Category Archives: General

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Project LV One – Day 102 – Sitting in the Sun

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Guthlac

Another day another attempt to master soft pastels and I think I have reasons to be pleased.  This wasn’t anything like the previous disaster which is really encouraging.  As with any skill you just have to keep working at it … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 98 – Working in the garden

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Guthlac

I have a love/hate relationship with soft pastels.  Some years ago when I was new at this art business I bought myself a set of Sennelier soft pastels which are one of the best brands.  What could go wrong?  Well … Continue reading →

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Interesting Comments

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Guthlac

From time to time I get a comment left on my blog.  This is wonderful and I thank anyone who does actually does that.  However, some of the comments are a little hard to understand which, if English is not the … Continue reading →

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I just can’t stop drawing

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Guthlac

  Some times, just sometimes I can’t stop myself – I just keep drawing.  Over the past few days I’ve really started to think about making drawings that are not people but rather landscape.  This has always been a bit … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Volume 2 now published

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Guthlac

  Well that is that…just under two weeks and I’ll have to start the process all over again. You can see the new book at:   http://blur.by/1sSt1e9

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Project LV One – Day 79 & 80 – It’s complicated

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Guthlac

I’m not entirely sure where yesterday went but I missed it.  Most of the afternoon was spent painting and then it just got away from me.  Anyway today I walked around the new Cathedral Square at Leicester and I have … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 71 – Drawing

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Guthlac
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Project LV One – Day 65 – Crises of Confidence

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Guthlac

 Art Class Paintings I blame Stephen Fry.   If it wasn’t for the fact that I have been listening once again to his excellent, if a bit Forest Gumpesque, second instalment of his autobiography I may well not have put … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 63 – Dawn

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Guthlac

Up at dawn, sitting at the WiFi chair out in the yard with the dawn chorus… What could be better? Let’s just hope the M5 behaves. I’m going to miss Trerice. Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Project LV One – Day 62 – Bat Droppings

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Guthlac

Batman never had this problem with his bat mobile…over the last few days my car has been covered by bat droppings. It turns out that the Elizabethan manor where I’ve been staying has a bat roost just a over where … Continue reading →

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