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A birthday Friday 5

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This year I turned 20. Ok, not my actual human birthday, my 20-years-in-business-birthday. On a side note - oh, how I've loved writing I've turned 20.…

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A Pantone Pink PP Friday 5

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There’s a new Pantone colour – Pantone Pink PP – and it is divine!

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The Friday 5

A simple Friday 5

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This weeks Friday 5 is written in appreciation of the simpler things in life, as we live our day to day waiting for peace.

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by Natalie Ryan

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The Friday 5

A Ukraine Friday 5

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This weeks Friday 5 has 5 suggestions to help Ukraine.

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by Natalie Ryan

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The Friday 5

A stormy Friday 5

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It’s been a busy few weeks at Natalie Ryan Design. Not one of those busy-with-big-things times, more a series of smaller tasks that have needed care and attention.

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The Friday 5

Our 2022 Valentine’s Collection is live. Suddenly the studio is full of bright pinks, reds and deep, rich navy shades. I’m wearing a hoodie with a heart printed on the front and generally feeling the love.

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The Friday 5

A settling into 2022 Friday 5

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This week at Natalie Ryan Design: Newness, plans and launching into the year ahead.

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The Friday 5

A Christmas Friday 5

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I’m off until 4th January and this Friday five is all about how I’m spending my week off.

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by Natalie Ryan

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The Friday 5

A Skyline Friday 5

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his week: New skylines, Christmas lights and the Autumn sale.

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by Natalie Ryan

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The Friday 5

A London Friday 5

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This week: The RA, House of Illustration & London.

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The Friday 5

Wondering if it’s too early to mention Christmas Friday 5

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Joyeux Noel, Feliz Navidad, Merry Christmas, Frohe Weihnachten, Buon Natale, Prettige Kerstdagen…

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The Friday 5

An Autumn Friday 5

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16th October 2021 This week: Autumn leaves, soup and carving pumpkins. By day I’m Christmas planning and prepping for our busy season. By early morning /…

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by Natalie Ryan

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The Friday 5

A friendly Friday 5

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Natalie Ryan Friday 5 in celebration of you, dear friends, you are wonderful.

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by Natalie Ryan

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The Friday 5

A Wildheart Friday 5

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This weeks Friday 5 is all about the Wildheart autumn apparel by Natalie Ryan.

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The Friday 5

An Adventurers Friday 5

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This weeks Friday Five: Travel, Autumn and cosying up.

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by Natalie Ryan

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The Friday 5

A thirsty Friday 5

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Five places I visited in Winchester this week…a thirsty Friday 5.

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by Natalie Ryan

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The Friday 5

A creative Friday 5

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This week: Creativity, food and time spent at home.

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by Natalie Ryan

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The Friday 5

A rainy Friday 5

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This week: English summer, birthdays, coffee and love letters.

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by Natalie Ryan

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The Friday 5

A summer Friday 5

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This week from Hampshire – the ocean, teeth, portraits and winners!

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by Natalie Ryan

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Inspiration

Portrait drawing

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So you want a portrait drawing? Well if you do, I have put together this helpful guild to show you the different types of portraits I offer and their price points.

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by Natalie Ryan

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Design Tips

Giclée printing

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What is Giclée printing? A quick and easy guide to explain the term and show you why we use Giclée printing.

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by Natalie Ryan

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The Friday 5

A bubbly Friday 5

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This week: champagne, cuddles and keeping cool…

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Inspiration

Coastal interiors, our 2021 favourite coastal themed art prints

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Our favourite coastal themed art prints to recreate those coastal vibes at home.

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by Natalie Ryan

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The Friday 5

A wholesome Friday 5

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This week: photo shoots, pizza, long walks & furnishings

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Inspiration

5 Stylish Ways To Incorporate Abstract Art In Your Home.

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Abstract art is a huge trend in interior design right now, and here’s 5 ways to incorporate abstract into your home.

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by Natalie Ryan

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The Friday 5

A joyous Friday 5

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This week: Music, sofa’s, Suffolk & of course footy!

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by Natalie Ryan

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Design

Aberdeen project

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The Aberdeen skyline, where the Dee and Don rivers meet the North Sea.

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by Natalie Ryan

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Design

Edinburgh skyline project

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I’m slightly obsessed with city skylines and travel. Following my Aberdeen skyline, I decided to continue along this theme with a skyline of Edinburgh, illustrating the capital of Scotland.

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by Natalie Ryan

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Design

Celebrating beautiful Blackpool

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The amazing Blackpool is so wonderful and so worth talking about; I love it. This was a joy to work on.

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by Natalie Ryan

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The Friday 5

A first Friday 5

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This week: house moves, time well spent, beauty treatments & painted butterflies.

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by Natalie Ryan

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Inspired by

Inspired by…Emily Allchurch

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Emily Allchurch reinvents Old Master paintings and produces capricci with a contemporary narrative.

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by Natalie Ryan

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Inspired by

Inspired by…Mr Ben

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Fantastical notions of reality. Mr Benn was created 50 years ago by artist, illustrator and writer David McKee. Eliza Williams writes for Creative Review: “mention his…

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by Natalie Ryan

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Inspired by

Inspired by…Jeff Koon

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Image: Jeff Koons Puppy, 1992 Guardian of the Guggenheim. American artist Jeff Koon, father of 8, previously married to La Cicciolina (a former porn star and latter…

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by Natalie Ryan

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Inspired by

Inspired by…flying houses

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Reshaping Reality In looking at the relationship between architecture and art the article Reshaping Reality: How Actual Architecture Inspires Surrealistic Building Art by Kate Wagner, for 99%…

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by Natalie Ryan

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Inspired by

Inspired by…Cockerell

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The Professor’s Dream, Charles Robert Cockerell

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by Natalie Ryan

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Inspired by

Inspired by…Paul Hoppe

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Illustration Now! Illustration Now! puts forward groundbreaking illustration work and focuses on leading illustrators. I’ve chosen two illustrators within the book to critique, focusing on style,…

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by Natalie Ryan

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Inspired by

Inspired by…IC4 Design

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The place we want to live in. I’m currently working through all of the Taschen Illustration Now! books and am including two illustrators featured within the…

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by Natalie Ryan

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Inspired by

Inspired by…Rob Alexanders

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Drawing and Painting Fantasy Landscapes and Cityscapes After looking at the role of matte artists and having reviewed Emily Churchill’s work, both essentially photography based, I…

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by Natalie Ryan

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Inspired by

Inspired by…Jules Zanger

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Realism and naturalism are defined by those elements of the real world they retain…

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by Natalie Ryan

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Inspired by

Inspired by…Tolkein

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Fantasy worlds Schlobin, The Aesthetics of Fantasy Literature and Art, writes: “The fantasy illustrator takes the pictorial conventions of realistic portrayal and then manipulates and inverts them…

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by Natalie Ryan

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Inspired by

Inspired by…Stephen Wiltshire

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I recently visited Stephen Wiltshires gallery…

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by Natalie Ryan

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Inspired by

Inspired by…Stefano Boeri

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The concept of Vertical ForestING

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by Natalie Ryan

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Inspired by

Inspired by…Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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If I were commissioned to design a new universe, I would be mad enough to undertake it.

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by Natalie Ryan

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Inspired by

Inspired by…Pablo Bronstein

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“I’m obsessed with architecture, history, design and interiors.”

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Inspired by

Inspired by…Harry Potter

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Fairy-tale castles With the intention of seeing how the visual world of the Harry Potter films was created, I visited Warner Bros. Studio Tour, London and…