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This afternoon, on a cold but sunny day I decided to try my hand at a spot of drawing along the Oxford Canal at Thrupp. Thrupp is a small place about 6 or 7 miles north of Oxford and is a popular spot to moor up, with a local pub, a tea-room and a wide […]
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Previously I’ve done a few sketches and the occasional watercolour of Blenheim Palace. Here I’m just playing around with a couple of similar watercolour sketches of the Palace and its landscaped surroundings. Although these are far from polished they are quite fun to do and spark a few ideas -perhaps in the summer to do […]
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As Christmas turns to New Year and New year turns to …uh.. early January, so it is perhaps time for a new beginning, or at least something a little different from a lot of Christmas-y stuff. For this WordPress post that means I’ve been looking at old drawings and photos and have made a new […]
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Chipping Camden is very much a Cotswolds town, with a fine wool church and history to go with it. It is also a good place to go for a walk, although preferably in balmy sunshine rather than yet another cloudy winter’s day. Having said that it does also have a fair selection of teashops, cafes […]
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On a really misty and murky day it is quite tempting not to go out at all. However I did manage to cycle along the local canal through the gloom and set up to draw one of the moored boats on an otherwise empty stretch of canal. Above is a photo of the scene and […]
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