Category: Historical buildings

Abingdon Town Square sketch

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After my last post ‘sketching Abingdon Town Square’ , I’ve been working on putting together a more panoramic view. Above is the resulting finished watercolour sketch and below is my drawing for this… It is still very much a work in progress but something that is fun to do.

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Sketching in Abingdon

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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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A new drawing of the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

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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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Watlington Town Hall

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I took advantage of a gap in the weather yesterday to make a trip out to Watlington out on the southern fringes of Oxfordshire. This was partly to try and visit their library but also to revisit the town and take some photos of the High Street – here with the intriguing name ‘Couching Street’. […]

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St. Margaret’s Church at Little Faringdon

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I have been out on the bike again, exploring West Oxfordshire while the late summer sunshine lasts. Having stopped for lunch in Lechlade I admired their church and the acrobatics of jackdaws about its tower before heading northeast. My aim here was to head for the village of Kencot and St. George’s Church but instead […]

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