Sketching in Alicante, Spain

October 7, 2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

Alicante is a favourite holiday destination and one that I’ve visited quite a few times. I usually take a sketch book and some watercolours along with me, whether I use them or not. On my last couple of trips I’ve also taken the time to do a lot more sketching and this, as usual, gives […]

Drawing the Randolph Hotel, Oxford

October 5, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

A couple of weeks ago I was in Oxford and decided to try drawing one of the city’s older hotels – The Randolph. The Randolph has had something of a turbulent recent past. A few years ago it had a fire that spread from the kitchen and closed the hotel for many months. Since then […]

Drawing Broad Street, Oxford

September 20, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

With the summer turning distinctly Autumnal, I’ve been trying to get out and do more drawing – before those evenings draw in and the temperatures drop. I’ve also been continuing with a fairly ambitious round of drawings – that is in terms of scope and complexity. With this in mind I went back to Oxford […]

Drawing the entrance to the Oxford Covered Market

September 18, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

A few days ago I posted a view of Market Street in Oxford – Sketching Market Street, Oxford – and today returned to do some more drawing. This is also a view that I’ve drawn before, quite a long time ago, as ‘An Entrance to the Covered Market, Oxford‘. That was at the beginning of […]

Drawing The Tower of the Five Orders, Oxford

September 17, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

Last weekend, was the Oxford ‘Open Doors’ – where some of the colleges, other notable buildings and landmarks are open to the public for a few hours. After visiting a couple of smaller colleges, I took a wander around The Bodleian Library’s’ Old Quad and decided to draw the ornate Tower of the Five Orders. […]

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