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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

Some more images from my cultural trip

Slowly getting through the back log… Simon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Am I finished?

I don’t know but then again I’m in good company. Titian was still working on The Death of Actaeon when he died. He’d only been at it for 15 years! So perhaps a day or two to mull over things … Continue reading

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Painting Skin

It sounds so easy – skin what is the problem? But skin isn’t an easy subject to capture – even the best computer generated animations can’t get it right. The more you look at skin you realise the less you … Continue reading

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The end of the day

The painting is slowly coming together. Still not sure whether I’ve got any answers yet about the reality question – time will tell. Still a good days work. Simon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Searching for reality

Just how far do you make a digital painting real? Setting aside the question of what exactly real is just how do you approach such matters? Do you hint or go for full photo realism? What about plagiarism ? My … Continue reading

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Bruges

Having a little bit of a problem uploading this to Facebook … lets see how this works. Brugges – http://pnr.ma/afqSpH Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Book Ends

Well I’m back and I’m totally clapped out. On the face of it I did nothing over the past 3 days as my good friend David drove everywhere, including a drive back from Hastings to home in one go, around … Continue reading

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After a goodnight sleep

Early to bed and early to rise…I had time just to do a bit of drawing whilst listening to the New Quiz podcast…a nice way to start the day. Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Busy old day

To finally got back to England after a great day out to Bruges and Ostend. This sounds like we’ve travelled hundred of miles but it is barely 100 in total from Calais and back. I hope to write more on … Continue reading

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Running on empty

Bruges has worn me out. There reaches a point where enough is enough and I need a rest. Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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