Format festival

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Guthlac

For a much more in depth review of he festival you do no better than read my partner in crime’s blog entry on the matter.

http://davidmanley.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/a-day-out-2/

Simon Marchini

http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Format Photography Festival

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Guthlac

Had a very enjoyable day at the Format Photography Festival at Derby. I guess it wasn’t a surprise that I got my iPhone out and made a few images. The festival as a whole was full of the usual mix and tick of images – however if you only visit one exhibition then the one I would suggest is visiting the Chocolate Factory which is based in a disused Chocolate Factory. Whilst the photography is variable the whole atmosphere is much more alive and laid back – see if you can find Gavin Esler.

[Tags David Manley,Gavin Esler,Format Photography
Festival,Derby,iPhone,iPhoneography]

Simon Marchini
Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Nude Woman

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Guthlac

Well the second half of the life drawing class didn’t go that well and the final drawing became a bit of a mess. Anyway, I came home and drew this partially, I suspect, as a bit of a pick me up for the life drawing class.

I always find that they are always deeply unsatisfactory. Not because of the tutor or anything else like that but rather because of the artificiality of the whole set up. I normally take several hours or days to make a painting on the computer as well as in the real world – however, in the life drawing class you have a maximum of 2 – 3 hours and for me that is not really long enough. This used to concern me greatly but now I just go with the flow and accept what I produce in that time. However, it doesn’t mean I’m satisfied with what I have made.

Simon Marchini

http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Half way through the class

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Guthlac

So where do I go from here?

I’m on line at:

http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

I hope you enjoy

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Messing around with Oswin Oswold

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Guthlac

there are worse ways to spend half an hour of your life than messing with Oswin Oswold, the new Dr Who assistant. Will actually it won’t be the character from the Christmas special but similar or not or….whatever. Anyway an interesting exercise – not sure I’ve quite got the likeness yet…but give it time.

Simon Marchini

http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Oh the joys of spring

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Guthlac

Waking home from having a very agreeable afternoon chat over coffee with an old friend and author Phil Simpkin (http://1455bookcompany.blogspot.co.uk/) it started to snow…oh the joys of England in the spring!

BTW when is the email client on the iPad going to be cope with inserting hyperlinks into text? Perhaps it can do it already but I have yet to find out how. Another great product from Apple!

Simon Marchini

www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Coffee with author Phil Simpkin

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Guthlac

Having a wonderful coffee with the author Phil Simpkin. His new book will be out after the 21st March.

I’m on line at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/guthlac
http://simonmarchini.posterous.com

http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

I hope you enjoy

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Family Guy – road to multiverse

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Guthlac

This is a page from a sketch book when I was watching Family Guy.

Simon Marchini
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Jan van Eyck

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Guthlac

Well I’ve taken this as far as I can. There are structural problems that would require a complete re-paint, which I’m not willing to do as this was supposed to be a Brushes painting rather than an exact copy. If I wanted to make an exact copy then I would work on this on my computer rather than the iPad.

Given all these caveats I’m still really pleased with this. It doesn’t have the keen attention to detail of van Eyck but it still has the feel of an old master – perhaps van Eyck painted by Rembrandt, which is hugely presumptive on my part but what the heck.

Simon Marchini

http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Pushing the boundaries

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Guthlac

Just how far can I take a copy of a masterpiece using brushes on the iPad? There are so many boundaries to push at here – how do you make a likeness using very simple tools provided in Brushes? Equally are the limitations of these tools more a reflection of my own limitations as an artist? What about the limitations of eyesight?

The image I’m trying to copy is a small post card but in this case that is not such an issue because the actual painting is not that much bigger. So many boundaries to try and cross but perhaps the biggest question or boundary is the simple one why? Why do I want to push the boundaries so much?

Well as I write this it is past midnight and I don’t know I have any answers other than to say it is a fascinating puzzle to try and undo and I have no idea where it will end up.

Simon Marchini

http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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