Monthly Archives: December 2012

What a wonderful Christmas movie this is, actually it is a very powerful and thought provoking movie but Christmas movie? Well according to Sky it is a Christmas movie otherwise why would they be showing it on the Sky Christmas movie channel. Are … Continue reading →

So another couple of hours work – well sort of – and the painting is coming on a treat. Now I’m facing a problem you don’t face when creating a painting in the real world – which is the best version. This particular version is not the actual paint… Continue reading →

Well I think that will do for tonight. Things seem to be coming together quite nicely but there is still a long way to go – I think this is a common theme with me and I have got a bit of a reputation for not completing things. Anyway, as I have ma… Continue reading →

As the day goes on the worse I seem to fell – great for all the plans I had at Christmas. Anyway I have decided to try and do a bit of painting in Photoshop to try and make me feel a bit better. This is the result so far.Simon Marchini Web: http:/… Continue reading →

Well that was a wonderful waste of half an hour of my life. I’m feeling a bit groggy today, cold related not drink – mores the pity. However this didn’t stop me from wanting to make a new painting in Photoshop. This time I was going to make it mor… Continue reading →

This afternoon I thought I would just create something in Photoshop – we aren’t having our Christmas until this evening – so I made a very basic sketch of the head of the Michelangelo statue David and took it from there. This is the result. Simon … Continue reading →

Not long before good old St Nick will be travelling over head in his sleigh – of course he has already been hard at it for almost 12 hours given the time difference etc but let’s not let reality intervene. So I thought it would be fun to have a po… Continue reading →

Well it is Christmas time so may I wish anyone who might stumble upon my work over the next day or so a Merry Christmas and have a wonderful and fulfilling new year.Simon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.co.uk Continue reading →

There was a time when I was very keen on adding Keywords for every little aspect to my photographs. At times I went a bit overboard and added keywords to photographs that weren’t correct – this is one of those occasions. According to the keyword t… Continue reading →

Well it has been a real struggle but in the end the young woman is starting become and interesting face and therefore an interesting portrait. I have learnt that trying to treat digital painting as similar to real life painting is not that useful…. Continue reading →