Tag Archives: Procreate

16 years ago

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Guthlac

If I die before I wake…the first line of the lyrics of a Heaven is a halfpipe which I haven’t heard in years.  I have just Googled it and it seems that this was a hit of sorts in 2000, 16 … Continue reading →

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Wooo they shot me

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Guthlac

Neither of these images were meant to turn out the way they did – the first has the feel of a memento mori which was the further from the intention when I started.  I say intention of course when the only … Continue reading →

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In Praise of Sketching

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Guthlac

Over the weekend there was a whole lot of hot air and guff raised about the ban on sketching in a recent V&A exhibition.  Now there are arguments on both sides but the truth is that one of the reasons … Continue reading →

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The first to last

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Guthlac

I know this is an almost pointless thing to do but I’m going to do it anyway these two images represent the bookends to one months output using the Apple Pencil and Procreate.  This is grossly distorted on one level … Continue reading →

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Please bring me my wine

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Guthlac

Sometimes you beat the bear and sometimes the bear beats you…that just about seems to have summed up my life this week.  The one thing that it has brought into much clearer perspective some thoughts I have had for sometime … Continue reading →

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But then she

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Guthlac

It is back to school for me…I’ve had my pencil now for nearly a fortnight and I think it is time that I settled down and try to get a real feel for how I can use this new piece … Continue reading →

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Oh Henry don’t be unkind

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Guthlac

Yesterday this blog experiance a huge, by this blog’s standards, leap in hits and I just couldn’t understand it.   However, today I noticed what was the most popular search on this blog which was rather strange subject, “simon lover … Continue reading →

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Don’t lean on me…

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Guthlac

Compare and contrast or variations on a theme…take your pick.

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The lament of getting old – a work in progress.

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Guthlac

Somedays I feel like I was 18 again but those days seem to becoming less and less frequent, instead replaced by the creeping realisation that whilst I sometimes feel 18 my body certainly doesn’t anymore!  I guess this is the … Continue reading →

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Emptiness and Harmony

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Guthlac

  Well that was a fine way to celebrate Easter – get yet another cold or whatever – I think that is the third of this year alone…summer can’t get here a moment too soon.  So to pass the time … Continue reading →

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