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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

Time to switch off the phone

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Guthlac

I’m on line at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/guthlac http://simonmarchini.posterous.com http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk I hope you enjoy Continue reading →

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A night of John Williams music

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Guthlac

Just about to go in to the Symphony Hall at Birmingham – a night with John Williams – what could be better?I’m on line at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/guthlac http://simonmarchini.posterous.com http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk I hope you enjoy Continue reading →

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Squirrel

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Guthlac

Messing about with my favourite pencil at the moment – sanguine by Conti.Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

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Goofing around

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Guthlac

This afternoon for a bit of light relief I started messing around with a ‘How to draw…’. Book lying around the house. It was really interesting. Firstly it gave me an idea as to power and simplicity of the Disney art work. The slightest change o… Continue reading →

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Meg at 40

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Guthlac

Sometimes things can get away from you but in a good way. This drawing was a bit too slapdash and wasn’t turning out the way I wanted it to when I realised this is what Meg Griffin would look like when she is 40 or is that 20. Anyway, it amused me… Continue reading →

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Hacking, blagging and politics

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Guthlac

Oh what fun we have all had over the past two weeks. We have been able to be really shocked at the antics of News International whilst at the same time refusing to admit it has been our own shameless need for worthless title tattle that has got us… Continue reading →

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From the earth wealth – David Manley’s opening evening

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Guthlac

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Drawing young people

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Guthlac

I find it very difficult to draw young people. Their faces tend to be very smooth and unformed, this is exacerbated by the way that they are reproduced in the mafia ( actually this should read media but the predictive text on the iPad substituted … Continue reading →

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Conte

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Guthlac

One of the joys of being reasonably new at this art malarkey is the joy of discovering new materials. A few weeks ago I bought a set of Conte pencils and hadn’t used them until yesterday evening. What a revelation – of course it helps when you hav… Continue reading →

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Scottish Portraits

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Guthlac

I have just watched the programme on Scottish portrait painters presented by Peter Capaldi and it sent me back to my day in Edinburgh just two weeks ago. I had hoped to go and see the Scottish Portrait Gallery whilst we were there but unfortunatel… Continue reading →

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