Tag Archives: Brushes

Another test of the categories process

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Guthlac

Having reread the instructions about categories I think I might have understood them a whole lot better. However, I’m not sure I see the point of them but I guess that may well change as I get more experience OD … Continue reading →

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Stage 1

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Guthlac

This is the first step in trying to produce a serious portrait. Wish me luck?Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

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Hare

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Guthlac

The Tate is in a state of flux – around have of the gallery space is closed due to a major refit which will go on until 2013, no one appears to have noticed what is happening in London in 2012 but that is another story. They have also left the mai… Continue reading →

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Steve McQueen

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Guthlac

One of the most powerful contemporary artworks I have seen was produced by McQueen, a Turner prize winning artist and film maker. Queen and Country is a set of UK stamps with the photographs of military personnel who had died in Iraq. I found this… Continue reading →

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Same person, different points of view

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Guthlac

Over the past couple of days I have been driving myself mad by looking at other artists work with the iPad and I think these two images explain, in part, why that is. They are based on the same person but with quite differing results and I think i… Continue reading →

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Pushing the envelope

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Guthlac

The last painting I made felt like I was hitting my head against a wall. Much as I tried I just couldn’t take it any further. Well a good night’s sleep helps provide a bit of prospective and so I have produced this. I feel it is a marked improveme… Continue reading →

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Hitting the Talent Wall

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Guthlac

Another day another attempt to get better at something – so here is my latest attempt at a Brushes painting and I have come to realise that there is a talent wall and I have just hit it. I have also realised that the talent wall can be moved furth… Continue reading →

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Battling with exhaustion

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Guthlac

Hyperbole of cause but this is the hardest I have worked on a painting in one session. I have been researching other Brushes painters on line and frankly I am a raw beginner compared to some. But I suppose we all have to start somewhere so here is… Continue reading →

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Can’t Take Brushes Seriously

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Guthlac

I try and I try but I just find making an image with Brushes a bit of fun. I look at some of the work that some people make with Brushes and I wonder how they are able to do that as I find myself just having fun when using brushes. I know you can … Continue reading →

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In the clearing stands the boxer….

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Guthlac

The words of the Simon & Garfunkel song came to mind when I look at this…it is all the more apt as the drawing was based on Steve Bruce who has just been fired by Sunderland…and he carries a reminder of every fight that fought on his face…. … Continue reading →

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