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Lu Morgan
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Lu Morgan writes and illustrates picture books that explore real and imaginary worlds. Morgan uses mixed media, incorporating traditional and digital methods.
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I put some t-shirt designs I created this year into a shop… so if you’re looking for AS shirts with some designs like this summer pony, who says ‘hay’, check it out: https://morgan.dasautomat.com/
A drawing of a horse with oversized sunglasses on saying, ‘hay’, printed in a blue background.
November 30, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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I made a zine for a friend’s birthday: songs by The Cure if the lead singer was Rabbit Smith. Here is the Bucks Don’t Cry and Fire in Burro(w) spread. #thecure #rabbitsmith #zine
A photo of a zine, open to a spread of two posters: on the left the poster in the style of The Cure’s ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ poster but where the person is a big rabbit, and the title changed to ‘Bucks Don’t Cry’; and on the right a poster based on Fire in Cairo but as ‘Fire in Burro(w)’ with a scene of Cairo under a sunset as the moon rises, with a rabbit on the street under the palm trees.
November 29, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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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.
September 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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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.
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.
September 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Day 38 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: garden in spring. The challenge involves drawing from life in 30minutes using only three materials.
A drawing of a garden in spring with lots of verdant green growth as well as coloured flowers. Rusted fences stand in the background .
September 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Day 37 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: squeaky dog toy. The challenge involves drawing from life in 30minutes using only three materials.
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.
September 8, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Day 36 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: dog toy 2. The challenge involves drawing from life in 30minutes using only three materials.
A drawing of a squeaky carrot dog toy in the foreground, with the actual dog toy lying behind.
September 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Day 36 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: dog toy. The challenge involves drawing from life in 30minutes using only three materials.
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.
September 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Day 35 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: pansy. The challenge involves drawing from life in 30minutes using only three materials.
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.
September 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Day 34 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: sleeping dog in a shirt. The challenge involves drawing from life in 30minutes using only three materials.
A drawing of a sleeping dog in a t-shirt. The colours are black, blue and brown only.
September 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Day 33 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: rococo tulip. The challenge involves drawing from life in 30minutes using only three materials.
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.
September 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Day 32 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: lamp. The challenge involves drawing from life in 30minutes using only three materials.
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.
September 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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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.
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.
September 1, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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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.
A drawing of 3 lemons in a yellow bowl, with the bowl casting a long shadow to the left.
August 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Day 29 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: hellebore. 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.
A drawing of a red hellebores, centred to the image.
August 29, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Day 28 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: dinner. 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.
A drawing of pieces of sushi scattered across the page: one tuna and cucumber, one omelette and cucumber, and another partial piece. Done with black fineliner, green and yellow ochre watercolours.
August 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Day 27 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: sleeping dog (again). 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.
A drawing of a sleeping dog in red and blue pencil.
August 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Day 26 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: the next daffodil. 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.
A drawing of pots of flowers in front of an iron fence. One of the pots has peas trained up three posts of wood tied together, one has a daffodil, and one has unidentified leaves and purple flowers.
August 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Day 25 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: chip cherry mushroom. 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.
A drawing of a small mushroom with a red cap.
August 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Day 24 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: viola flowers. 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.
Drawings of four differently-coloured viola flowers spaced in 4 quarters of a double page spread. The colours are all versions of red and yellow, with a bit of purple for depth.
August 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Day 23 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: - drawing of a painting in situ. 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.
A drawing of a framed picture hanging on a wall above a couch. The framed picture of of a building at night with the lights on inside. To the right is a string of lights. The couch has mixed cushions - some with stripes and one with a botanical pattern and two plain - scattered on it.
August 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Day 22 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: dog in a doughnut. 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.
A drawing of a dog in a doughnut bed in the foreground, done with a yellow sticky note providing the inner colour of the doughnut bed and blue and purple pencils outlining the shapes. In the background is the edge of the actual dog curled up in her doughnut bed.
August 22, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Day 21 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: my spoiled dog. 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.
A drawing of a small dog, lying on a couch in front of a lamp. There are three colours used: yellow ochre, rose pink and violet.
August 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Day 20 of the #3materialsdrawingchallenge: drying sheet set. 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.
A drawing of a set of sheets on the washing line, the line coming from the brick wall of a house across and off the page. There is grass and some stepping pavers underneath the sheets. The colours are blue, yellow and grey. A photo of sheets hanging on the washing line with the drawing of said sheets held up in front.
August 20, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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I saw a heartfelt video from Anouska Beckwith yesterday and was moved to make this poster (with her permission), featuring her quote: "All I know is that I know nothing, but maybe that's a beginning...".
A poster with a green background and a face in the bottom left corner. The face is surrounded by long hair, ear exposed, and diagonally from the face to the rest of the page large organic text reads: ‘Listen’, ‘Learn’. In the bottom right corner, a printed quote: "All I know is that I know nothing, but maybe that's a beginning..." Anouska Beckwith
August 20, 2025 at 4:12 AM