Monthly Archives: August 2012

I suppose this is one way to pass the time away on a flight.Simon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.co.uk Continue reading →

This morning I had two more post from different blog sites mentioning the incredible work of Samuel Silva – here is one of them. Again, one can only marvel at the skill level required, for me it is the skin tones – how on earth did he managed to d… Continue reading →

The other day I posted a spoof about the iPhone 5 being an SLR – well perhaps it wasn’t that much of a spoof after all. http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/08/22/Nikon-announces-gingerbread-Android-p… Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

I’m not sure how accurate this story might be but if it is true then it is a poor indictment of the state of local politics in the USA. Thank good we have much more enlightened local politics (ha ha) in the UK! http://www.treehugger.com/environmen… Continue reading →

Well I wish them well, I wonder which country will top the condom use table? How many condoms will be used in the Athlete???s Village at the Paralympics?http://blogs.channel4.com/paralympics/2012/08/22/how-many-condoms-will-be-used-in-the-athletes-v… Continue reading →

This is an amazing drawing, simply phenomenal but it does raise the age old question about the artistic worth of reproducing photo realistic art works. I have no answer to this question other than to say beyond the mind blowing skill you have to a… Continue reading →

Well it has been almost 1 month since I moved from Windows to Mac OS X and I have learnt a lot. The overriding lesson is that the OS X and Windows 7 work in almost identical ways. This shouldn’t come as a surprise when you consider they are doing … Continue reading →

I am sure this has been seen already by many people, over a million according to YouTube, but it made me smile. I just hope not one of those people! Check out this video on YouTube: Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

This evening it took me just over an hour to reach my boredom/frustration threshold whilst using Brushes. Perhaps I am tired, it is almost midnight but more likely I have reached the limits of my skill envelope and can’t take this drawing/painting… Continue reading →

When you start looking at a subject in any depth all sorts of strange things start to pop out that you never really associated but actually are strangely connected. I’ve mentioned once or twice before that I am interested in how to capture Deep Ti… Continue reading →