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Project LV One – Day 180 – A bibbly bobbly day

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Guthlac

We all have them I know but it just seems that the older you get the more frequent are the bibbly bobbly days.  If you went to your Doctor and said that you were feeling bibbly bobbly he/she would no … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 176 – Some Frames

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Guthlac

Busy busy afternoon – the new frames arrived so out with the varnish and get the paintings framed – really quite satisfying.

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Project LV One – Day 176 – Can’t think of a title

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Guthlac

My mind has drawn a blank this morning for any sort of title to this entry – woman’s bottom perhaps?   Well maybe but one thing for sure is that if you are trying to make a delicate life drawing … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 174 – Old man take a look at my life…

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Guthlac

All curves are straight lines I believe when they are examined at extreme levels – I could be wrong.  Anyway, the reason I mentioned this is because I made this drawing this morning trying to us only straight lines.  I … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 173 – Ink Doodles

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Guthlac

I find sitting down and making images from what I might see on whatever screen I might be watching at the time very relaxing.  There are no doubt many purests that might think that this is not real art or … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – 172 – Still Life

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Guthlac

I hate still life.  There I’ve said it but I’m afraid it is true.  I find making a still life drawing very hard and in the end soul destroying.  I’m not a huge fan of still life paintings either – … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 170 – Over Ambitious

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Guthlac

One of the many walls that I am hitting as I start this painting odyssey is being far too ambitious.  For years I have been able to create really moody images using photography and photoshop.  So naturally I’m attracted to such … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 169 – Internal Contradictions

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Guthlac

I have learnt the hard way that there reaches a point in the life of any painting that the internal contradictions are greater than the paintings ability to recover.  When this point is reached then there is only one thing … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 167 – Old Grey Man

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Guthlac

Forms are being completed, interviews booked – oh the joys of getting your name back on the system with the right documentation! Still it is my fault so I have no one else to blame but myself. As a means … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 157 – The Point of No return

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Guthlac

It has been my experience that a point is reached with any painting that the internal contradictions are so great that you either say enough is enough or you scrap the whole thing and start again.  I feel I have … Continue reading →

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