Category: Oxford

More sketching at Rick’s Dinner, Cowley Road, Oxford

.Reading time 4 minutes.

Living just outside Oxford, I sometimes take the trip in and do some drawing on a Sunday. With the University and various historic buildings, there is quite a bit of opportunity for this but sometimes it can be a bit too busy. So it is sometimes nice to mix it up a little and go […]

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Sketching flags outside The Randolph Hotel, Oxford

.Reading time 2 minutes.

After a quick whisk around the Ashmolean Museum, I sat outside in the shade and did a sketch of The Randolph Hotel. The Hotel is just across the road from the Ashmolean so I thought I’d sketch the flags outside it’s main entrance. As I drew I realised that I needed to add some detail […]

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Back to Oxford Central Library – sketching the Wetherspoons again.

.Reading time 2 minutes.

Oxford central library is a big concrete survival from the early 70s. It is not my favourite being quite monolithic in that 70s way and somewhat lacking in natural daylight. It is however a good place to go and do some sketching, especially on a rainy or otherwise gloomy day. So occasionally I will visit […]

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Sketching Pizza Express at the Golden Cross, Oxford

.Reading time 1 minute.

Oxford can be a busy place so when the crowds are gathered and various buskers are playing on Cornmarket Street. So it can be nice to take a few steps away and into the relative quiet of Golden Cross courtyard. Here the buildings date back to the 16th century, including one of Oxford’s many old […]

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Sketching Ship Street, Oxford

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A few days ago I did a post of ‘Sketching amongst the cycle dispatch, Cornmarket’ – drawing one of the old historic pubs in this part of town. After doing that i decided to do another sketch facing in the other direction – towards Exeter College Chapel. Here is my view and sketch in-situ. And […]

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