Keira Knightley – another hack at the problem

Well I gave a couple of hours or so…had some lunch and went out for a walk and then worked at the painting some more. Not sure yet whether this is the final version but it is starting to get to somewhere complete. Perhaps the colours are still a little intense.

Simon Marchini

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Keira Knightley – a work in progress

Well I’ve been working on this painting for a couple of hours now and I’m still not happy. I think what I’ll do is go away for a while and think about this and then come back to see what needs to be change.

Simon Marchini

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Pintado con Brushes en el Ipad

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/tw5hBMLaw8k

Simon Marchini

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Portrait sketch of Theo using iPad app Brushes

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/pL17o6gG478

Simon Marchini

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Note to myself…proof read the entry

I suspect that I suffer from some form of dyslexia so perhaps I should proof read what I post before letting onto the Blogosphere – but I rarely do so there will always be typos – I guess it is one of the charms???? Of my blog. Still didn’t do the Manchester Guardian, showing my age now, any harm.

(By the way I do suffer from dyslexia so this is not a dig at dyslexia suffers)

Simon Marchini

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Oscar fashion tips …. on my blog? What is happening??

I was watching the news of the day with Watchup, and I thought you should check out this video from WSJ: Oscar Fashion: Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway, Halle Berry, Charlize Theron and More.

As Saul with all these fashion videos they end up sound condescending and a bit bitchy. But what the hell do I know about fashion?

Simon Marchini

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Mashable: Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0

I was watching the news of the day with Watchup, and I thought you should check out this video from Mashable: First Look: Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0.

For those of you who might know the first thing about using a movie camera will end up screaming at this video – hasn’t anyone heard of a tripod. Apart from that an interesting look at the new device.

Simon Marchini

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Making more changes to my new blog

The more you work on something the more you understand how it works, its idiosyncrasies and foibles. So it is with my new WordPress blog. Making the blog just the way you wish it to look is a matter of trial and error and fiddling about. I would love to describe it as an iterative process but that would be too flattering…instead it is a bit of bodge and fix – which probably sums up my life very well!

Simon Marchini
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Face of the TV

In truth not the best likeness but it was enjoyable to make.

Simon Marchini

http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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I made a pictorial landscape

Another book, this time about landscape photography, and finally I’ve made a quick landscape sketch. I suppose it is a start.

Simon Marchini

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