Sketching on the corner of Catte Street and Broad Street, Oxford

In the summertime and particularly on a weekend, Oxford can be a busy place. Making the trip in on a Sunday and cycling along Broad Street it is really noticeable that the tourist season is upon us – especially when you have three or four coach parties in the same place at the same time. […]

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Sketching cottages in Bishopstone

On a Sunday afternoon I took a trip out to the village of Bishopstone which lies just over the border from Oxfordshire into Wiltshire. This is one of a string of villages along the northern slopes of the Ridgeway set in some pretty special countryside. My trip was specifically to draw one of Bishopstone’s picturesque […]

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Sketching the ‘Tudor House’ at East Hagbourne

East Hagbourne is a village just to the south of Didcot in southern Oxfordshire. It is a charming place with a whole array of old houses around its centre. Many of these are timber framed and some are thatched. There is also a good pub and an interesting church but my focus on my last […]

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Sketching the Skoda Showroom

Sometimes you just fancy a bit of sketching – and fairly local to me in North Oxford there is our Skoda car sales showroom. It is a building that an urban sketcher might take an interest in with its distinctive modern roof. So, finding a convenient bench, I sat down and started drawing. it was […]

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