Monthly Archives: January 2011

In bed with Tracy Emmins – a fine minute sketch

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Guthlac

Not really. But a strange thing has happened to me – a 2001 moment. Suddenly, I understand what the jaw bone can be used for – perhaps Saul on the road to Damascus? Well forget all this hyperbole and frankly ridicules self engrandisment What the h… Continue reading →

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Doing a de Vinci

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Guthlac

Oh Chiaroscuro how interesting you make a drawing. I am starting to work on a drawing of three Russian men. It is based on three unknown men I saw on TV the other day who just seemed so full of sorrow and power. I have been too frightened to start… Continue reading →

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King Kenny’s eyes

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Guthlac

Over the past week I seem to have been sketching faces I see on TV. One of these was Kenny Dalglish. Yesterday I decided to make a more in depth study of Liverpool’s best player of the last 40 or so years. This took me over a day of working and re… Continue reading →

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Decaying Hastings

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Guthlac

Good it has been a tiring day. Up at 4am, out on the road at 5am, over 400 miles in one day and some fresh winter sea air. I’m knackered! By the time I got to Winchelsea the light was going and my creative juices were no longer flowing. Anyway had… Continue reading →

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On the road again.

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Guthlac

Early start this morning – out of the house before 5am! Going to just outside Hastings with friend who needs to get some camera gear fixed. After this we are going to Winchelsea to see what it is like – hopefully capture some interesting details.I… Continue reading →

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Hubris – well I am not so sure

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Guthlac

Hubris is such a great learning tool. The other day I was so pleased with myself when I thought I had captured Scarlet Johansson’s likeness. On reflection I hadn’t or at least to my satisfaction. Hubris. However, this made me have another attempt … Continue reading →

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My new toy – thank you google

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Guthlac

I have just down loaded the google app for the iPad and to my great joy it has a voice search facility. As with all these application they either work brilliantly or very badly. I have just tried to search for the ‘…artist Ingres…’. This was t… Continue reading →

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Another stab at Scarlet

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Guthlac

Had another go at trying to make a likeness of Scarlett Johansson and this time I think I might have got it a bit better.Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

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Doing a Vermeer

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Guthlac

I was watching the Girl with the Pearl Earring last night and it inspired me to run off a sketch of the said woman. Initially I wanted to make it a likeness of Scarlett Johansson but this quickly got away from me and as I tried to recover this ano… Continue reading →

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From the freezer

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Guthlac

Thankfully we are back into a more normal, whatever that might mean, winter and for now the frozen tundra has gone away. However, it looks like it may well return over the next few days. So here are a couple of photos I made during the last ice ag… Continue reading →

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