Mila Kunis

Lot of blood sweat tears went in this. As usual I didn’t think it was very good when I finished it but now I’m sure it is good.

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Oops

I know I shod have checked the website but k didn’t and so I travelled to Derby only to find the museum closed. Dohh!

So just sitting around watching the world go by and doodling – such is life

Photo

I’m on line at:

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

www.simonmarchini.co.uk

I hope you enjoy

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Francis Bacon

Whilst I got a great deal out of yesterday’s life drawing it was nice to pull in a quick sketch – this time Francis Bacon

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Nude woman

I am really note sure what this says about me but I spent most of the day in the company of a nude woman and didn’t notice once. It wasn’t as I’d I wasn’t looking at her, far from it k spent the best part of six hours examining her in very great detail. It was that I just didn’t notice she had no cloths on.

I even had a pleasant conversation with her and still k didn’t notice. I suspect you may have guessed by now I have been on my first life drawing class and it is just fascinating how you can forget about social niceties given the right circumstances. No this women wasn’t a sexual being but rather a collection of curves and lighting plains and shapes that needed to be understood and recorded – it has been a really strange day.

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Nude man

Tomorrow I am attending a life drawing workshop and so I thought I should do some prep so I have spent part of the day sketching nude men and women – quite an interesting experience – let’s hope tomorrows workshop is.

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Messing about

Hardly ground break analysis but all super hero women are well – super. That is they have the shape of some strange female form that frankly is hardly ever seen outside the confines of the cosmetic surgeons table. Anyway, I was looking at a DC magazine this morning and I thought it would be a bit of fun to make my own super hero or should that be heroine. I spent no amount of time trying to make this anatomically correct and this is the result – half ghost women. I think it will be a winner. Actually it was just an excuse to try and create something using brushes – I still don’t get the buzz out of this that I used to but it is a bit of fun.

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Back to pencils

I thought I would sit down for few minutes a sketch out a drawing – in this case Brad Pitt. It’s a bit too simplistic a likeness but I’m pleased with it. This morning whilst getting stung walking across fields and woodlands I tried to work what types of drawings I like to make and I came to the conclusion is life like portraits. I now this is stating the bleeding obvious but I think it is important to state that. There is something about the human face that I find endlessly fascinating and fortunately I am starting to succeed to make reasonable likenesses.

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Doing battle

I am trying more ambitious drawings and I am not I have quite got the hang of things…still you never learn unless you try.

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Nice to see the UN cares ((tag: "email scam" Nigeria)

Are it so nice to see the creative juices flowing within the criminal community.  No wait it could be true – the UN does have $1.5m dollars waiting for me….I think not.

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Begin forwarded message:

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES.
Internal Audit , Monitoring, Consulting and Investigations
Division 5H087 Washington,
DC 20233,
United States of America


ATTN:  Beneficiary.


This is to inform you that I came to Nigeria yesterday from United States of America, after series of complains from the FBI and other Security agencies from Asia, Europe, Oceania, Antarctica, South America and the United States of America respectively, against the Federal Government of Nigeria and the British Government for the rate of scam activities going on in these two nations.

Right now, as directed by our secretary general Mr. Ban Ki-Moon. We are working in collaborations with the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). We have decided to waive away all your clearance fees/Charges and authorize the Government of Nigeria to effect the payment of your compensation of an amount of US$1,500,000.00  approved by both the British government and the UN into your account without any delay. We already have your name in our Claimant List as stipulated in article 41 of the Provisional Rules for claims.The Governing Council therefore devised a mechanism for the allocation of available funds to successful claimants that gave priority to the three urgent categories of claims and which, within each category, would give equal treatment to similarly situated claims. Only when each successful claimant in categories “A”, “B” and “C” had been paid an initial amount up toUS$1,500,000.00, thereafter other payments commence for claims in oth


In conformity with the Provisions of article 40, paragraph 5 of the Rules, Information concerning the identities of individual claimant will not be made publicly.

See our press release below:

http://www.uncc.ch/status.htm
Now your new payment approved numbers are follows
United Nation Approval No; Un5685p,
White House Approved No: Wh44cv,
Reference No.-35460021,
Allocation No: 674632
Pin Code No: 55674
Certificate of Merit Payment No: 103,
World Bank Released Code No: 0763;

We are conducting a standard Process investigation on behalf federal credit Union Bank, United State Of America, The private banking arm of the international banking conglomerate. This investigation involves, a man Who Came To our Office Claiming To be your true representative. Here is his information for you to confirm to this office if this man is truly from you or not as the government will not be held responsible for wrong transfer.

For Paying Into The Wrong Account.
Name: Mr. Edward Marsh
Bank Name: Wells Fargo Bank
Bank Address: California, USA.
Account Number: 6503809428.

Please reconfirm to this office, As a matter of urgency if this man Is From you. As a matter Of Fact, we have actually been authorized by the newly appointed UN Secretary General, and the Governing body Of The United Nations Monetary Unit to investigate the unnecessary delay of your fund payment. However, we shall proceed to issue all payments details to the said Mr. Edward Marsh, If we do not hear from you within The next Seven working days from today.


I have a very limited time to stay in Nigeria here so I would like you to urgently respond to this message so that I can advise you on how best to confirm your fund in your account within the next 72 hours.

Regards,

Mr. Mark Duke
Investigation Department (UN)
TEL: +234-812-714-9506.
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Camelot part deux ((tags: "Joseph Fiennes", Camelot, portrait, conte"

Well I suppose the secret is out I watch the laughable Camelot TV series. Actually it is only watchable when Joseph Fiennes is on screen. Some how he manages to pull all the other actors around him up to a much more interesting level. This is being somewhat unfair to Actors like Claire Forlani who appears to have a range I was not aware of before. The young actors are there for the eye candy.

Anyway, one of the great things about the series is that it is shot in a very moody fashion which allows me to select chiaroscuro image to make. Such fun.

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