The Red Lion pub at Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Oxfordshire

I have been looking through some of my sketchbooks from the summer and am now getting around to doing some watercolours from some of these sketches. This is a study of a country pub in the village of Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, near Wallingford, Oxfordshire. Below is my sketchbook drawing and above my finished watercolour. You might notice […]

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A new drawing of the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

I’ve recently been adding to my drawings of the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford – one of my favourite buildings in the City. Here is some of my on-going artwork. Above is a simple watercolour of this drawing, below is the original sketchbook drawing…

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Watlington Town Hall

I took advantage of a gap in the weather yesterday to make a trip out to Watlington out on the southern fringes of Oxfordshire. This was partly to try and visit their library but also to revisit the town and take some photos of the High Street – here with the intriguing name ‘Couching Street’. […]

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Carfax Tower and the HSBC building, Oxford

Today I was back in Oxford dropping off library books back at the library and then I took a wander in search of new views to draw. The crowds seem to be returning to the city, or rather the crowds of shoppers and also people taking advantage of the ‘Eat Out to Help Out’. The […]

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