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I'm painting today! It feels like a while since I last painted, I've been thinking about it everyday, but either time seemed to run out or I couldn't muster the motivation. Today I woke up feeling excited to start, so here I am.
I know it's good to have a practise, that you go to even when you're not really feeling it, but I'm not quite there yet I dont think. The #100dayproject is sort of out the window but this may be my most enjoyable year of it yet, and I feel grateful to have started....I shall continue this project forever perhaps. 💙 #100daysofdelvingdeep
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I've added a quick show of my messy painting space on IG stories today. #painting #acrylicpainting #acryliconcanvas #lillarogersstudio #sarahpapworthdesign #art #artlover #artcollector #artjourney #paintingjourney #process #wip

Hi everyone, I’ve joined the @makeartthatsells new Editorial class with @lillarogers .... I’m really enjoying learning more about Editorial and I love the pace of the class. .
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This is the work I did for the first week. It was an exercise to illustrate random objects, adjectives etc. I used pencil and added colour and arranged on Photoshop.
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#editorialillustration #editorial #mats #matseditorial #makeartthatsells #linework #linearart

Silk screens waiting outside to be striped, to become blank.... so I can work a bit more freestyle with them. It will be nice to try a bit of printing again, it's been a while.
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I dont really have room for them in the house so they are sat outside in the current rain! .
#silkscreenprinting #silkscreen #process #printing #workspace #studio

Here's the last page from my London travels, I had to wait quite a while before my train was due so I sat in Trafalgar Square to sketch after going to the National Portrait Gallery. .
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#sketchbook #sketchy #sketchbookpractise #london #diary #sketchbookdiary #sarahpapworthdesign #lillarogersstudio #lillarogers #editorialillustration

Also while I was in London, I went to the National Portrait gallery, the place I used to go frequently when I had a free hour or so. I love wandering the corridors with all the paintings looking back at you. There's an energy in each painting of the subject, or perhaps it stems from the artist who created it....
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I've always loved portraits and creating illustrations for portrait books is interesting as there is always a new person to draw and new things to learn about each subject. #portraits #nationalportraitgallery #portraitbook #iknowanartist #galleries #london #drawingfaces #art

Here's another page from my travel sketchbook, I drew this on the Vauxhall bridge for 10/15 minutes before going to Tate Britain to see the Van Gogh exhibition.
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It was funny watching everyone commuting to their place of work, and reflecting how that used to be me. I probably work more hours now but am happier. And moving out of London was a bit of a shock to the system but it allowed my life to take on a slower pace, which was much needed, and surprisingly to me, has let me open up in more creative ways. .
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I added the doodle style waves and clouds on the train on my way home.
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#sketchbook #london #tatebritain #lillarogers

Last week, with all the hours I'm putting into projects currently, I woke up and realised I needed to get out the house. I had 2 deadlines coming up and I was working hard, which also meant I hadn't really been out the house for a while. .
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So I checked my calendar and decided I could afford a half-day off guilt free. So we went to Spechley Park Gardens. Going mid week, before the schools broke up for half-term meant it felt like we almost had the gardens to ourselves. It was magical, AND they are Victorian gardens, my favourite.... so lots of old brick walled areas, greenhouses, kitchen garden, all with a tumbled slightly overgrown feel which I adore. It really was the most perfect day....and we went on a whim, just glorious. #itsthelittlethings I feel so grateful for most these days.....
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.....plus, its work right!? I need to fuel my inspiration. I took loads of photos for my floral data base! ☀️🌿🌼🌸🦋😉🌈 Are there any gardens you, my lovely friends, can recommend?
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#spetchleyparkgardens #worcestershire #perfectday #flowers #gardener

Sketchbook work yesterday - conversations #100daysofdelvingdeep #100dayproject

Happy Sunday everyone, this is another portrait from the I KNOW AN ARTIST book. I really like how this one turned out, it’s one of the more simpler ones in the book, but I like the contrast and how the lettering turned out.
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Amrita Sher-Gil was a painter, I’ve added one of her paintings if you swipe through... I just love her use of colour. Soft pastel tones with dark. Or rich tones with pastel. .
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#amritashergil #iknowanartist #painters #artists #sarahpapworthdesign #lillarogers #lillarogersstudio @quartocreates #susiehodge #bookart #bookillustrator #bookillustration #kidsnonfiction #nonfiction #handlettering #portraitillustration

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