Category: Buildings

Bladon Church, near Woodstock

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This is my watercolour of St. Martin’s Church in the village of Bladon, which is immediately southeast of the grounds at Blenheim Palace. St. Martin’s is the parish church for Woodstock and is perhaps best known as the resting place of Sir Winston Churchill and other members of the Spencer-Churchill family. Bladon is now a […]

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Sketching Merton Street in Oxford

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Today the Sun came out for the first time in a while – and the rain held off, so I spent the afternoon walking around Oxford in search of viewpoints and light. Most of the city is still surprisingly busy, but with something like 24,000 students in residence that might to be expected. I however […]

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A view of Blenheim Palace – a watercolour

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On Saturday I visited Blenheim and took the time to sit down and sketch the palace from across the lake. Today I added a little more drawing and finishing this as a watercolour sketch (above). For those of you who missed my original post here is the original sketch too. If you’d like to see […]

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A view of blenheim from across the lake

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I took a cycle ride out to Blenheim Palace yesterday. I’m not sure that I have ever seen it so busy – so many people out walking. I did however manage to find a quiet spot and settled down to do a drawing of the Palace from across the lake. Above is the resulting drawing […]

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The Almondry and St.Mary’s Gate in Gloucester

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This is one of my earlier style watercolour illustrations. Its of the southern side of the cathedral precinct in Gloucester. If you know this area it is were you can walk through an underpass under the former Almondry building from or to the adjacent housing estate. In past times this was where alms were given […]

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