Monthly Archives: September 2016

Five, Ten, Fifteen…

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Guthlac

I ran a little experiment, and those of you who have life drawing lessons will recognise it, I made three drawings of 5, 10 and 15 minutes duration.  The results were predictable but also fascinating to see just what can … Continue reading →

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Walking

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Guthlac

If it’s Thursday then we must be out and about working on the Playgrounds of the Midlands project.   Today saw us wandering through the secret delights of Watermead Country park which allowed us ‘to bag’ three more parishes, Birstall, … Continue reading →

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Pain and Regret

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Guthlac

A couple of weeks ago my good friend and I had a long(ish) debate about the likeness of George Harrison statue on the Liverpool pierhead.  The statue is part of the Fab Four statue and I maintained that they all … Continue reading →

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I am what I am

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Guthlac

Yesterday I said that I because I was using the Apple Pencil my real world drawing was taking a back seat.  This morning I thought I would make a couple of drawings to try and start to rectify this, if … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Corbyn is the New Prime MInister – you should never say never….

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Guthlac

So the election in the Labour party is over and Jeremy Corbyn has been reelected with a larger majority.   He has now put the Labour party onto an election footing with an expectation of a new election sometime in … Continue reading →

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Castles in the air – life with the Apple Pencil

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Guthlac

Six months can be a life time or just an instance.   In geological terms such lengths of time aren’t even considered other than volcanic eruptions (even this is a way too simple approach).   In Apple terms it is half … Continue reading →

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White horses let me ride away

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Guthlac

Distorted anatomy …

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Can the Cannot?

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Guthlac

So we are now in a post post Corbyn era.  The Labour party has overwhelmingly supported Jeremy Corbyn as their leader and good luck to them.   Their narrative is that he represents a better way to run the country … Continue reading →

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Yeah Baby she’s got it….

Posted on September 24, 2016 by Guthlac

A couple more images from the recent Liverpool trip – these were reworked in Photoshop after I made an initial stab within the iPhone – a really bad idea:   the screen is far too small and the light conditions … Continue reading →

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Life among the plutocrats

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Guthlac

Out and about working on the Playground of the Midlands project today and I have to say  I captured some of the most uninteresting images I can think of.   This maybe because I was working in areas where some of … Continue reading →

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