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Drawing St. Mary’s Church at North Leigh

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It was another cloudy day today but with a few breaks in the clouds – enough to make it worthwhile to go out and try some more drawing. So I ventured out to North Leigh near Witney, to take another look at the church there and possibly do a drawing. I settled near the entrance […]

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A view of Blenheim Palace – a watercolour

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On Saturday I visited Blenheim and took the time to sit down and sketch the palace from across the lake. Today I added a little more drawing and finishing this as a watercolour sketch (above). For those of you who missed my original post here is the original sketch too. If you’d like to see […]

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A view of blenheim from across the lake

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I took a cycle ride out to Blenheim Palace yesterday. I’m not sure that I have ever seen it so busy – so many people out walking. I did however manage to find a quiet spot and settled down to do a drawing of the Palace from across the lake. Above is the resulting drawing […]

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The Soho Bar, Alicante

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Here is something a bit different from me – it’s a painting of the Soho Bar in Alicante. The bar consists of a small rotunda kiosk with surrounding decking and wicker chairs – all beneath the shade of one of the large trees growing around the city parks. It is a great place for a […]

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Tenby Harbour boats V

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I’ve been looking back over some of my summer holiday photos – this time of Tenby and Tenby harbour and decided to have a go at another view of the harbour. The result is this painting. Its a bit more ‘Big Sky’ and panoramic than my usual layouts and I’m not too sure that sits […]

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