Monthly Archives: August 2014

Project LV One – Day 107 – Blackberries

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Guthlac

Many years ago, in another life, I and a number of other work friends were searching a large wild area of Leicester called Aylestone Meadows.  It was around this time of year and we were under strict instructions not to … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 106 – More GOTG

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Guthlac

More Guardian of the Galaxy inspired stuff…I really enjoyed the movie although I heard a rather sniffy review of the movie the other day so I guess it is not universally liked.  This is OK as I liked it and … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 105 – White Horses

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Guthlac

  The original series of images were captured over a year ago at Compton Verney.  I finally got around to making something out of them the other week.      

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Project LV One – Vol 3 – Now published

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Guthlac

The latest volume in the series is now available to view at Blurb.       Project LV by Simon Marchini | Make Your Own Book

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Project LV One – Day 104 – GOTG

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Guthlac

I’m really unsure why this might be and more importantly what it says about me but I enjoyed making the little sketch below of Gamora from the simply wonderful Guardian of the Galaxy (GOTG) movie rather than the more formal portrait … Continue reading →

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Have a think about this…

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Guthlac

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/happy-little-fat-man-an-art-show-by-kevin-coyne/widget/

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Project LV One – Day 103 – A bit of change today…

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Guthlac

With summer now in full swing it is time for the sunflowers to bloom.  Our sunflowers are looking wonderful and have now replaced these we bought at the supermarket the other day.   However, won’t be long before the autumn … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 102 – Sitting in the Sun

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Guthlac

Another day another attempt to master soft pastels and I think I have reasons to be pleased.  This wasn’t anything like the previous disaster which is really encouraging.  As with any skill you just have to keep working at it … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 101 – Tonal Range and a Frog

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Guthlac

Life is a whole series of unintended consequences or is that just me?   Continuing my Stephen Fry theme I decided to try once more make a pastel drawing of Mr Fry only it turned out to be a Conté sanguine … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 100 – Exercising a demon

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Guthlac

Well I have made it into 3 figures – 100 days already – where did they go? Yesterday I was feeling pretty miffed about how things went with my pastel portrait of Stephen Fry.  Well later in the day I … Continue reading →

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