Castle Cars, Oxford

This weekend it has been the annual Oxford ‘Open Doors’ where various colleges and other institutions open their doors to the public for a limited time. This year I ventured around a couple of the smaller colleges, doing a couple of drawings as I went, before visiting the Oxford Castle. Here there were a small […]

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Sketching the Oxford Waterstones

Yesterday, for the first time in a while, I ventured into Oxford to have a look around and do some sketching. The city is noticeably busier now that the summer holidays are over and the schools are back. I set up to draw the Waterstones building near the City’s old North Gate and luckily was […]

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Sketching Blenheim Palace – and adding some colour

On my last visit to Blenheim Palace I drew the eastern side of the Palace. That can be seen in this previous post ‘Sketching Blenheim Palace’ and here is my line drawing of this view. This is just a update to show the same drawing but with a mixture of watercolour and acrylics added. I’m […]

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Drawing the Oxford Skyline part 2

Last week I posted the first part of my sketch of the skyline as seen from the top of the Westgate Shopping Centre here in Oxford. Here is part 2. I went into town and up to the Westgate’s roof level for shortly after 9am. it was nice and quiet, just the occasional shopper or […]

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Drawing the Oxford Skyline: part 1

The Westgate centre in Oxford is the city’s latest bigger, brighter incarnation of a shopping centre. It has dozens of shops over several levels and a rooftop level populated by various restaurants. The rooftop also has a view of the Oxford skyline, looking out towards the east. This is something that I’ve been meaning to […]

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