Tag Archives: Digital Painting

Pushing the boundaries

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Guthlac

Just how far can I take a copy of a masterpiece using brushes on the iPad? There are so many boundaries to push at here – how do you make a likeness using very simple tools provided in Brushes? Equally … Continue reading →

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After Manet

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Guthlac

I’m off out tomorrow to see the Manet exhibition at the Royal Academy. In an effort to get into the mood I have made this quick painting on brushes in the style of Manet and is based on the front … Continue reading →

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More looking at Diego Velazquez

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Guthlac

I’ve now decided that Velazquez has risen up my list of greatest painters. I know this is a ridiculous thing to do but in truth we all do it. We can’t help it, it’s what makes us humans – making … Continue reading →

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After Velazquez

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Guthlac

Had half an hour to kill so I thought I would start on a painting with very restricted colours and hues….this is the result from the Velazquez painting of Woman frying eggs c 1618 Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Nude Woman No 2 – I’ve taken it as far as I can

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Guthlac

There reaches a point in any painting when you can’t take it any further. I think I’ve reached that point with Nude Woman No 2. I’ve included a progress image just to show how the painting evolved over the past … Continue reading →

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Working on the Female Form

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Guthlac

More work completed on the Nude No2 painting. Still more interested in tonal ranges than detail. Simon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.co.uk

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A question of likeness

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Guthlac

I back working on the female form and the photo I’m basing this painting on has an interesting history in itself. It is allegedly a fake of a minor Hollywood celebrity’s head photoshoped onto the body of a model posing. … Continue reading →

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As far as I can take it….I think???

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Guthlac

Another hour or so working at this painting and I’ve probably taken it as far as a I can. I think that Ms Knightley has end up looking rather like a stern near eastern governess for the time of the … Continue reading →

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Another stab at Keira Knightley

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Guthlac

I really don’t know if I’m unusual, well I guess I’m a bit strange but that is a whole other story, but I just can’t stop worrying at something. In the past this has caused me a lot of problems … Continue reading →

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No more sex

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Guthlac

That’s it – I’ve had enough of sex. Today I created the second painting in my ‘sex’ series and I suspect it may well be the last. I spent the first part of the morning searching the internet for images to ‘inspire’ me. Needless to say I found a wi… Continue reading →

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