With the weather gradually improving and a couple of hours of sunshine I made my way to the grounds of Blenheim Palace again. The grounds were fairly quiet and the Palace seems to be in an in-between state being neither fully open or closed. Still, the up-side of that was that it was relatively easy […]
A few days ago I was out drawing at Folly Bridge in Oxford. If you have seen my last post you’ll know I have been working up a couple of drawings and starting a watercolour of my sketch. This is pretty much where I ended up last time… And here is my slightly more finished […]
Last week I took advantage of a glimmer of sunlight and went out to Newington, which is about 5 miles south of Oxford. I stopped briefly to take some photos of the Manor House and St. Giles church next door. In the blustery weather I was also quite taken with the crows nesting next to […]
During a flying visit to the village of Islip, near Oxford, I settled down to do a quick sketch of the church there. With squally showers blowing across the fields I produced the quick sketch below and later I took a bit more time to paint the relatively simple watercolour above. One thing I did […]
I haven’t been out for a while to draw or sketch – probably down to the freezing temperatures and windchill. So instead of my usual ‘Plein-Airs’ here is a sketch but of a made-up Scottish fishing village. This is not a real location, rather an excuse to indulge in drawing some fishing boats again. As […]