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Today I started a study of the Old Tom bell-tower and entrance to Christ Church College, Oxford. Looking through my previous posts I’m a bit surprised that I’ve not posted any previous drawings of this iconic Oxford landmark. This is perhaps because it’s quite hard to do this tower and frontage justice. My drawing is […]
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During a flying visit to the village of Islip, near Oxford, I settled down to do a quick sketch of the church there. With squally showers blowing across the fields I produced the quick sketch below and later I took a bit more time to paint the relatively simple watercolour above. One thing I did […]
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Following on from a couple of drawings of the ‘Meadows’ at Christ Church College in Oxford – here is my take on another nearby ‘classic’ view. It is of the Christ Church College buildings and the entrance to the meadows from St. Aldate’s. For me this may be one to return to later in the […]
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I am trying to get out more and hopefully the weather will be improving now. Here is my latest watercolour from a couple of weeks ago – a view of the iconic Radcliffe Camera building in central Oxford, with Brasenose College to the left and the Main Bodleian Library buildings in the background. This is […]
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Last summer we had a week’s holiday in Wales, starting off with a couple of nights staying in the Pembrokeshire town of Narberth. This is a good place to stop, set in a very rolling and green part of the country. It is also quite an arty place and in pre-Covid times also had a […]
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