One of my Oxford projects has been to draw a new panorama of the Clarendon Building and Sheldonian Theatre on Broad Street. I found a quiet spot outside the Weston Library – somewhere just tucked away enough to be out of the main thoroughfare. Because there is quite a lot of drawing involved I found […]
With summer and the school holidays upon us, Oxford has gone from a relatively quiet place to being busily with a mixture of tourists, teenagers and language students. I tend to prefer it quieter but do have the option to explore outside the city. This afternoon I headed out a few miles to do a […]
Jericho is an area just north of Oxford City centre with its fair share of pubs, eateries and even an independent cinema. The Jericho Cafe is pretty much in the middle of this area. With its bright red awning and paintwork it has been somewhere that I’ve meant to do a study of for a […]
In the centre of Oxford the old crossroads at Carfax is somewhere that I’ve made several drawings. This is partly due to the collection of interesting buildings clustered around this historic junction. Another reason is that I’ve managed to find a spot, behind the cycle racks, that is just out of the busy swirl of […]
The old ‘Liaison’ takeaway on Castle Street has perhaps seen better days but must have some sort of preservation order on it. Otherwise it would have been swallowed up in a complex of flats being built on the corner of Paradise Street and Castle Street. You might recognize this from previous posts but with the […]