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Measuring Progress – Anne Hathaway

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Guthlac

Another hour or so working on the Anne Hathaway portrait and time to take stoke.   To help this process along here is the current portrait I’m working compared to one I made last year.  The first thing to say … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 13 – Anne Hathaway

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Guthlac

Not sure if she is finished but I like the way things are going.   See how I feel tomorrow. Go West

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Anne Hathaway – a new project

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Guthlac

Itches are a very powerful things.   The urge to scratch them can be irresistible and yet some times you just can’t.  I had that experience this morning when I saw a photograph of the wonderful actress Anne Hathaway – … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 8

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Guthlac

These sketches were made at the opposite ends of the day.  The elephant around 6 AM and the portrait about 10 minutes ago.  There is no other link between the two.     Every steps takes you nearer…nearer to her … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 7

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Guthlac

These are two drawings I made of faces I saw in the papers over the past couple of days.  They are not meant to be real likenesses so I’m not going to name them.  However what I was trying to … Continue reading →

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Watching Paint Dry

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Guthlac

  So here I go again day two of my teach myself to paint lesson…I am trying to take my time and don’t rush things – lets see if I have that amount of discipline – I’m not that sure … Continue reading →

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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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Everywhere

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Guthlac

Week 4 of the pastel class  more ideas, more exploration.  One of the great things about any class, that is if they are any good, is that you get the chance to experiment around a theme.   This painting is … Continue reading →

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Lt. Kije – Unfinished Sympathy

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Guthlac

End of the first session and things are not right just yet…still time for reflection as to how I might change things.  

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Grotesques

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Guthlac

Sitting at the breakfast table this morning I was mindlessly looking at the knots in the pine table and suddenly saw the nostrils of a face. I had to work out what the rest of the face might look like … Continue reading →

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