Sketching in Abingdon

Despite a threatening rain front coming in across the country I decided to visit Abingdon for the first time in awhile. This was partly to drop off artwork and partly to explore again. After a quick walk around the town and a longer visit to their library I settled on the town Square for a […]

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The Fishing Boat Maggie G at Lower Fishguard Harbour

Here is another of my studies of boats and harbours – this time it’s the fishing boat ‘Maggie G’ at lower Fishguard harbour. This is from a summer holiday around the coast of Wales – where after a day of travelling up through the Pembrokeshire countryside from St. Davids, via Porthgain and the Strumble head, […]

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East Hagbourne Cross

East Hagbourne is a pretty village a couple of miles south of Didcot, in southern Oxfordshire. It has a handsome church, a 15th century stone cross and a core of thatched and half timbered houses – as well as a good pub. My line and wash illustrative type painting is of the cross in the […]

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The Red Lion pub at Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Oxfordshire

I have been looking through some of my sketchbooks from the summer and am now getting around to doing some watercolours from some of these sketches. This is a study of a country pub in the village of Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, near Wallingford, Oxfordshire. Below is my sketchbook drawing and above my finished watercolour. You might notice […]

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A new drawing of the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

I’ve recently been adding to my drawings of the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford – one of my favourite buildings in the City. Here is some of my on-going artwork. Above is a simple watercolour of this drawing, below is the original sketchbook drawing…

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