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Before anyone of temperate disposition faints with the vapours please let me make one thing clear – this is not about hairy hippies from the 1970’s, you’ll probably be over 40 to get that reference. No instead this is about how sex increases the h… Continue reading →

Shared by Simon Mayo on TwitterThe Richard III car park has updated its signage: twitter.com/GOTTSCHALK82/s?????? Harry Gottschalk (@GOTTSCHALK82) February 4, 2013Sent via FlipboardSent from my iPad Continue reading →

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Well I thought whilst I’m away I’d try my hand at some landscapes or cityscapes or similar. Big mistake. Every time I try to make anything in these genres I quickly realise that I have no interest in them at all. I think this is because I have spe… Continue reading →

Now this is going to read like some snotty Brit whinging about American TV and I guess there is some truth in that but here goes anyway… American TV is rubbish. If it is not for the erectile dysfunction or test yourself for HIV adverts it is jus… Continue reading →

I bought some cheap water colour pencils yesterday with the intention of taking them away with me…when will I ever learn that you get what you pay for?!? Anyway, I thought I’d try them out on some familiar characters that might pop up on my holi… Continue reading →

After spending the best part of a week trying hard to make something that was almost a “classic’ style digital painting I felt like this morning just letting my hair down, if I had any to do that but that is a whole different story, and just produ… Continue reading →

Day four and I think I’ve almost done. The final question to be answered is what to do with the background? Should I leave it black or perhaps try and create something from Florence or Rome? I suspect neither but I’ll wait on this a while and see … Continue reading →

I know this is sounding a bit purvey but its not, well I don’t think it is. I have spent the last 3 days working on the painting of Michelangelo’s David and today I have been fine tuning the details. To do this I have had to examine the sculpture,… Continue reading →

Well what an experience. I’m not going to go thorough all the great things about this production. Instead there are just three points I would like to make:Anne Hathaway was simply outstanding – without her raw and powerful performance the whole fi… Continue reading →