Tag Archives: Grey

It’s grim up north…

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Guthlac

What a totally unfair thing to say…I have had some of the most beautiful days in the North and of course ‘ …the North remembers…’.  In truth it has been one of those horrible days all round as far as … Continue reading →

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Just when will the sun shine again?

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Guthlac

January is in many ways the worst month of the winter.   We have had all the head excitement of the Christmas period to help us through the shortest days.  Now we have nothing to help lighten the the grey heavy … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 176 – Some Frames

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Guthlac

Busy busy afternoon – the new frames arrived so out with the varnish and get the paintings framed – really quite satisfying.

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Project LV One – Day 171 – Presenting Mr and Mrs Grey

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Guthlac

Over the past few weeks I have been working on a Grey project.  It has been a fascinating project that has really got me to think about painting seriously.  I have no idea where these paintings will stand in my … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 167 – Old Grey Man

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Guthlac

Forms are being completed, interviews booked – oh the joys of getting your name back on the system with the right documentation! Still it is my fault so I have no one else to blame but myself. As a means … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 142 – Grey and Colour

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Guthlac

So I continue to work on my latest grey painting and I feel it is progressing slowly – there is something missing and I am not at all sure what that it is.   In the meantime I pulled a … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 140 – Not so lethargic

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Guthlac

Yesterday was just one of those days…I do seem to be getting a lot of those at the moment. Today it is back to the easel and paint, paint, paint.  This is the start of another painting in the Grey … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 138 – Gene Gray and all the frustration released by a visit to an art gallery..

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Guthlac

So the first painting in the Grey series has been an unmitigating disaster – so I thought yesterday.  After four days of battling with the painting and loosing I just gave up and let rip with a paint brush.  After about … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 137 – Baby you’re a rich man…I don’t think so

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Guthlac

One of the problems of learning on the job is that your mistakes are really magnified.  This is the latest iteration of the a painting I’m calling Gene Gray.  I have been working on it for three days now and … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 135 – Thinking Grey

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Guthlac

Over the next couple of weeks I think I will be thinking Grey.  Those who know know why.   It’s in your eyes

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