Tag Archives: ink

Ink and the mama bear

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Guthlac

As a medium for mark making Ink takes some beating.  However, the thing I really enjoy about Ink is that it is permanent (I know you can erase it but it always looks scruffy) and so every mark counts or … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 198 – Black and White

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Guthlac

There was a time, perhaps it is still prevalent, when glue sniffing was a bag concern.  I never understood this as I found the fumes that glue gave off only gave me a head ache.  It is much the same … Continue reading →

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All the kids are talkin’ slang I can’t pretend to understand….Frank Turner

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Guthlac

In life you push and push and then realise that you can’t push any more.  When this happens the best thing is try a different tack and see what happens.  Today has been one of those days.   I tried … Continue reading →

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Working with ink

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Guthlac

  Still trying to come to grips with indian ink.  I’ve had a few false starts but now I think I’m starting to understand, just a little, the potential of ink to my art.

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Lou Reed

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Guthlac

Still working on this theme – still not got it quite right but after a bit of work it is starting to become interesting…sort of

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Ink

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Guthlac

Well we survived the storm of the decade…actually we weren’t effected at all as the storm probably passed to the south of us.  It is always funny watching all the wet news reporters trying to hide their disappointment that, whilst … Continue reading →

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Ink

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Guthlac

Another experiment with ink.

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Practice

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Guthlac

Carrying on the ink theme I thought I would brush up on my life drawing…so I made this ink sketch of a nude. Now for most people this wouldn’t be too unusual but for me I was able to fit … Continue reading →

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What a pen and ink

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Guthlac

Messing about with pen and ink sketches – trying to work out how to develop an approach that makes best use of the fact that is no way of correcting the make you make other than by making other marks. It is at once quick and easy and at the same t… Continue reading →

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