Author Archives: Guthlac

I read this and couldn’t help myself – I just had to scream at my iPad – “What is the Point of This!!!” The canon is better even at its worst setting and what would happen if you closed it down to, oh lets say f8 or perhaps the light conditions ar… Continue reading →

If these paintings are as striking in real life as the images on line are then they would be worth seeing. Beautiful Oil Paintings Using Only a Palette Knifehttp://twistedsifter.com/2012/09/oil-paintings-using-only-a-palette-knife-leonid-afremov/ … Continue reading →

I guess this video is just another demonstration that drawing any form of distinctions within art is ultimately pointless. Yet I still try to – what does that say about me? Simon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.co.uk Continue reading →

A thoughtful analysis of how things probably went at Apple – hubris anyone? Exploring Localhttp://blog.telemapics.com/ — Sent from Zite personalized magazine iPad app. Available for free in the App Store.www.zite.comSent from my iPad Continue reading →

I am starting on a project to create a large drawing/watercolour of an Iron Age community with a number of people prominent in the drawing. The question is what do Iron Age people look like? This is an interesting question as the answer is we don’… Continue reading →

This drawing is based on a Marilyn image which, if I’m honest as got away from me. That being said it might not be such a great likeness but its a great face and to be quite honest I don’t care that the likeness anymore – I just want to see what f… Continue reading →

The mapping system is a joke at the moment – I tried to find my address on the satellite and found that it is covered in cloud – perhaps that is caused by the stream coming out of my ears! Even the detail I could see isn’t as in depth as Google. W… Continue reading →

Well if you’re going to take a vehicle you may as well make it worth your while! Kingswear’s Dart Princess ferry thief ‘Jack Sparrow’ jailedhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-19661144 — Sent from Zite personalized magazine iPad app. Avai… Continue reading →

So said the sage of Cupertino Siri…I’ve just updated to iOS 6 and one of the first things I wanted to try out was the much vaunted Siri and it didn’t disappoint. I read somewhere that this is the Microsoft paper lip of the iPad generation and fr… Continue reading →

Who indeed is Marilyn Monroe? I haven’t got the first clue and having examined many images over the past few days I really don’t think no one knows. Undoubtedly there may be a few people still alive who actually did know the woman but they must be… Continue reading →