Baptistery skyline, Pisa

I have been looking back at past holiday photographs, in this case from Pisa in Italy. One of my favourite subjects from this historic City is the Baptistery of San Giovanni in the famous Piazza dei Mirocoli. I have done various other drawings and watercolours around Pisa in the past but this is my latest […]

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A view of Christ Church College from St. Aldates

A couple of months ago I was out doing some drawings around Christ Church College. These feature in previous posts as drawings of ‘The Meadows’ and of Christ Church from St. Aldates. Here is my is my update on this ‘classic’ view from the road at St. Aldates. This is now also a print available […]

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Sketching Cholsey

On a recent day of sunny and warmish weather I ventured out to explore the South Oxfordshire countryside and the possibility of sketching something. This post is about my sketch of the village of Cholsey, which is about 10 miles south of Oxford. The area around Cholsey lies on slightly raised ground between the Thames […]

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A 10 minute watercolour sketch of Newington Church

Last week I took advantage of a glimmer of sunlight and went out to Newington, which is about 5 miles south of Oxford. I stopped briefly to take some photos of the Manor House and St. Giles church next door. In the blustery weather I was also quite taken with the crows nesting next to […]

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A watercolour of Islip Church

During a flying visit to the village of Islip, near Oxford, I settled down to do a quick sketch of the church there. With squally showers blowing across the fields I produced the quick sketch below and later I took a bit more time to paint the relatively simple watercolour above. One thing I did […]

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