Category Archives: General

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

Sketch

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Guthlac

I just felt like making a quick sketch of Al Pacino …not sure why. Simon Marchini WWW.simonmarchini.co.uk

Posted in General | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Read the damn instructions

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Guthlac

One day, one day I may just learn but I guess it won’t be anytime soon. You see if you read the instructions about something, in this case how KitCam works, you might just be able make even better use … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Naked Woman, Naked Women, Naked Women….

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Guthlac

This is a quote from one of the best TV characters ever created – Jeff from Coupling. And so it is with my Flickr account. In the early part of the year I created a series of paintings of nude … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

A really dodgy photo

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Guthlac

End of the first art class of the new session and I’m sort of happy with what I’ve done. I used to get really worked up about what I did and didn’t do in the session as I felt it … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged | Leave a comment

Trending

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Guthlac

Yesterday was one of those special days when domestic British news hits the world. It was fascinating to see the world of twitter light up with the news of the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson. Initially it was only trending … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

The first thoughts of the morning

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Guthlac

I’ve just read this blog on the ever interesting DPReview website and it has got me thinking. http://connect.dpreview.com/post/6528930817/smartphones-of-the-future?utm_source=notification&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=generic The whole thrust of the article was hardware based which somewhat misses the point of smartphone photography. It really isn’t about the … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The search continues

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Guthlac

Well I’ve been gnawing again. I’ve started to build up a picture from the archaeological records of the probably old road I ‘discovered’ earlier on today – see previous post. It is very early days but there are some very … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Not quite as planned

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Guthlac

So this afternoon I was gong to do a number of things that, well, didn’t happen. Instead I did make a real life sketch in graphite and then I started to watch one of my favourite films S1mone starring Al … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

One step forward one step back!

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Guthlac

For some time I’ve been trying to work out the old transport routes/roads/ways through North East Leicestershire. The reason for this strangely enough has nothing to do with east Leicestershire but actually with west leicestershire – but that is another … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Springtime in the garden

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Guthlac

Every time I use phrase Spring time I immediately think of the Mel Brooks movie The Producers….’Spring Time for Hitler and Germany…’ I really should have got out more as a teenager! So this morning is another glorious day, the … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment