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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
I went back to Blenheim Palace to do some more sketching, this time with the aim to add more drawings for a new panoramic view. I found a quiet spot in the main courtyard to sit and sketch a couple of drawings. After a day of scattered showers the sun decided to come back out […]
Yesterday I went back to Brill in western Buckinghamshire for another late lunch and to sit and do a little more sketching. My last post was about sketching the church here- and some of those Brill chimneys. On this trip, in the late afternoon sunshine I did some more house and chimney sketching to complete […]