Monthly Archives: December 2012

Having failed to really get to grips with the earlier photoshop painting I did I decided to go and have another go – this time just trying something simple and within my comfort zone – a portrait. Well one and half hours later this is the story so… Continue reading →

So it is back to photoshop and trying to create some form of painting – this really isn’t as simple as it might be as I seem to be able to produce something interesting using Brushes on the iPad. However, this just isn’t the case and whilst this i… Continue reading →

Here is part two of tonight’s night owl production. Guess who the subject of the programme was.Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

Over the past few months I have found that I’m staying up later and later. One of the things I seem to be doing at night is drawing and this is an example from this evening – it’s based on some renaissance statue I saw on some programme I had reco… Continue reading →

Over the past few days I sort of lost my nerve when it came to producing likenesses of people. So I decide to take the plunge and just sit in front of the TV and sketch what was on. This was the result and I have to say it turned out a lot better … Continue reading →

This is an iPhotograph I produced sometime in the early part of last year and looking back at I think it is bit more interesting than I thought at the time. Now I’m not sure if I’ve posted this before.Simon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.c… Continue reading →

Not a political statement but rather something you really must try and achieve if you going to make an image of a bird – in this case a Waxwing. This was produced by a mixture of drawing with a pencil and then colour added using Brushes. Not a bad… Continue reading →

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Not so far back – just 18 months. The significance of this image is that it one of the last I captured with my old camera gear. For the tech minded this was captured using a Canon 1D mkIII, Canon 300mm f2.8 plus 1.4 converter. I think it may well … Continue reading →

Another wonderful day at Calke – not too many photo ops – the light was too harsh.Simon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.co.uk Continue reading →