Category: Buildings

Wantage – the Market Place & King Alfred’s statue

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One Saturday back in October last year I made a visit to Wantage in SW Oxfordshire. When the market packed up in the late afternoon I had a go at drawing the Market Place looking towards St.Peter’s and St. Paul’s church. Here is my view and my sketch in-situ. With the town quietening down in […]

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Drawing Old Tom Tower at Christ Church College, Oxford

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Last Sunday I took a trip back into Oxford – partly to revisit the Ashmolean Museum and partly to also do a ‘sketching’ walkabout. Those of you who follow my posts will know I’ve started a panoramic sketch of the Randolph Hotel from the Ashmolean rooftop – and this is still in progress ( links […]

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Sketching the Randolph’s skyline : part 1

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This week while visiting the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford I also tried the lunch at their rooftop restaurant – and very good it was too! However, being an urban sketcher, I was quite taken with the view of the rooftops from the Ashmolean to the Randolph Hotel opposite – and decided to return equipped with […]

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The old Liaison and Paradise Street flats – works in progress

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When the weather is cold and grey or it is raining, one of my favourite spots to draw in Oxford is from the Central Library. Back when the pandemic was raging, the library was also something of a haven from the crowds outside. These days it seems that things are pretty much back to ‘normal’ […]

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Back to Stonesfield – another sketch and watercolour

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With the days lengthening slightly I’ve been trying to go out and do some more sketching. Here in Oxfordshire its been frosty with freezing nights but also a few days where the Sun comes out. Although far from warm that’s enough for me to go out to explore. One Oxfordshire village that I’ve drawn before […]

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