Monthly Archives: April 2013

The end of the first day

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Guthlac

Well the plan was to have a three day, three gallery away day. The first day was going to be the Turner contemporary at Margate, the second day the Lourve at Lens and the day the Jarwood at Hastings. However, … Continue reading →

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Turner Contemporary

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Guthlac

Had a nice lunch and the now must pull ourselves away from the sunshine to go through the gallery … it’s a tough job but someone’s got to do it. Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Interesting colours

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Guthlac

Two images captured in the garden today. I really, really love the image quality of the Canon G1x. However, I’ve hit the focusing issue with the cloud photographs…it just wouldn’t seem to focus, however I set the aperture to around … Continue reading →

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A quick sketch

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Guthlac

I’ve just received a really great book from Amazon – Drawings by John Singer Sergeant and this inspired me to create this quick sketch of the wonderful actress Tilda Swinton. I’m really enjoying this much looser style. Simon Marchini Web: … Continue reading →

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Not a bad morning’s work

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Guthlac

Quite pleased with what I’ve done this morning… Simon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Digital Painting

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Guthlac

This morning, whilst reading the paper, I came across a story about Helen Mirren winning some award for a ply she starred in. I can’t remember the details but I suddenly got the urge to create a digital painting portrait … Continue reading →

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So much for yesterday…

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Guthlac

Yesterday is another world. Yesterday I couldn’t see the point of all this historical research…what was the pint? Well today I’ve spent the day…well doing historical research. The problem I’m trying to find a solution for is where a salt … Continue reading →

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What the hell am I doing?

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Guthlac

Two days into my reopening of the historical research project and I’m starting to wonder “… what am I doing here?…” It isn’t as if the project has suddenly got boring, well for me at least, I guess it is … Continue reading →

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Buddon Woods

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Guthlac

Another day another set of images for the Deep Time project. I’m still not sure whether I know where this project is going yet but when I find out I may let you know. These images were captured at Buddon … Continue reading →

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Kedleston Hall ~ No 2….the whomping willow

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Guthlac

With apologies to JK Rolling but I think I’ve discovered the real whomping willow at Kedleston Hall. Perhaps Kedleston Hall is the true Hogwarts! I must admit there were some strange looking people there today, not least of course being … Continue reading →

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