A few days ago I posted my initial drawing of the church tower at Carfax in Oxford. Carfax is the local name for this old crossroads which is sometimes regarded as the centre of Oxford. The church tower is the tower of St. Martin’s Church. Surprisingly enough this local landmark is what is left of […]
I have been out dodging showers and the weather in general to do some drawing. This is my initial drawing of the Carfax church tower in Central Oxford – and it should be one of a series as I’m putting a panorama together of this view of this and the view down the High Street. […]
The weather hasn’t been up to much recently and I’ve mostly been drawing and sketching around Oxford. In a recent post of a watercolour of Broad Street I realised that this included in part a drawing of the former Indian institute – now the James Martin School. I also realised that I have a watercolour […]
Here is another in my series of Broad Street watercolours. This view comprises the former Indian Institute to the left, now the James Martin School. In the center is the Clarendon Building and to the right the Sheldonian Theatre. Those of you who follow my posts will not be surprised to know that I’ve drawn […]
A few days ago I posted a drawing and a watercolour view of Broad Street in Oxford. I also mentioned that I might extend this panorama out a little, and possibly to add a couple of passing cyclists – the above is the result of this little experiment in watercolour. It is a bit sketchier […]