Drawing Old Tom Tower at Christ Church College, Oxford

Last Sunday I took a trip back into Oxford – partly to revisit the Ashmolean Museum and partly to also do a ‘sketching’ walkabout. Those of you who follow my posts will know I’ve started a panoramic sketch of the Randolph Hotel from the Ashmolean rooftop – and this is still in progress ( links […]

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Sketching the Randolph’s skyline : part 1

This week while visiting the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford I also tried the lunch at their rooftop restaurant – and very good it was too! However, being an urban sketcher, I was quite taken with the view of the rooftops from the Ashmolean to the Randolph Hotel opposite – and decided to return equipped with […]

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The old Liaison and Paradise Street flats – works in progress

When the weather is cold and grey or it is raining, one of my favourite spots to draw in Oxford is from the Central Library. Back when the pandemic was raging, the library was also something of a haven from the crowds outside. These days it seems that things are pretty much back to ‘normal’ […]

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Sketching on Christ Church Meadows, Oxford

If it is not raining or too cold and dull I will sometimes make the short journey into Oxford on a Sunday – to explore a little and on the look out for drawing and sketching opportunities. With the weather clearing slightly on an otherwise dull day, I went for a walk around the Folly […]

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Pippa Pig on the Cowley Road, Oxford

This is another in a short series of urban sketching of various shops along the Cowley Road in east Oxford. Previous posts include ‘The Zaid Store‘ & ‘The Eastern & Continental‘. Here is my view of this large poster and the shop. Those of you looking at previous posts might recognise this as the Zaid […]

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