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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

Water colour

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Guthlac

Another day another experiment. I have been trying out my water colouring skills and it has been a very mixed bag of results. The first thing I tried was a simple landscape and I very quickly discovered that there was no such thing as a ‘simple’ l… Continue reading →

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I’m getting all arty farty

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Guthlac

Well here is another step into the unknown. I have signed up for a drawing and painting course. I have no idea what will come of this but it is all rather exciting. I enjoy drawing for the relaxation of it all. I don’t think I am any good but I en… Continue reading →

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To Normalize or Not to Normalize? That is the question…

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Guthlac

I am in a bit a spot. Should I create a database to handle all the data I am generating from my historical research? There was a time when I would have leaped at this and created a really slick looking database. However, those times have passed an… Continue reading →

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Volcanoes and Deep Time

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Guthlac

So Deep Time – this is like an annoying itch – just what does it mean? Well I am still not sure I can come up with definition yet – there are no doubt geological definitions but they won’t capture what I am trying to achieve – I think. Which bring… Continue reading →

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Tree on the hill

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Guthlac

I have spent the morning doing some pencil drawings, a sketch of the Notre Dame. Not bad for a first attempt but could be improved with more practice. Are more practice – this seems to be way of things – the more you practice the better you get. I… Continue reading →

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Young woman

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Guthlac

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Two minute sketch

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Guthlac

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The Times on line – do I renew?

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Guthlac

I know I have been a little unfair to the iPad edition of the Times. Many of the things that I have moaned about over the past three months have turned out to be ‘user error’. However I have had this for about three months now and ,because of prod… Continue reading →

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Silly sketch of man

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Guthlac

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A sensible iPhonegraph

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Guthlac

Having spent most of the day playing around with panoramas made with out the assistance of Photoshop I thought it would be nice just to let the computer do all the work. The result is smoother but somehow more sensible. Not sure whether I am after… Continue reading →

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