Author Archives: Guthlac

After spending the best part of a week trying hard to make something that was almost a “classic’ style digital painting I felt like this morning just letting my hair down, if I had any to do that but that is a whole different story, and just produ… Continue reading →

Day four and I think I’ve almost done. The final question to be answered is what to do with the background? Should I leave it black or perhaps try and create something from Florence or Rome? I suspect neither but I’ll wait on this a while and see … Continue reading →

I know this is sounding a bit purvey but its not, well I don’t think it is. I have spent the last 3 days working on the painting of Michelangelo’s David and today I have been fine tuning the details. To do this I have had to examine the sculpture,… Continue reading →

Well what an experience. I’m not going to go thorough all the great things about this production. Instead there are just three points I would like to make:Anne Hathaway was simply outstanding – without her raw and powerful performance the whole fi… Continue reading →

The more I work on the David painting the more I appreciate the devine genius of Michelangelo. I know he was part of the revival of classic sculpture and there may well have been classical sculptors with his talent but that just doesn’t take away … Continue reading →

Well after about 4 hours work I have decided to call it a day. I have just about exhausted my artistic powers, such as they are, for one day. David is slowly coming together and I have to say it is shaping up really well. Of course I’m now facing … Continue reading →

Well this is perhaps the most ambitious painting I have ever tried – no strike that it is. This is a painting about perfection in almost every sense, the subject is perfection produced by a devine and so I have to rise to the challenge – not much … Continue reading →

Well I’m still working on the Duchess of Cambridge portraits and I’m not sure about this so far – however I’ve taken it as far as I can today – need to sleep on it. Anyway, I’ve been reading some of the really bitchy reviews of the official portra… Continue reading →

Well I seem to be trying to paint icons at the moment. This portrait was inspired by the lukewarm reception for the first official portrait of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn, Baroness Carrickfergus – just how hard would it… Continue reading →

As there seems to be a bit of controversy over the new official portrait of the Countess of Strathearn I thought I’d have a go and see what I could produce. Here is just a sample of what I have produced so farSimon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonma… Continue reading →