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About Guthlac

An artist, historian and middle aged man who'se aim in life is to try and enjoy as much of it as he can

Bloody thou art, bloody will be thy end

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Guthlac

  The more I look into the idea of 10 years the more it falls apart.  Two of these images were captured in the 1980’s on Kodachrome 64, scanned into the computer in 2000 and finally remastered in 2014.  Now … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 1, 2014 by Guthlac

I have a number of ideas running around in my head at the moment – one of them is 10 years.  This is a project that will look at my digital photographic career.  Only problem is I have been making … Continue reading →

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Watching Paint Dry

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Guthlac

  So here I go again day two of my teach myself to paint lesson…I am trying to take my time and don’t rush things – lets see if I have that amount of discipline – I’m not that sure … Continue reading →

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“Cry ‘Havoc!’, and let slip the dogs of war”

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Guthlac

  Start of the new week and so a new painting lesson – courtesy of myself and boy am I a hard task master!  Stage one is to het a reasonable outline upon which to paint.  This is no Holbein … Continue reading →

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Watching F1 practice

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Guthlac

I must be getting really sad in my old age…just spent an hour or so watch FP1 & FP2. Time to get out and do a bit if shopping I think. Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Teaching myself to paint

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Guthlac

    I know it is the wrong way to go about these things but I have decided to start afresh and teach myself how to paint and try and understand the process of applying paint to a surface.   … Continue reading →

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Deeper and Deeper I go

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Guthlac

  So having spent a couple of hours in the studio messing around with ideas around Degas what have I learnt?   At the moment not a great deal however after a period of reflection things may well come into … Continue reading →

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Thinking about Degas

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Guthlac

I’m working on some ballerina thoughts today for a drawing/painting I want to make on Wednesday. Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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You heard it here first.

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Guthlac

What an outlandish claim and one that is undoubtedly wrong (you can see why I never made a life for myself in tabloid journalism). The source of all this grand chest thumbing is that the Western Isle, Shetland and Orkney … Continue reading →

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Sitting around in a gallery

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Guthlac

One of the great pleasure about visiting a gallery is that one gets the chance just to sit back and make a drawing or sketch or two. Today I went to the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and was able … Continue reading →

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