Tag Archives: portrait

Back to pencils

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Guthlac

I thought I would sit down for few minutes a sketch out a drawing – in this case Brad Pitt. It’s a bit too simplistic a likeness but I’m pleased with it. This morning whilst getting stung walking across fields and woodlands I tried to work what ty… Continue reading →

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Doing battle

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Guthlac

I am trying more ambitious drawings and I am not I have quite got the hang of things…still you never learn unless you try.Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

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Battling with Conte

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Guthlac

Really trying to get to grips with using the Conti crayons. It is taking sometime to start to understand the techniques available to me. I guess this is what comes with experience – the more you use something the more you understand it and so on. … Continue reading →

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Meg at 40

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Guthlac

Sometimes things can get away from you but in a good way. This drawing was a bit too slapdash and wasn’t turning out the way I wanted it to when I realised this is what Meg Griffin would look like when she is 40 or is that 20. Anyway, it amused me… Continue reading →

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Drawing young people

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Guthlac

I find it very difficult to draw young people. Their faces tend to be very smooth and unformed, this is exacerbated by the way that they are reproduced in the mafia ( actually this should read media but the predictive text on the iPad substituted … Continue reading →

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Conte

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Guthlac

One of the joys of being reasonably new at this art malarkey is the joy of discovering new materials. A few weeks ago I bought a set of Conte pencils and hadn’t used them until yesterday evening. What a revelation – of course it helps when you hav… Continue reading →

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Spock

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Guthlac

This board just about captures the frustration of being an artist. Some things work out and others are rubbish, well at least in my eyes anyway. The first set are three attempts to make a likeness of the actor Rob Lowe. As ca be seen by my frantic… Continue reading →

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Gaga

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Guthlac

Over the past week or so I have been busy doing many things, visiting the new Hepworth Gallery – great place just watch out for the crazy sign posts that can send you the wrong way up. A one way street if you are not careful! I have also been spen… Continue reading →

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Kylie Minogue

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Guthlac

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Tony Robinson

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Guthlac

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