Tag Archives: Procreate

Saving what I can

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Guthlac

There are times when a piece of art you’ve been working just reaches the point where all the internal contradictions cause the work to collapse under its collective nonsense.  When you reach this point the only thing to do is … Continue reading →

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Will we live or die?

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Guthlac

More outings with the Apple Pencil and Procreate…yum yum.

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No one knows for certain

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Guthlac

Things are getting much more interesting with my Apple Pencil…oh and Procreate.  In fact this is me in a nutshell…don’t read the instructions/watch the videos just worry the problem until I find a solution.

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I would walk a thousand feet for you….

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Guthlac

Sometimes the stars align or perhaps a stray cosmic ray hits the right neuron in the brain but things just work out well.  Today was one of those days and you just have to sit back and enjoy the feeling…it … Continue reading →

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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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