Sketching Lord Lycester’s Hospital, Warwick

On a rainy, drizzly day I drove up to Warwick and to Leamington Spa. Firstly searching for a vegetarian breakfast and around the charity shops in Leamington. Failing a breakfast I settled for a pastie and tea in Jephson Gardens before heading over to Warwick. My aim here was to do a drawing of the […]

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Some cafe sketching in Oxford

When I’m out doing some urban sketching it is sometimes useful to find somewhere to sit. So on one of my Sunday sketching trips into Oxford I settled for a spot of cafe sketching. This is a view of our local art supplies shop – Broad Canvas – and it also takes in a cafe […]

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Studies of The Red Lion pub, Gloucester Green, Oxford

Gloucester Green is where Oxford has its open-air market. The Square is behind the main bus station, next to The Odeon cinema and is surrounded by eateries, newsagents, gaming stores. Off on one side is The Red Lion Pub. This is a building that I’ve done a few studies of. Perhaps this is because of […]

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Urban sketching at the corner of Bath Street, Oxford

Bath Street is a small side street in an area known as St. Clements – just to the east of the Oxford city centre. There’s a main road lined with a collection of pubs, eateries, fast food places and a few little shops. There is also a lot of student accommodation in the area and […]

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Sketching crows on The Lizard

On a recent holiday we stayed for a few nights on the Lizard, Cornwall, and used that as a base to tour around. I am usually an early riser and from our B&B had a good view of the hundreds of crows that regularly gathered on the phone lines and cables around the village shortly […]

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