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Here is my finished – or near-finished – watercolour of the church at Hampton Gay. Basically the last stages of this painting are to add some texture to the walls, more detail and contrast to the greenery and to add a few other odd details, like shadows in the porch.Here I’ve left the porch deliberately […]
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Here are the results after applying the first washes to my drawing of Hampton Gay church. This is laying in the basis for the greenery, the church and churchyard walls and a basic sky – so definitely unfinished – and yes it does get better with the final washes… Here is the original drawing for […]
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Starting another new watercolour and intending to post this in three stages – the initial drawing, first washes and the finished painting. This is a study of the church of the deserted village at Hampton Gay – which is a few miles north of Oxford. The initial drawing is based on a composite photograph – […]
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This is perhaps one of my not so brilliant sketches – its a view of the Church in Woodstock – The church of St Mary Magdalene. This is from a sketch from photos taken in passing. The usual problem with taking photos for artwork is usually the amount of ‘car-clutter’ i.e. there are usually just […]
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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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