Monthly Archives: September 2011

Amazon???s Kindle Fire: A tablet… (thenextweb.com).

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Guthlac

This is an interesting comparison between the the iPad and the Kindle. I guess the killer app with all these things is iTunes / Amazon. This means seamless shopping – especially as they are now enveloping cloud computing. Can’t wait to see what th… Continue reading →

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Work in progress

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Guthlac

I’m taking a breather from my latest drawing of the latest model at the portrait drawing course I am attending. I find the conditions in the classroom less than conducive to producing my best work – too many people and interruptions and if truth b… Continue reading →

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Drawing a nose ((Tags: Nose,Drawing,Portrait))

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Guthlac

one of the reasons I make these photographs of drawings is to try and learn from them. I once was Peter Hewson examine his work in a mirror because he says that is the only way to notice any problems and for me that is true with the photo. In this… Continue reading →

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Another Version

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Guthlac

Here’s one I made earlier – this one is more of a likeness I suppose.Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

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Book Published

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Guthlac

A day late but I have now published my latest book. If you wish to view it then go to:http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/2004849/2f1f67de3a042317ae788b1a825fd7f2ac07873f Simon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.co.ukBlog: http://simonmarch… Continue reading →

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I ain’t no Einstein

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Guthlac

Over the past few weeks I have become more interested in tone rather than likeness. I have been told many times that the mind creates an image and in many ways the more you leave out the better for the mind. So I have been looking at shapes and to… Continue reading →

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Remembering times past and futures to come

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Guthlac

It is so strange to hear cutting edge programmes from the past discussing the future and realising that no one really has any idea what is going to happen over the long term. I was listening to a podcast from the archive of In Our Time, one of my … Continue reading →

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Baby you’re a rich man

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Guthlac

Having just watched The Social Network again I can’t get ‘Baby you’re a rich man’ by the Beatles out of my head, in fact it is playing at the moment as I am typing this. Anyway, a question for Facebook – why haven’t you developed an ipad app yet? … Continue reading →

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Cartoon Drawing

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Guthlac

I thought I would try to be a little freer with my drawing today so I tried to make a cartoon sketch – it is harder than i thought.Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

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Untitled – No Hash Mark

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Guthlac

As I came to write this I have discovered that the Apple keyboard doesn’t have a hash mark key. I am sure that there must be a way of creating such a mark but I am not aware of that at the moment . Interesting. The reason why I have called this Un… Continue reading →

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