Tag Archives: portrait

Let the Games Begin…

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Guthlac

  If it’s Monday then it must be art class.  I missed the last one due to a cold and so it was with renewed vigor I attacked today’s sitting.  I have to say that now that the paint has … Continue reading →

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Warm Bum…

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Guthlac

  This is going to sound so first world but what the heck.   I have found the perfect pick me up for  cold – heated seats in your car.  This morning I dropped my car off for its service and … Continue reading →

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Well that went well….

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Guthlac

  New week and an old problem has reappeared – I’ve got another cold.    Cold, of course, is a coverall for some form of viral nastiness that is doing the rounds and if you saw a doctor about such … Continue reading →

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Damaged…

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Guthlac

When I started to paint this simple sketch this morning I never intended for the woman to look so unhappy – yet here we are a gaze of a life destroyed or lacking any chance of redemption.   Just what has … Continue reading →

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A time to guess which Bluth is which…

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Guthlac

Last night I started watching the latest season of Arrested Development (Better late than never?).   Anyway as I was watching the programme I started to get the feeling that this was perhaps the most insightful thing written about the current … Continue reading →

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Old dog new tricks…

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Guthlac

If it is Monday then it must be time for my latest art class and I was genuinely surprised, no that makes me sound arrogant,  but certainly informed.  Not by the class itself but the discussion about art history.  It … Continue reading →

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Hibernation

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Guthlac

Still got a bit of a Diego Velázquez vibe going on at the moment…only just a little though.   Mid January is a real bummer.   All around where I live there are storms, blizzards and frosts yet here we seem to get … Continue reading →

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Today Mathew I’ll be called….

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Guthlac

  If it’s Monday then it is time for my painting class.   This was my version of Portrait of Juan from Pareja by Diego Velázquez.   As a painting exercise I’m quite pleased with the result but as a copy of the original?  … Continue reading →

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Or not to be.

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Guthlac
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To Be?

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Guthlac

 

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