Being a bit of a Trekkie I am surprised I haven't tried to make a drawing of one of the most iconic characters before but here is my first attempt at Seven. 
Sent from my iPad
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Sunday, 29 January 2012
Justin Bieber Vs Avril Lavigne - MeatSpace S2E02
This made me titter...
Check out this video on YouTube:
Sent from my iPad
Saturday, 28 January 2012
Friday, 27 January 2012
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Anne
Still struggling with using brushes to produce what I want. I look at other artist's work with brushes and they seem to be able to control the medium far better than I do and I suspect that is my real problem. With all computer program's you are working metaphors rather than reality and this where I suspect my problem lies - I just can't make the brushes do what I want them to - I just don't truly understand the underlying metaphor. Still there is only one way round this - try try again! 
Sent from my iPad
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Eleanor
This started out with such great intentions and then morphed into something totally different. In the end I feel she turned into an ageing actress who has certainly seen better days. I really enjoyed making this painting and whilst there may well be technical problems with it I nonetheless like the end result. 
Sent from my iPad
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Monday, 23 January 2012
Hare
The Tate is in a state of flux - around have of the gallery space is closed due to a major refit which will go on until 2013, no one appears to have noticed what is happening in London in 2012 but that is another story. They have also left the main hall of the building empty other than a series of relatively small sculptures, including this one by Barry Flanagan. It was all too much so out came the iPhone and this was the result, along with quite a bit of post production on the ipad afterwards. 
Sent from my iPad
Sunday, 22 January 2012
Turner and me
I knocked this little wonder up at the Tate, it was part of the display of Turner's work ... I guess it was for children but when I was there three other men were drawing as well. So it is now official ... I have work hanging in the Tate ! 
I'm on line at:
www.flickr.com/photos/guthlac
http://simonmarchini.posterous.com
I hope you enjoy
Saturday, 21 January 2012
Photographer vs Golden Wonder ... (petapixel.com)
Oh dear...oh dear...I think the Golden Wonder staff training isn't as good as it should be.
Photographer vs Golden Wonder Security
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/01/20/photographer-vs-golden-wonder-security/
---
Sent from Zite personalized magazine iPad app.
Available for free in the App Store.
www.zite.com
Sent from my iPad
Friday, 20 January 2012
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Video: Being Human Series 4 Launch Trailer: "The Stakes are High"
Not long to wait now.
Being Human Series 4 Launch Trailer: "The Stakes are High"
Sent from my iPad
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Monday, 16 January 2012
Meg Ryan Plastic Surgery - Before & After Pictures 2012
I suppose this is sort of compliment by one of my drawings is listed as a 'photograph' of Meg Ryan - what strange world we live in.
Sent from my iPad
Sunday, 15 January 2012
Saturday, 14 January 2012
Friday, 13 January 2012
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
Kim
I've had enough of the iPad for a while so back to the first love - drawing on paper. Here are two studies of Kim. 
Sent from my iPad
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Doodling
I'm relistening to Stephen Fry's second autobiography and whilst doing this I created this doodle. 
Sent from my iPad
Monday, 9 January 2012
Eagle
Quick five minute sketch as prep for this morning's session at the art class. I have a plan for what we are supposed to be doing - whether it works out is another matter! 
Sent from my iPad
Sunday, 8 January 2012
Saturday, 7 January 2012
Philip Jupitus...circa?
Just kicking back and watching QI on Dave, where else? And Philip Jupitus is one of the guest so I just knocked out this quick characture...don't know when the show was recorded though. 
Sent from my iPad
Friday, 6 January 2012
Irene Adler
I have had an idea inspired by the new series of Sherlock and this means I have to work out a number of separate problems before the idea can converted into a real life drawing. This is a sketch from part of this process...expect many more in the coming days. That is, of course, if I go off the idea altogether - not unknown. 
Sent from my iPad
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Flickr: Nikolai Lockertsen's Photostream
One o the grat joys of the iPad is that you can spend (waste?) your time wondering through the highways and byways of the social networks to find gems like this. It puts my attempts at making art on the iPad in its place...still got to start somewhere.
Also check out this video on YouTube:
Sent from my iPad
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
Steve McQueen
One of the most powerful contemporary artworks I have seen was produced by McQueen, a Turner prize winning artist and film maker. Queen and Country is a set of UK stamps with the photographs of military personnel who had died in Iraq. I found this portrait of McQueen some time ago and it had a great impact on me. I believe the photographer took it at Cannes, where McQueen was promoting a film and if my memory serves me well it was a bit of a rush job but nonetheless McQueen came across as a larger than life character. 
So I have had this bubbling in the back of my mind for some time and now I have produced my take on the portrait again using Brushes but this time in a much looser fashion. I think it is effective and I feel happier with this than the other paintings I have made over the last few days.
Sent from my iPad
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Same person, different points of view
Over the past couple of days I have been driving myself mad by looking at other artists work with the iPad and I think these two images explain, in part, why that is. They are based on the same person but with quite differing results and I think it is clear which was made on the iPad using brushes. (just in case it is not it is the one on the left) 
Now I like the brushes painting but it doesn't have accuracy of the drawing made on paper using graphite which is what I am striving for. Of course in a great part this comparison is fatuous for a whole lot of reasons but I think it does show that when I use Brushes I still have a steep learning curve to negotiate. However, on the other hand perhaps this is really the wrong way to go and I should forget other artists work and just develop my own style and embrace that. Who knows how I will resolve this question?
Sent from my iPad
Monday, 2 January 2012
Sunday, 1 January 2012
Pushing the envelope
The last painting I made felt like I was hitting my head against a wall. Much as I tried I just couldn't take it any further. Well a good night's sleep helps provide a bit of prospective and so I have produced this. I feel it is a marked improvement on the last painting however with one or two flaws, not least of which was the choice of the colour of the underpainting which meant that no matter what I did the final result was not quite the colour I had intended. Of course this could have been overcome if I had not decided to produce the painting as if I was in the real world i.e. all on one layer, rather than putting the underpainting on a separate layer and then painting over it on a different layer. All valuable lessons for the future. 
Perhaps the most important lesson, however, was to get the original drawing, upon which this is painted, as accurate as possible. For me this is really quite hard given the way I work in the real world but it was worth the frustration it created whilst trying to achieve this.
Overall a good start to the new year...lets hope that it bodes well for future endeavours. Happy New year.
Sent from my iPad
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)