Monthly Archives: August 2010

Unfinished face

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Guthlac

If at first you don’t succeed try try again. So I have been trying out different ways to create a painting of face. The eye is still too big but I am finally getting some where with the nose. In short practice and more practice. I find that time s… Continue reading →

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Another step forward

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Guthlac

For some people this might not be a huge step forward but for me it is. It has taken me the best part of a day to produce this painting and there a huge number of things wrong with it. However, I have learnt so much from this that my next painting… Continue reading →

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The eyes have it

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Guthlac

This art bug is really starting to bite. I have just tried to make my first painting. Of course being me I decided to use Photoshop for a number of reasons. So how did I do? Well better than I would have thought. However, as with every new adventu… Continue reading →

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iPhonetography – a new word that may define a whole new era of photography

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Guthlac

I know this hyperbole but perhaps the iphone may well create a whole new era of photography. It is too early say whether this is so but it would seem that i am not the only one to enjoy the incredible creative potential of the iphone. I am sure th… Continue reading →

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Its done – the portfolio has been packed!

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Guthlac

Its done and dusted, I just need to send the parcel off. This really is a weight off my mind. That is until the assesment day.I’m on line at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/guthlac http://simonmarchini.blogspot.com http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk I hope you enjoy Continue reading →

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The mounting has begun!

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Guthlac

Well this is it. The final selection has been made and we are now mounting the photographs on boards. Labels are being printed and checked as well as the statement of intent. It can only mean one thing. The ARPS portfolio is finally being brought … Continue reading →

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Root canal – only one more session

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Guthlac

Only one more session and it will all be over. The root canal surgery will be thing of the past. Well that is what I thought last time but here we are six months later and another tooth has given up the ghost. I have no idea why know but I suspect… Continue reading →

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Elephant no. 2

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Guthlac

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Elephant

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Guthlac

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Painting with Photoshop

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Guthlac

I don’t how long I have been using Photoshop – years and today is the first day I have tried to use it to paint. The result is irrelevant, although I quiet like my quick and dirty red squirrel, it has opened up a whole new area of creativity – som… Continue reading →

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