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Project LV One – Day 267 – A rose in Spanish Harlam

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Guthlac

Last night I watched a fascinating programme called the Sound of Song.  Perhaps the most profound statement was that being able to record music actually changed what music was.  Before recording there was only live performances and these, by their nature, … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 262 – Dancing Queen

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Guthlac

Today was the start of a new art course and it actually felt good to be back in the class after the last few week’s illness problems.  These are two pages the sketchbook I used.    

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Project LV One – Day 260 – Curling Paper

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Guthlac

Lessons are being learnt every day, which is what life should always be about.  Perhaps the best lesson I learnt yesterday is that you should never give up on something just because it has turned into a disaster area.  

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Project LV One – Day 259 – Watercolour

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Guthlac

At one level watercolour painting is the most amateur of art forms.  If you go around local art group exhibitions you will find time painting after painting made with watercolour.  However the idea that ‘watercolour’ should be an the preserve … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 257 – Harry Potter and the Dissolution of the Middle Aged

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Guthlac

  May I apologise to the wonderful author J.K. Rowling for what I am about the write – this is just what came to my mind after I made this drawing. Everything was going so well. He had just seen … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 253 – ‘…Oh the pain, the pain…’

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Guthlac

Man flu is a curse of the man of leisure and at the moment I am cursed.  yesterday was a bit of a false dawn as today I feel worse.   Much as I feel a bit shit at the moment … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 252 – The Winner Takes it All

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Guthlac

Abba are one of those bands that seem to divide opinion.  Back in the 1970’s I thought they were a great pop band and I still do.  The closest I ever got to the band was that I was almost … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 246 – Disco

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Guthlac

This is a digital portrait I am working on at the moment – in real world terms this is an oil sketch – not sure whether this is a creative col de sac – time will tell.  

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Project LV One – Day 245 – Looking Back and Forward

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Guthlac

I think it is far to say that my portrait painting has hit a bit of a crises – somewhere along the way I seem to have lost my sense of adventure and reversed into something I am not and … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 241 – Painting

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Guthlac

One of the joys of being a relative neophyte, if you can be such a thing – neophyte is probably a binary state but I digress, when it comes to art is that you just take things as they are. … Continue reading →

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