In a recent post I’ve been attempting to draw the Radcliffe Observatory in the Royal Observatory Quarter (ROQ) of Oxford. This area also has quite a selection of modern buildings, including the Blavatnik, the Mathematics Institute Buildings and others. Just across the road is another new building – the Oxford Sciences Innovation Building at No. […]
After sketching and drawing out in the countryside of Blenheim, I thought I’ve venture into the city of Oxford to do some more studies around the Royal Observatory Quarter (ROQ). I’ve been trying to do a decent drawing of the Radcliffe Observatory with the aim of maybe producing a watercolour later. One thing I can […]
A few days ago I was out drawing at Folly Bridge in Oxford. If you have seen my last post you’ll know I have been working up a couple of drawings and starting a watercolour of my sketch. This is pretty much where I ended up last time… And here is my slightly more finished […]
Yesterday the Sun made an appearance and I made my way into Oxford – to take some photos and hopefully find somewhere to sketch. I eventually settled next to the river at Folly Bridge, on the southern side of the city centre. This turned out to be a pretty good spot, fairly quiet and sheltered, […]
Today I started a study of the Old Tom bell-tower and entrance to Christ Church College, Oxford. Looking through my previous posts I’m a bit surprised that I’ve not posted any previous drawings of this iconic Oxford landmark. This is perhaps because it’s quite hard to do this tower and frontage justice. My drawing is […]