Virgin Mary – Breedon on the Hill

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Guthlac
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I actually went out and captured some images this morning – these were for the Pre History project/book I’m working on.  I spent the morning scrabbling around the old iron age fort and church at Breedon on the Hill.  I have still to work on the RAW files to makes some images but there is one photo I want to share from inside the Church – the Virgin Mary.  This sculpture is one of the few remaining examples of Anglo Saxon carvings and I find it wonderful. 

Simon Marchini 

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Very interesting article…

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Guthlac
Very interesting article – I don’t believe any senior executives or editors on any of the papers resigned over this – even after paying out ??450k in one case.

Memo to Fleet Street: it isn’t just the BBC that makes mistakes
http://www.newstatesman.com/broadcast/2012/11/memo-fleet-street-it-isnt-just-bbc-makes-mistakes

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Oh Billy Brown – an examination of the creative process

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Guthlac
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Trying to measure the creative process as a percentage is totally useless.  Percentage of what is the most obvious question that would demonstrate this.  Through out the history of art what was thought to be complete was changed much later by the artist to improve it.   Anyway, I feel I am entering the final straights of this digital painting and so thought it might be interesting to produce an image with all the stages of the process captured in one place.  Hardly new I know but I’ve found it interesting to do.

Simon Marchini 

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Oh Billy Brown – an examination of the creative process

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Guthlac
Edward_fox_-_creative_progress

Trying to measure the creative process as a percentage is totally useless.  Percentage of what is the most obvious question that would demonstrate this.  Through out the history of art what was thought to be complete was changed much later by the artist to improve it.   Anyway, I feel I am entering the final straights of this digital painting and so thought it might be interesting to produce an image with all the stages of the process captured in one place.  Hardly new I know but I’ve found it interesting to do.

Simon Marchini 

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That says it all

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Guthlac
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Another day gone and things are starting to come together.  Yesterday I thought I was about 30% completed – now I suspect  around 50 – 60%.  I really struggle with the digital domain – in part because I am still trying to understand how the brushes work on Photoshop and partlly because I have great difficulty getting the proportions just right.  However, the one good thing is that I might think this is really not very good at the moment – which I do – but when I come back to it tomorrow I know I will have a much more positive view of the work. 

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Beautiful Night – the creative process

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Guthlac
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One of the most creative things I can do with anything I do is to go away and sleep on it.  Now you would have thought that I might have realised this by now but no.   So yesterday I said I was about 30% complete and I would now revise that estimate to about 25% – clearly many more creative snoozes are required!
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Best is yet to come

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Guthlac
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That’s it – I’ve done enough for one day.  I suspect this is around 30% done – whether I ever get around to adding the extra 70% only time will tell.

Simon Marchini

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Sarah – she was singing and undoing

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Guthlac
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So the hardwork continues and I think the image is slowly developing.  My god this is hard going! 

Simon Marchini 

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And it was all yellow….

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Guthlac
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Oh why do I try these thing out?  Why indeed.  So in a rush of blood this morning I thought I would try to make a painting using Photoshop.  I had tried this before and it didn’t really work out too well.  I have complained before about the problems I have with digital drawings and painting and all the same problems very quickly reared their rather ugly head.   In short the creation of digital art is not organic enough for me – you just can’t feel the paper or canvas, smell the paint – too clean.

Anyway I am going to stick at it and try and see if I can work through my own hand ups. 

Simon Marchini 

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Facebook Face

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Guthlac

I came across this Face whilst browsing through Facebook and I was immediately attracted towards it – a wonderful face to draw. Well this is the first stage which I’ll build on over the next day or so.

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