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Sanguine, Debbie and Back to the Future

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Guthlac

Tis the season to make outlandish resolute statements of good intent only for them not to be fulfilled.  So here goes!   I’m going make a lot more drawings and sketches using Conte sanguine – there I said it and … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 165 – When is a drawing of an egg an oeuf?

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Guthlac

Terrible pun I know but there we go.  So today I started my new art class and I have to say it was great fun.  For the first lesson we had to we had to draw an egg and I have … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 101 – Tonal Range and a Frog

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Guthlac

Life is a whole series of unintended consequences or is that just me?   Continuing my Stephen Fry theme I decided to try once more make a pastel drawing of Mr Fry only it turned out to be a Conté sanguine … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 98 – Working in the garden

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Guthlac

I have a love/hate relationship with soft pastels.  Some years ago when I was new at this art business I bought myself a set of Sennelier soft pastels which are one of the best brands.  What could go wrong?  Well … Continue reading →

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Conte

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Guthlac

One of the joys of being reasonably new at this art malarkey is the joy of discovering new materials. A few weeks ago I bought a set of Conte pencils and hadn’t used them until yesterday evening. What a revelation – of course it helps when you hav… Continue reading →

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