Category: Landscape

Swinbrook Church

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Here is one of my older watercolours – of St. Mary’s Church in the small village of Swinbrook. Swinbrook is in a small river valley a few miles to the east of Burford. The church itself isn’t that inspiring from the outside, though its setting on raised ground in the village is interesting – and […]

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A view of Arlington Row in Bibury

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Another fine sunny day and I took the opportunity to go to the picturesque village of Bibury in the Cotswolds to draw a well known view – Arlington Row. Today I drew a slightly different view of these old workers cottages- sitting in the shade at the southern end of the row. Also below a […]

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A painting of Hampton Gay Church – the first washes

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Here are the results after applying the first washes to my drawing of Hampton Gay church. This is laying in the basis for the greenery, the church and churchyard walls and a basic sky – so definitely unfinished – and yes it does get better with the final washes… Here is the original drawing for […]

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The finished watercolour -A view from White Horse Hill

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So here is my finished watercolour – or at least finished for this particular version of this view- a view from White Horse Hill, near to Uffington and the Ridgeway. A bit splashy in places – but personally I like the aerial perspective on the background, with the fields and villages becoming paler and bluer […]

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Starting a new watercolour landscape – White Horse Hill

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Here’s the start of a watercolour I’m doing today – as with many things it is not finished yet but is just part of the way… Here is my starter drawing of the view from White Horse Hill. It is the view from just above the white horse itself – and looks out towards the […]

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