After drawing a row of cottages in the village of Warborough in southern Oxfordshire a couple of days ago, here is my attempt at adding watercolour to that drawing. Here is the original drawing… And a view of my drawing on location…
Fulbrook is a village in West Oxfordshire, a few miles NE of Burford. The village is mentioned in the Doomsday book and has a small Norman church tucked away just off the main road. The church is therefore easy to miss, especially if like most people you are travelling on the relatively straight road to […]
After posting a drawing of narrow-boats on the canal at Shipton-on-Cherwell, here is an update – its my watercolour of the scene. Yes it’s quite green – but maybe in this case that just reflects the scene? Below are a couple of photo’s of what it actually looked like… Definitely a bit green…
Another fine sunny day and I took the opportunity to go to the picturesque village of Bibury in the Cotswolds to draw a well known view – Arlington Row. Today I drew a slightly different view of these old workers cottages- sitting in the shade at the southern end of the row. Also below a […]
Today experimenting with a line and wash style painting of the historic schoolhouses at Ewelme in southern Oxfordshire. The school was built in medieval times using a distinctive red brick and is probably the oldest functioning school in England . I guess that doesn’t really excuse my slightly over-the-top use of red in this sketch, […]