Tag Archives: iPad

Face of the TV

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Guthlac

In truth not the best likeness but it was enjoyable to make. Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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I made a pictorial landscape

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Guthlac

Another book, this time about landscape photography, and finally I’ve made a quick landscape sketch. I suppose it is a start. Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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I love SIRI

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Guthlac

Well I’ve final cracked it – I know why Siri exists – its the ultimate feel good app.  You can forget all those cuddly animal photos or funny videos SIRI will always beat them hands down.   It is a few … Continue reading →

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The ‘New’ iPad

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Guthlac

So we have to learn a new, post Steve Jobs, language. No longer are we in the world of the next great thing but rather an incremental iPad. No longer 3rd generation but rather New. To read many of the reviews of the new iPad it would seem that thi… Continue reading →

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New iPad Black and White app

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Guthlac

I’ve just bought a new app for the iPad called Dramatic Black and White and it does seem to offer a wide range of black and white opportunities as well as being able to play around with infrared as well. This is the first attempt which also raises… Continue reading →

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Steve McQueen

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Guthlac

One of the most powerful contemporary artworks I have seen was produced by McQueen, a Turner prize winning artist and film maker. Queen and Country is a set of UK stamps with the photographs of military personnel who had died in Iraq. I found this… Continue reading →

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Same person, different points of view

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Guthlac

Over the past couple of days I have been driving myself mad by looking at other artists work with the iPad and I think these two images explain, in part, why that is. They are based on the same person but with quite differing results and I think i… Continue reading →

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Pushing the envelope

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Guthlac

The last painting I made felt like I was hitting my head against a wall. Much as I tried I just couldn’t take it any further. Well a good night’s sleep helps provide a bit of prospective and so I have produced this. I feel it is a marked improveme… Continue reading →

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Hitting the Talent Wall

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Guthlac

Another day another attempt to get better at something – so here is my latest attempt at a Brushes painting and I have come to realise that there is a talent wall and I have just hit it. I have also realised that the talent wall can be moved furth… Continue reading →

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Battling with exhaustion

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Guthlac

Hyperbole of cause but this is the hardest I have worked on a painting in one session. I have been researching other Brushes painters on line and frankly I am a raw beginner compared to some. But I suppose we all have to start somewhere so here is… Continue reading →

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