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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

Another year over and a new one just begun…

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Guthlac

So that was 2010 and what a year it has been. I started off with grand plans which I have set out at length in this blog only to find by the end of the year my life has gone in a totally different direction – I have no idea how this new year will … Continue reading →

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Web Site Blues…

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Guthlac

I have just spent sometime trying to set up one of my friends new web site only to fail miserably. I have no idea why it won’t work but I suspect the ‘free service’ is little more than a con (perhaps I am being unfair on the unnamed company as thi… Continue reading →

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Our carriers have proven over time to offer a very efficient and reliable service. However…

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Guthlac

Whinge, Whinge Whinge. That’s what I feel like doing. The Royal Mail has yet again proven that they are not able to deliver items on time. I have placed an order with Amazon and they have been up front about the problems they are having with the p… Continue reading →

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Battling real emotions

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Guthlac

I have set my self a new goal, I suppose you could call it a sort of a New Years resolution, only it is not. I am going to make a drawing of my father. Now there are a number of problems with this. The first is that he died nearly four years ago, … Continue reading →

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Back to serious drawing

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Guthlac

Before I start I have been asked to point out that none of the women I have drawn and posted are known to me. They are all based on photographs I have found on the Internet. So I have moved away from the Madison Avenue style book and back to what … Continue reading →

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Ludmilla – the evil Russian temptress

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Guthlac

This is straight out of DC comics or Marvel. It was produced by following one of the style guides in my favourite art book of the moment. Isn’t she so evil and Bonesk!Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

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Corrupting Madison Avenue

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Guthlac

Reading further into the Drawing the Head and Figure book I was given at Christmas it is clear that it was designed for designers and artists working in a Madison avenue advertisement agency in the late 50’s to come up with some art work for the l… Continue reading →

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Prescriptive Drawing – the 1950’s way

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Guthlac

I am working my way through my figure drawing book – c1950. May how prescriptive it is – take for example drawing the neck and shoulder lines. Here we are shown 11 different angles/types and the anatomy of the women is discussed in some detail for… Continue reading →

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The iPad in 2011

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Guthlac

I am not the first person to say this but 2011 could well be the year of the iPad. When the product was first introduced there was still quite a bit of confusion as to how the product would work. 7 months on a lot of companies are starting to deve… Continue reading →

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Drawing the head and figure

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Guthlac

I have been given a wonderful book for Christmas called ‘Drawing the head and figure’. It is a Haynes manual of how to do this. It breakdown the body into it’s individual proportions and then explains how to capture these in a drawing. It is a gre… Continue reading →

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