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I am starting on a project to create a large drawing/watercolour of an Iron Age community with a number of people prominent in the drawing. The question is what do Iron Age people look like? This is an interesting question as the answer is we don’… Continue reading →

This drawing is based on a Marilyn image which, if I’m honest as got away from me. That being said it might not be such a great likeness but its a great face and to be quite honest I don’t care that the likeness anymore – I just want to see what f… Continue reading →

The mapping system is a joke at the moment – I tried to find my address on the satellite and found that it is covered in cloud – perhaps that is caused by the stream coming out of my ears! Even the detail I could see isn’t as in depth as Google. W… Continue reading →

Well if you’re going to take a vehicle you may as well make it worth your while! Kingswear’s Dart Princess ferry thief ‘Jack Sparrow’ jailedhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-19661144 — Sent from Zite personalized magazine iPad app. Avai… Continue reading →

So said the sage of Cupertino Siri…I’ve just updated to iOS 6 and one of the first things I wanted to try out was the much vaunted Siri and it didn’t disappoint. I read somewhere that this is the Microsoft paper lip of the iPad generation and fr… Continue reading →

Who indeed is Marilyn Monroe? I haven’t got the first clue and having examined many images over the past few days I really don’t think no one knows. Undoubtedly there may be a few people still alive who actually did know the woman but they must be… Continue reading →

Of course it is impossible to say for certain from the Internet but in principle the photographs in the Australian version of the portrait prize are of a higher standard than the British. I wonder why that is? http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/… Continue reading →

This was a drawing that really got away from me, which at one point was really annoying then I just went with the flow and just enjoyed creating this Mad Manesque image. Sometimes I think you have to remember that this is supposed to be enjoyable … Continue reading →

Day two of the Monroe exploration and I seem to be going in a totally different direction – a bit more Frank Auerbach (only a bit). Again the question is it a likeness, I am not sure but then again I really don’t know what a likeness of Monroe sho… Continue reading →

Now I wonder if this the camera used to capture the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing? This Old US Army Camera Had a 100-Inch Infrared Lens and Required a Spotterhttp://www.petapixel.com/2012/09/14/this-old-us-army-camera-had-a-100-inch-infrared-len… Continue reading →