Author Archives: Guthlac

My friend’s daughter has asked to make a drawing of Marylyn Monroe as a birthday present and so this morning I started searching for Monroe and it soon became apparent there is no true image of the late star. Every photograph is a manipulation of … Continue reading →

So much for burying him at Leicester Cathedral which is just spitting distance from where the remains were discovered. But the reality is that if this is Richard 3rd, and I think that is still a huge if, then he should be buried with all honours o… Continue reading →

So the latest iPhone has arrived and Apple has maintained their tradition of making things a little better but no great earth shakers. Of course Apple will argue that the all new iPhone 5 is the most important phone they have ever made which of co… Continue reading →

A pretty standard Guardian piece bitchy with faint praise and admiration. But only the Guardian would think that Luton is ‘ the North ‘ Boris Johnson is no laughing matterhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/12/boris-johnson-no-laughin… Continue reading →

There comes a time when I am using Brushes that boredom sets in. I know the work isn’t anywhere nears as I would really want it but the sterile, inanimate nature of using the iPad finally gets too much and I can’t take anymore. Well I have just re… Continue reading →

Last night I started to rematch one of my favourite movies, Girl with a Pearl Earring, and this has inspired me to try and make a Brushes painting. After just over an hour this morning has got me this far. I think it is time for lunch and think ab… Continue reading →

After watching the very watchable series by Alistair Sook on the art of ancient Rome I became aware of the cult of Antinous. Now I was aware of Antious but not of his significance in the gay community nor as a cult figure throughout the Roman empi… Continue reading →

For some strange reason Posterous didn’t post this the other day. I must say since they were taken over by Twitter or Facebook or whomever the service has started to become a much shakier – lets see if this one posts correctly.Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

Well its the morning after the night before and time to reflect on the work I created last night at the life drawing session. The first thing to say in future I must remember to take an eraser. The first drawing shows the wandering of the models n… Continue reading →

Started something new this evening – life drawing where I decide what to do – really enjoyable. Only one problem – the plain song music is making me see the model as a nun – very bizarre! I’m on line at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/guthlac http://simonm… Continue reading →