Monthly Archives: March 2011

Power Cut Drawing

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Guthlac

Whilst I was bemoaning my lot during the power cut I made these two drawings by only the light of a camping bulb. I have decided to call these the supply drawings. Looking at these in the light of day I like them as they are just slightly expressi… Continue reading →

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02:25hrs

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Guthlac

The power finally came back on at 02:25. All around parts of the system was restored and perhaps the most frustrating thing was that the road 20 metres away came back on just after midnight. Still everything has been restored so we can get back to… Continue reading →

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Power cut update

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Guthlac

Well according to the Central Network there 502 customers effected by the power cut which represents 90% of faults on their system. The thing that is so frustrating is that in the near distance there are street lights and house lights on. Grrgh. I… Continue reading →

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Power cut

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Guthlac

Deep joy we’ve just suffered a power cut! I am reduced to blogging and surfing on the iPhone at 3G speeds. Oh the injustice of it all. I’m on line at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/guthlac http://simonmarchini.posterous.com http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk I hope … Continue reading →

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Trying to make sense of all these isms

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Guthlac

The more galleries and art I see the more my head has been befuddled by the different groups, styles and titles, Cubism or post expressionism or pointillism etc ( as you can see I have been looking at at lot of late 19th and early 20th century art… Continue reading →

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The female face

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Guthlac

I’ve been trying to understand the female face over the past few days- this is not some sort of mars and Venus experiment but rather to better understand how to improve my drawings. The problem for me has been trying to draw Nicole Kidman from the… Continue reading →

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Leicester City Council – Communion

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Guthlac

via leicester.gov.uk A wonderful little exhibition interesting pastel work, something I’m interested in at the moment. Small, compact and will leave you with an urge to work with pastels or is that just me? Probably. Continue reading →

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Oh dear

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Guthlac

This actually looks better than the real drawing but it just didn’t work. More swearing and stamping of feet on h part. However, there is only one thing to do is start all over again. Oh dear.Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

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Long way to go

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Guthlac

This is the start of yet another drawing of Nicole Kidman. I have to keep reminding myself why I am persisting with drawing just one person all week. Well I think the reason is that I want to produce the best drawing I can in a week and I have got… Continue reading →

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What a wonderfully bad TV movie part 1

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Guthlac

Just watched part 1 of the TV movies Apocalypse made in 2005. The date is important because FEMA and the general Federal Govt was still seen as fit for purpose before Katrina showed otherwise. Anyway, this isn’t why the movies is so so bad. It’s t… Continue reading →

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