Category: Oxford

A rainy day in Oxford – drawing The Swan & Castle

.Reading time 1 minute.

Yesterday was a day of downpours with a few rumbles of thunder thrown in. Despite this I decided to head into Oxford against a darkening sky and made for the central library. In these C-19 days, the University is quiet, the legions of studying students are missing, and with the computers turned off, I guess […]

Read More

St. Mary’s Skyline, Oxford

.Reading time 1 minute.

After a bit of a break I thought I’d return to some more local drawing and watercolour. This is a view of part of the skyline of St. Mary’s Church in central Oxford. It is probably better known as the church facing the Radcliffe Camera on the southern side of the square. The view from […]

Read More

Triumph bonneville 750

.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This is my drawing and watercolour of a rather lovely restored Triumph Bonneville motorcycle that I came across a while ago parked up in Oxford. It is part of a series of ‘line and wash’ illustrative style drawings and paintings that I’ve been doing – and if you take a browse elsewhere on this site […]

Read More

Drawing the Sheldonian again

.Reading time 2 minutes.

A couple of days ago I took the opportunity to go back and draw the Sheldonian Theatre again. I sat out on the steps of the Weston Library opposite and just took the time to do a more ‘nitty-gritty’ drawing, while the streets are still relatively quiet. Here is the result… And a view of […]

Read More

A study of a one of the carved heads decorating the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

.Reading time 1 minute.

Outside the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, the walls are decorated by a series of carved heads. These are the third generation of stone heads here and they are sometimes known as ‘the Sheldonian Emperors’, although they could just as well represent philosophers.. Some of the present generation of heads generally has a startled or even […]

Read More