Tag Archives: Stephen Fry

It is a Silly Place….

Posted on May 25, 2024 by Guthlac

I’m trying very very hard to take this election seriously. I can’t. Perhaps when things really get going I might but somehow I doubt it. Instead I made this – not sure what is it saying about me nor the … Continue reading →

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Uncle Tedward….

Posted on August 28, 2023 by Guthlac

I’m relistening to The Hippopotamus by Stephen Fry and this inspired the sketch above. The book is about a fallen poet, Ted Wallace, who is sent on quest by his goddaughter at the grand country house of his oldest friend. … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 159 – A Book Review?

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Guthlac

So I was wrong – I have got time to make something today before all the travelling starts.  I have just finished listening to the latest instalment of Stephen Fry’s autobiography series.  This one is entitled  – More Fool Me … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 158 – After the Lord Mayor’s Show

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Guthlac

It really is a strange thing to do – combing a heavy American academic work on Stalin and the audio book of Stephen Fry’s latest autobiographical tome.  I find myself reading the Stalin book with Stephen Fry’s voice with strangely … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 156 – Hair…another step towards the 10,000 hours

Posted on September 27, 2014 by Guthlac

Good old Malcolm Gladwell – he really has set me on my way.  For those of you who don’t know Mr Gladwell was the author of Outliers: The story of success in which he puts forward the idea of you … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 101 – Tonal Range and a Frog

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Guthlac

Life is a whole series of unintended consequences or is that just me?   Continuing my Stephen Fry theme I decided to try once more make a pastel drawing of Mr Fry only it turned out to be a Conté sanguine … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 100 – Exercising a demon

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Guthlac

Well I have made it into 3 figures – 100 days already – where did they go? Yesterday I was feeling pretty miffed about how things went with my pastel portrait of Stephen Fry.  Well later in the day I … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 99 – An attack of the hubris

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Guthlac

“…sometimes you get the bear and sometimes the bear gets you…” Will Riker – Star Ship Enterprise   Yesterday, oh I believe in yesterday…as the song goes.   Well after a couple of really good days I hit the buffers … Continue reading →

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Interesting Comments

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Guthlac

From time to time I get a comment left on my blog.  This is wonderful and I thank anyone who does actually does that.  However, some of the comments are a little hard to understand which, if English is not the … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 67 – Rustication

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Guthlac

  There is something deeply satisfying about making little sketches and doodles – I give you a bit of Fry and Laurie.   As the make there way across the universe  

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