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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

iPad 2

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Guthlac

Well I just don’t know what the fuss was all about. If you are to believe the tec blogs you can’t get an iPad for love nor money. Well it took me 10 minutes this morning to buy one. It will be interesting over the next few weeks to compare iPad v1… Continue reading →

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Portrait Course

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Guthlac

Well I’m truly knackered. Five and half hours of none stop drawing has taken it’s toll. I have spent the morning and part of the afternoon at a Portrait & Drawing workshop at the the Richard Attenborough centre. It was a really encouraging day whi… Continue reading →

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Old man

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Guthlac

I’m taking my time over this one – slowly building up the layers of shade and detail and trying to resolve the many issues involved. It’s a good start and thankfully it has moved away from looking like Einstein in the nude. Perhaps it has a touch … Continue reading →

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Ikea instructions for Stonehenge | The Poke:

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Guthlac

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The worst railway station I have ever been to

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Guthlac

I’ve just come back from Birmingham and for a change I thought I would let the train take the strain. On the whole not such a bad thing apart from the horror that is New Street Station. It is hard to credit that this is the main station for the se… Continue reading →

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Why draw?

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Guthlac

As the one or two followers may be aware over the past few weeks I have been using Nicole Kidman’s image as an academic exercise to try and explore portrait further. On the whole it has been a bit of a failure apart from the fact I have learnt a g… Continue reading →

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Meticulously Detailed Map Art (10 pics) – My Modern Metropolis

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Guthlac

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Hans Holbein the younger

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Guthlac

I knew that there were suggestions that Holbein had used some form of optical assistant for his drawings & paintings but I wasn’t aware that there was clear evidence. Yet, whilst watching the latest (?) episode of Civilisation a close up was shown… Continue reading →

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Finished first sketch

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Guthlac

Well I finished the first attempt. Not too bad but there are a number if things I need to sort out – the mouth for example. More sketches and hopefully b the end of the well something interesting.Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

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Walking in the shadow of a giant

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Guthlac

Well I’ve decide to work on something thing different and who better to emulate than Michelangelo. I’ve been fascinated by the David sculpture for a very long time and was some surprised to find that there is a full scale casting of it in the V&A…. Continue reading →

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