The entrance to Broughton castle.

June 16, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Another of my watercolours – this an update on a painting of the entrance tower to Broughton Castle in northern Oxfordshire. Broughton Castle is the home of the Fiennes family and is a moated manor set in parkland a few miles from Banbury. Once a centre for intrigue against Charles I, the castle was captured […]

Arlington Row, Bibury – another watercolour sketch

May 23, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Bibury is a favourite with tourists visiting the Cotswolds and this row of workers cottages next to a water meadow and its clear water stream is definitely worth a visit. This is another of my watercolour studies of this row of picturesque cottages and is one of several attempts at improving my interpretation of this […]

The Oxford Waterstones at the Corner of Cornmarket and Broad Street

May 9, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Another of my townscapes – this a view of the Waterstones on the corner of Cornmarket and Broad Street – and by the old city Northgate.

Broughton Castle – the tower gate.

May 7, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Visiting Broughton Castle near Banbury over Easter – this is a bit of a tradition – to go for tea and cakes – and hoping the the weather isn’t too bad. This year it was sunny with Victoria sponge Cake – and resulted with this watercolour view of the entrance from across the moat.

A view of Blenheim Palace

May 4, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Here is one of my sketch views of Blenheim Palace and grounds. This is the view from just inside the town gate if you approach Blenheim from Woodstock- also good as part of a walk around the lake.

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