With the days lengthening slightly I’ve been trying to go out and do some more sketching. Here in Oxfordshire its been frosty with freezing nights but also a few days where the Sun comes out. Although far from warm that’s enough for me to go out to explore. One Oxfordshire village that I’ve drawn before […]
It has been cold in England for the past couple of weeks and today the temperature is supposed to be getting up to a toasty -1 c. Nonetheless, being nice and sunny has been enough to tempt me to go out and do some sketching, which in my case means visiting a local frozen canal. […]
In the summer I will sometimes go out and explore some of the countryside and churches of west Oxfordshire. It’s not quite the Cotswold’s but is generally quieter. Between Burford and Lechlade there are a string of small villages with some outstanding churches – usually some way off the main road and the better for […]
On a recent visit to Blewbury, I drew a house on the main through road –The Dower House– the subject of my previous post. Taking a short walk into the village on quieter roads is a rewarding experience and here you are more likely to meet pedestrians rather than cars. Blewbury has quite a few […]
Those of you that follow my posts may have seen my sketch looking over the city towards the cathedral – sketching in Alicante. That was a view from the back of the old town at Santa Cruz towards the city. I went back to a spot near-by and did another view, this time towards the […]