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The Randolph Hotel in Oxford is one of the city’s older hotels. I’ve drawn The Randolph before and this can be a bit daunting as it is a large building and has lots of architectural details. However, on a damp Sunday afternoon I thought I’d try sketching it again. So setting up to draw, here […]
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I ventured into Oxford late on a Friday afternoon. This is something I don’t usually do as it can be a bit too busy for me. With the eateries packed and the pubs filling up, I tend to look for somewhere a bit quieter – like the Central Library. I got to do some sketching […]
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In the summertime and particularly on a weekend, Oxford can be a busy place. Making the trip in on a Sunday and cycling along Broad Street it is really noticeable that the tourist season is upon us – especially when you have three or four coach parties in the same place at the same time. […]
Read MoreEarlier this week I managed an afternoon’s sketching back in the village of East Hagbourne. This is somewhere that I’ve sketched several times before as well as it being a nice place to be. Passing through Didcot, I stopped by the local Aldi supermarket to buy various lunchtime snacks. Then a quick decision – whether […]
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On a Sunday afternoon I took a trip out to the village of Bishopstone which lies just over the border from Oxfordshire into Wiltshire. This is one of a string of villages along the northern slopes of the Ridgeway set in some pretty special countryside. My trip was specifically to draw one of Bishopstone’s picturesque […]
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