toy 2. The challenge involves drawing from life in 30minutes using only three materials.

Hosted by @naomitippingillustrator, @kathryn_boyt, and @charlotte.durance over on IG, the challenge runs for the month of August but I’m keeping going until my sketchbook runs out. The materials for this are 3 gouache colours: black, lemon yellow, and brilliant red.

A drawing of a squeaky firefly dog toy done with gouache. It’s painterly and rough - yellow with lots of black shadow. The real Dog toy used for reference is in the background.

Day 36 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: dog toy. The challenge involves drawing from life in 30minutes using only three materials.

Hosted by @naomitippingillustrator, @kathryn_boyt, and @charlotte.durance over on IG, the challenge runs for the month of August but I’m keeping going until my sketchbook runs out. The materials for this are three gouache colours: med yellow, ultramarine, and crimson.

A drawing of the face of a pansy, with an ambiguous greenish background on the right page of a sketchbook. The palette used is on the left side and the paintbrush lies in the middle.

Day 35 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: pansy. The challenge involves drawing from life in 30minutes using only three materials.

Hosted by @naomitippingillustrator, @kathryn_boyt, and @charlotte.durance over on IG, the challenge runs for the month of August but I’m keeping going until my sketchbook runs out. The materials for this are a black ink fountain pen and two watercolours: cerulean blue and burnt sienna.

A drawing of a sleeping dog in a t-shirt. The colours are black, blue and brown only.

Day 34 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: sleeping dog in a shirt. The challenge involves drawing from life in 30minutes using only three materials.

Hosted by @naomitippingillustrator, @kathryn_boyt, and @charlotte.durance over on IG, the challenge runs for the month of August but I’m keeping going until my sketchbook runs out. The materials for this are a warm grey fineliner and two watercolours: sap green and lemon yellow.

A drawing of a rococo tulip using a grey marker, green and yellow watercolours. The tulip drawing is on one page of a sketchbook, and the materials used lay opposite.

Day 33 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: rococo tulip. The challenge involves drawing from life in 30minutes using only three materials.

The materials for this are white gouache, red and yellow pencils and the page was prepared with leftover black ink wash from the day before.

Hosted by @naomitippingillustrator, @kathryn_boyt, and @charlotte.durance over on IG, the challenge runs for the month of August, but I have about 7 more spreads in this sketchbook so will keep going.

A drawing of a lamp with a marble base and round cylindrical shade. The lamp is on and light glows through the shade, spilling out above and below through the shade’s openings.

Day 32 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: lamp. The challenge involves drawing from life in 30minutes using only three materials.

Bridget with The Beatles on Abbey Road.

Bridget hanging out in Grant Wood's American Gothic.

Bridget in Bruegel's Hunters In The Snow (with a freshly caught mouse).

The Girl With The Cat Earring

A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.

Little Heat Lightning
5”x7” oil/birch
150 clams
Here: www.coreyhardeman.ca/product-page...
#artforeverybody #paintwhiletheworldburns

Hosted by @naomitippingillustrator, @kathryn_boyt, and @charlotte.durance over on IG, the challenge runs for the month of August. The materials for this are black ink (as a wash initially, then with a dip pen for line), a W&N yellow watercolour pen, and a crimson red Prismacolour colour pencil.

A drawing (left) of a hare sitting in the foreground with a yellow sun in front and a red background. On the right is a repaired patch on red linen with a print of a black hare on it that was the reference. The repair is done with gold thread and a good heavy fabric behind.

Day 31 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: hare and sun- actually featuring a dodgy repair job I did on a patch that is covering another hole on a black hoodie. The challenge involves drawing from life in 30minutes using only three materials.

The materials for this are lemon yellow water colour, and green and orange coloured pencils.

A drawing of 3 lemons in a yellow bowl, with the bowl casting a long shadow to the left.

Day 30 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: lemons in a bowl. The challenge involves drawing from life in 30minutes using only three materials. Hosted by @naomitippingillustrator, @kathryn_boyt, and @charlotte.durance over on IG, the challenge runs for the month of August.

Exquisite ✨👏🏽

A photo of the Polyphemus Moth, a large brown silk moth with small yellow and black eyespots on the forewing and much larger ones on the hind wings. It's thick body is covered in brown fur--like scales.

A photo of a Luna Moth, a large pale yellowish green silk moth. The moth has a dark border on the leading edges of its forewings, small eyespots on those forewings, slightly larger eyespots on the hindwings which also have long delicate tails. The moth's body is covered in white fur-like scales and it has large feathery antennae.

A photo of a large Giant Water Bug. The bug is leaf shaped and black with dark brown accents. It has large and powerful raptorial claws as its front legs and large glossy black eyes. The stinger-like protrusion from its butt is used to breathe while it is in the water.

A photo of a dead Green Darner Dragonfly. This is a large dragonfly with a green and brown body, and a brown abdomen. The dragonfly's wings are transparent with a brown tint.

Last night's #BugLight theme was, #LARGE. 2 Silk #Moths, a VERY chonky Giant Water Bug, and a sadly passed #Dragonfly

1. Antheraea polyphemus
2.Actias luna (First personal sighting in 18 years!)
3. Lethocerus Uhleri
4. Anax junius.

#AltText
#MacroPhotography
#Invertefest