Category Archives: General

This is for posts that have no real specific category, such as Art or Photography

“Cry ‘Havoc!’, and let slip the dogs of war”

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Guthlac

  Start of the new week and so a new painting lesson – courtesy of myself and boy am I a hard task master!  Stage one is to het a reasonable outline upon which to paint.  This is no Holbein … Continue reading →

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Watching F1 practice

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Guthlac

I must be getting really sad in my old age…just spent an hour or so watch FP1 & FP2. Time to get out and do a bit if shopping I think. Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Teaching myself to paint

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Guthlac

    I know it is the wrong way to go about these things but I have decided to start afresh and teach myself how to paint and try and understand the process of applying paint to a surface.   … Continue reading →

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Deeper and Deeper I go

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Guthlac

  So having spent a couple of hours in the studio messing around with ideas around Degas what have I learnt?   At the moment not a great deal however after a period of reflection things may well come into … Continue reading →

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Thinking about Degas

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Guthlac

I’m working on some ballerina thoughts today for a drawing/painting I want to make on Wednesday. Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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You heard it here first.

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Guthlac

What an outlandish claim and one that is undoubtedly wrong (you can see why I never made a life for myself in tabloid journalism). The source of all this grand chest thumbing is that the Western Isle, Shetland and Orkney … Continue reading →

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Sitting around in a gallery

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Guthlac

One of the great pleasure about visiting a gallery is that one gets the chance just to sit back and make a drawing or sketch or two. Today I went to the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and was able … Continue reading →

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Long distance run around

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Guthlac

More experimentation this afternoon . The great thing about trying new things is suddenly new possibilities start to appear. Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Aegyptus

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Guthlac

I cant stop myself this morning making sketches of Amenhotep III. Probably only one of them is approaching what I would consider a likeness but that doesn’t matter at the moment – this may well change but for now I’m … Continue reading →

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Preposterous Drawing

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Guthlac

This really is preposterous in so many ways but I really like it…perhaps tomorrow when I look back on this I will wonder what the hell was I thinking. I hope not. Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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