Author: oxfordartistonline

A view of the village of Wootton in Oxfordshire

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Sunday afternoon was bright and sunny so after exploring the galleries in nearby Woodstock I decided to try a spot of sketching out at the nearby village of Wootton. Finding a good view is usually the most difficult thing with this but I got lucky – with a view over the fields as the Sun […]

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The Maggie G at Lower Fishguard Harbour

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I’ve been continuing to do some watercolours in a line and wash style. This painting is from a recent summer holiday around the west coast of Wales. Its a study of the fishing boat Maggie G moored up in Lower Fishguard Harbour. After a day driving up the coast from Porthgain (a previous post), we […]

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St. Margaret’s Church at Little Faringdon

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I have been out on the bike again, exploring West Oxfordshire while the late summer sunshine lasts. Having stopped for lunch in Lechlade I admired their church and the acrobatics of jackdaws about its tower before heading northeast. My aim here was to head for the village of Kencot and St. George’s Church but instead […]

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A view of Porthgain Harbour, Pembrokeshire

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I have been getting around to working up some drawings and watercolour after a summer holiday in Wales. Surprisingly we got away with only one day’s rain – and this mostly around St. David’s. The rain didn’t do much to keep the hoards of tourists away from the UK’s smallest city and what is there […]

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Barmouth Boat AB 102

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Here is another drawing and quick watercolour sketch -this time of one of the fishing boats moored up beside the estuary at Barmouth on the northwest coast of Wales. This is an image from a wander around the beach and foreshore on a particularly scenic evening. On this occasion the tide was quite a long […]

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