Category: Buildings

The Alley past Lily’s Tearooms and restaurant, Gloucester

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Here’s another of my line and wash pieces as a work-in-progress. This is a view of the alleyway past Lily’s Tearooms, with a passage through to the Cathedral – all nicely decked out with flags – a good spot for a cup of tea and a bite to eat!

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Another landscape sketch from Blenheim

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Continuing on a theme, here’s another sketch-up study of the landscaped grounds of Blenheim Palace. This is a different view of the palace, this time from across the lake. The drawing is definitely more sketchy than my last, with my attempts at measuring in going somewhat astray. I think that about half way across drawing […]

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A Blenheim landscape

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Here is my update on yesterday’s post – putting together a panorama of my view of Blenheim Palace and the lake. Here’s my line drawing – an expanded view of yesterdays sketch and (above) my watercolour version. Both of these images are quite wide so appear quite small on WordPress so here is a slightly […]

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The Half Moon Pub at Cuxham

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Cuxham is a small village in southern Oxfordshire. The village straddles a small stream, the Marlbrook, with some large farm buildings to the west and a small church that originally dates back to pre-Norman times. For me this is usually a stop on the way to Watlington, about another mile or so to the southeast. […]

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The colourful village of Riomaggiore.

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A new drawing and watercolour of one of the colourful villages on the Cinque Terre coast of NW Italy. Here is my line and wash of Riomaggiore, which is probably the largest of the Cinque Terre villages, at the southern end of this area. The coast here is typically very rocky with steep slopes and […]

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