Cycling and drawing along the canal pt. 1

With the first ice of the season I decided that it would be a good idea to get some exercise and cycle along the Oxford Canal on a sunny and rather crisp morning. I also took my sketch pad and despite the cold found that it wasn’t too bad to stand and draw for half-an-hour […]

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A collection of canal boats

As the season quietens down I thought I’d gather up a few of my studies and sketches of narrow-boats from along the Oxford canal…

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Back to Cadgwith

It has been a while since I’ve been back to Cadgwith but that’s just the way its been for the last year or so. That doesn’t however stop me from producing some more sketches and watercolours from past photographs. This is my latest – if not my best. It’s a view of one of the […]

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More sketches of boats and harbours: Illfracombe

A few days ago I put up a sketch of Polperro inner harbour in Cornwall and seem to have been doing more sketches of boats and harbours than anything else recently – perhaps it is the influence of those new boaty curtains we brought a while back… Anyway here is my attempt at a view […]

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Sketching the inner harbour at Polperro

Lately I’ve been sketching and working on studies for various harbours around the UK. This is my latest – a sketch of the harbour at Polperro in Cornwall. Over the next couple of days I will also post these other sketches with the aim of using them as a basis for watercolours to follow.

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