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Hockney driving

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Guthlac

A quick sketch based on something I’ve just seen on the tv.I’m on line at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/guthlac http://simonmarchini.posterous.com http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk I hope you enjoy Continue reading →

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Lenora Crichlow – boy was she hard work!

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Guthlac

Before there is any misunderstandings I have no idea what the actress Lenora Crichlow is like. I am sure she is a perfectly nice person. However, when it comes to drawing her it has been a real pain. Earlier this week I made a reasonable stab at c… Continue reading →

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Work in progress

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Guthlac

Well I don’t seem to have screwed things up too much so far – early days yet!Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

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King Kenny’s eyes

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Guthlac

Over the past week I seem to have been sketching faces I see on TV. One of these was Kenny Dalglish. Yesterday I decided to make a more in depth study of Liverpool’s best player of the last 40 or so years. This took me over a day of working and re… Continue reading →

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Back to serious drawing

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Guthlac

Before I start I have been asked to point out that none of the women I have drawn and posted are known to me. They are all based on photographs I have found on the Internet. So I have moved away from the Madison Avenue style book and back to what … Continue reading →

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Corrupting Madison Avenue

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Guthlac

Reading further into the Drawing the Head and Figure book I was given at Christmas it is clear that it was designed for designers and artists working in a Madison avenue advertisement agency in the late 50’s to come up with some art work for the l… Continue reading →

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Prescriptive Drawing – the 1950’s way

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Guthlac

I am working my way through my figure drawing book – c1950. May how prescriptive it is – take for example drawing the neck and shoulder lines. Here we are shown 11 different angles/types and the anatomy of the women is discussed in some detail for… Continue reading →

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Learning to work with the pen

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Guthlac

The more I work with a pen the more confident I get with my ability to obtain something interesting. It is the old refrain ‘..the more I practice the better I get and the better I get the more I practice…’ or something like that. The inability t… Continue reading →

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A mornings work

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Guthlac

Well I spent two hours this ,owning with amply proportioned young women and things are coming along a treat. I am deliberately taking my time to see how that might improve things. So far this is proving to be a worthwhile tactic. I am using my new… Continue reading →

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Wagner and the fat lady

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Guthlac

So I am drawing fat ladies today. God that sounds patronising – especially as I am a fat man so am in no position to say anything. Well yes and no. The no because I am fascinated by the folds and curves – perhaps it is very primeval as most fertil… Continue reading →

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