Month: April 2020

The Kate ‘H’ at Tenby – from sketch to watercolour

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Going back to some of my earlier work – and having another go at a sketch of the harbour at Tenby, in South Wales. This is a view from one of those bright summer days when I spent an hour or so wandering around the harbour at low tide. The Kate ‘H’ is the fishing […]

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Another landscape sketch from Blenheim

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Continuing on a theme, here’s another sketch-up study of the landscaped grounds of Blenheim Palace. This is a different view of the palace, this time from across the lake. The drawing is definitely more sketchy than my last, with my attempts at measuring in going somewhat astray. I think that about half way across drawing […]

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A Blenheim landscape

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Here is my update on yesterday’s post – putting together a panorama of my view of Blenheim Palace and the lake. Here’s my line drawing – an expanded view of yesterdays sketch and (above) my watercolour version. Both of these images are quite wide so appear quite small on WordPress so here is a slightly […]

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A sketch of Blenheim Palace

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Revisiting my drawings of Blenheim Palace, with the aim of working up some panoramas of the palace and grounds. The palace itself is quite difficult to draw, with a mass of detail in it’s turrets, towers and ornamentation – but hopefully this is a decent enough sketch. This is one of two original A3 sized […]

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The Half Moon Pub at Cuxham

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Cuxham is a small village in southern Oxfordshire. The village straddles a small stream, the Marlbrook, with some large farm buildings to the west and a small church that originally dates back to pre-Norman times. For me this is usually a stop on the way to Watlington, about another mile or so to the southeast. […]

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