Category: Churches, chapels and cathedrals

Four quick sketches – Marlborough, East Hendred & West Hagbourne

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My sketches usually take a while but in a change to my usual style I tried some quick thumbnail type sketches. These took a couple of minutes each – and I think they turned out o.k.! Below are my four sketches… … and the views they are based on. That is about it for this […]

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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 on Christ Church Meadows, Oxford

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If it is not raining or too cold and dull I will sometimes make the short journey into Oxford on a Sunday – to explore a little and on the look out for drawing and sketching opportunities. With the weather clearing slightly on an otherwise dull day, I went for a walk around the Folly […]

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Asthall Church, West Oxfordshire – adding some colour

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A while ago – back in September- I spent a afternoon sketching in the village of Asthall, west Oxfordshire. It was nice to get out from the hurly-burly of a busy weekend Oxford and enjoy the relative quite of the countryside. I settled on drawing the church which stands next to Asthall Manor. At the […]

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Swinbrook Church, Western Oxfordshire

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One of the good things about living in Oxfordshire is that, if the weather is up to it, I get to go out and explore the countryside and take a sketchbook and camera along for the ride. I tend to avoid Oxford itself on a weekend, mostly because in these post-pandemic times it is just […]

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