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“Cry ‘Havoc!’, and let slip the dogs of war”

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Guthlac

  Start of the new week and so a new painting lesson – courtesy of myself and boy am I a hard task master!  Stage one is to het a reasonable outline upon which to paint.  This is no Holbein … Continue reading →

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Teaching myself to paint

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Guthlac

    I know it is the wrong way to go about these things but I have decided to start afresh and teach myself how to paint and try and understand the process of applying paint to a surface.   … Continue reading →

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Jack Vettriano

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Guthlac

Today I visited the first major retrospective of the work of one of the most controversial artists working in Britain today – Jack Vettriano. It is not that is subject matter is in anyway radical or offensive, far from it, … Continue reading →

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Galadriel

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Guthlac
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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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The first ever piece

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Guthlac

This is a work in progress but here is the first artwork produced in my new studio space.   The one great thing about this is that I can just leave it out and then come back to it after … Continue reading →

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The problem with art courses

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Guthlac

“….The next pose will be for 40 minutes…so plenty of time…” These words fill me with dread. It is not the fault of the tutor or the course but rather more of problem, if that is the correct word, of … Continue reading →

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The first hour

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Guthlac

After much correction this nude is starting to take form.  It is part of my prep work for the next life drawing sessions…I want to try and do a much better fist of things than I did last week.  One … Continue reading →

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Is this really painting

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Guthlac

Just were does digital painting fit into the artistic endeavours? I have asked before in this blog whether it is art and of course the answer to that is yes. However, is it painting or something else? I guess to … Continue reading →

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Painting Skin

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Guthlac

It sounds so easy – skin what is the problem? But skin isn’t an easy subject to capture – even the best computer generated animations can’t get it right. The more you look at skin you realise the less you … Continue reading →

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