Baptistery skyline, Pisa

I have been looking back at past holiday photographs, in this case from Pisa in Italy. One of my favourite subjects from this historic City is the Baptistery of San Giovanni in the famous Piazza dei Mirocoli. I have done various other drawings and watercolours around Pisa in the past but this is my latest […]

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A view of Christ Church College from St. Aldates

A couple of months ago I was out doing some drawings around Christ Church College. These feature in previous posts as drawings of ‘The Meadows’ and of Christ Church from St. Aldates. Here is my is my update on this ‘classic’ view from the road at St. Aldates. This is now also a print available […]

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Drawing Rousham

This weekend with the weather improving I took a ride out down country lanes to Rousham House in North Oxfordshire. I wasn’t specifically going to visit to house and gardens themselves but to visit the adjacent (12th C) church with its clipped Yew trees. I also found a different view of the house and stables […]

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Studies of The Swan And Castle, Oxford

Over the course of this past year I have been drawing a series of studies of the Wetherspoons Swan & Castle building in central Oxford – conditions allowing. These drawings date back to a previous post with my initial sketchbook drawing in August 2020 as ‘A rainy day in Oxford‘ Here is a view of […]

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A south oxfordshire Landscape – looking towards Cholsey

About a month ago I was out sketching the South Oxfordshire countryside, which resulted in my post ‘Sketching Cholsey‘ (6th April). This is an update on that post – with my initial watercolour of the landscape looking towards Cholsey. Below is my original drawing and a view of the drawing in-situ. And a panoramic close […]

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