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Oxford can be a busy place so when the crowds are gathered and various buskers are playing on Cornmarket Street. So it can be nice to take a few steps away and into the relative quiet of Golden Cross courtyard. Here the buildings date back to the 16th century, including one of Oxford’s many old […]
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A few days ago I did a post of ‘Sketching amongst the cycle dispatch, Cornmarket’ – drawing one of the old historic pubs in this part of town. After doing that i decided to do another sketch facing in the other direction – towards Exeter College Chapel. Here is my view and sketch in-situ. And […]
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Back in May I was visiting our local Artweeks events in Watlington, a small town at the foot of the Ridgeway hills in southern Oxfordshire. While there I decided to also do a small sketch of one of the many characterful local houses – in this case a former pub – Black Horse House- with […]
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Over the years I’ve drawn various views of Broad Street in Oxford – who knows, if i keep going maybe I’ll get to draw the whole street? Anyway, on my latest sketching venture into the city, I set up and did another drawing, this time roughly from the middle of the street towards the east, […]
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Sometimes you just feel like a bit of sketching. Even though Oxford has its fair share of grand or historic buildings, sometimes it is good to have a change, to mix it up a bit – and maybe draw the local KFC. For me this also has the advantage of being close to one of […]
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