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It has been hovering around freezing here for a while but I suppose that is to be expected in mid January. A good thing about this is we have also had a few crisp sunny days and that is enough to tempt me to go out sketching again. So it was that yesterday I set […]
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It has been a cold month so far and the tendency is to hibernate a little – especially after the Christmas excesses. It is still a good idea to get out occasionally if conditions permit, and to maybe do a little sketching along the way. Hence, after a cruise around the shops in Oxford, I […]
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I am guessing that most posts about watercolouring or sketching are about picturesque things: landscapes, Sunsets etc. but if you are into urban sketching then that is not always the case. So here is a more off-beat sketch from my travels around Oxford. After cycling along the river to the south of the city, I […]
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It has been wet and cold for a while and I have not been out doing as much sketching as I’d like. However yesterday the Sun came out briefly whilst visiting the Christ Church College Meadows and I did manage to do a couple of sketches. One is a re-hash of an earlier drawing, except […]
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Here is one of my earlier drawings – of the Emerson Chambers building at Eldon Square in Newcastle Upon Tyne. This landmark building is pretty much in the center of Newcastle – and this is a city with a lot of character. This is a drawing from quite a while ago – you might find […]
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