A collection of canal boats
As the season quietens down I thought I’d gather up a few of my studies and sketches of narrow-boats from along the Oxford canal…
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A view of Brasenose College, Oxford
After an excursion into some urban sketching last week I thought I’d put up this older post. This is more like a classic view of one of the Oxford Colleges and it is of the entrance to the Old Quad at Brasenose from Radcliffe Square, with the Radcliffe Camera in the background.
Read MoreUrban sketching – a drawing of shops at Temple Cowley
I thought I’d put up something a little different today – a bit of urban sketching from around Oxford. This is a view of what may be taken as unprepossessing shops on Between Towns Road at Temple Cowley, Oxford. A couple of the aspects that I like from this view that I like are the […]
Read MoreCollecting more motorbikes – this time a Honda Monkey Bike!
On a rainy day I’ve been doing a couple of drawings and some watercolouring, including this line and watercolour ‘illustration’ – this time of a little Honda Monkey bike. It continues a bit of a theme with me – of doing line and wash type drawings of motorbikes, something that I’d like to develop further. […]
Read MoreThe Chequers sign on Broad Street. Oxford
This is a view of Broad Street in Oxford with the sign for the Chequers Pub in the foreground. The Chequers is actually down one of the narrow side alleys off the High Street, one of several old pubs in this part of town. The sign itself is quite qwerky, consisting of the chequred shield, […]
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