Author Archives: Guthlac

Over the past few weeks I have noticed that my drawings of people have been slipping into old habits of not being anatomically correct. In one sense this is may not be important but having seen the wonderful draughtsmanship of Jenny Saville I have… Continue reading →

Incredible, just incredible Inside the Sketchbook of Artist Marco Mazzonihttp://hifructose.com/2012/08/07/inside-the-sketchbook-of-artist-marco-mazzoni/ — Sent from Zite personalized magazine iPad app. Available for free in the App Store.www.zit… Continue reading →

Ho ho ho…I believe I predicted this battle last week and I suspect I know who will win and it won’t be the PM – well not if he wants any chance of being re elected that is. However this is probably just a shot across the governments bow at the m… Continue reading →

So I have over done things. Last Saturday and Sunday I just watched the olympics far too much and by Sunday, even with Bolt running his miraculous race, I had had enough. Of course I will be watching just not to the extent I did over the weekend. … Continue reading →

The last post I bemoaned the BBC talking heads – this doesn’t include Michael Johnson – a man who takes sense whoever he opens his mouth! A world class person in every sense. Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

What could be better. Athletics on Eurosports, far far better coverage than the BBC’s because they just cover the sports rather than endless talking heads when there is no British interest. At my side I have my iPad with updates from the BBC sport… Continue reading →

The photographs of the two paintings mark another big step forward. They were both painted during my weekly life drawing/painting class. The painting on the left was painting two weeks ago and at the time I said it was ‘crap’. It is true there are… Continue reading →

Over the past few days I have felt my creative juices dry up. I lost the urge to paint and even draw. In short I was in need of a break from it all. Well I have had a bit of a break and spent much of that time watching the olympics and it seems to… Continue reading →

I thought I posted this but perhaps I didn’t. The was taken at kedleston hall – an amazing example of over the top conspicuous consumption.Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

One of the joys of watching a lot of the Olympics is that you get to see sports that don’t normally get too much coverage. My favourite at the moment is weightlifting and one of the joys of having sky is that you get to see all the coverage as the… Continue reading →