Another landscape sketch from Blenheim

Continuing on a theme, here’s another sketch-up study of the landscaped grounds of Blenheim Palace. This is a different view of the palace, this time from across the lake. The drawing is definitely more sketchy than my last, with my attempts at measuring in going somewhat astray. I think that about half way across drawing […]

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A Blenheim landscape

Here is my update on yesterday’s post – putting together a panorama of my view of Blenheim Palace and the lake. Here’s my line drawing – an expanded view of yesterdays sketch and (above) my watercolour version. Both of these images are quite wide so appear quite small on WordPress so here is a slightly […]

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A sketch of Blenheim Palace

Revisiting my drawings of Blenheim Palace, with the aim of working up some panoramas of the palace and grounds. The palace itself is quite difficult to draw, with a mass of detail in it’s turrets, towers and ornamentation – but hopefully this is a decent enough sketch. This is one of two original A3 sized […]

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The Half Moon Pub at Cuxham

Cuxham is a small village in southern Oxfordshire. The village straddles a small stream, the Marlbrook, with some large farm buildings to the west and a small church that originally dates back to pre-Norman times. For me this is usually a stop on the way to Watlington, about another mile or so to the southeast. […]

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Aldbourne Church

A couple of weeks ago I visited the village of Aldbourne in Wiltshire and stopped to explore the village and do a drawing of their magnificent church. Here is an update on that drawing. I’ve added a little more line work to extend the drawing and to add a bit of perspective – and started […]

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