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Hello everybody. Not posting for a while but feeling a little more inspired than of late … the typical “will it stop raining?” but perhaps getting a little more hopeful that it will. This is one of my pencil drawings of the building housing Waterstones in Oxford – also tweeting a watercolour version of this […]
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Out for a walk on White horse Hill near Uffington in Oxfordshire on Christmas Day. Luckily for us the day turned clear and sunny day if none too warm, so we could indulge in a walk and a visit to a couple of good pubs in the area. Up on White Horse Hill – or […]
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A watercolour sketch of the church and almshouses at Ewelme in South Oxfordshire. This is one of my favorite churches, combining a great sense of history with a glorious setting in the rolling countryside of South Oxfordshire. The church was already old when it was rebuilt in the 15th C. under the auspices of William […]
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Another watercolour street view in #Oxford, this a view of St. Michael’s Church on Cornmarket. Here the winter sun picking out the Saxon Tower and the half timbered ‘Pret’ building on this historic crossroads.
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A take on the famous Old Quad at Brasenose College in Oxford. This is a view towards the porter’s lodge and Radcliffe Square entrance. The dome of the ‘Camera’ in the background also adds to a sense of place. Whilst out sketching my previous piece I learnt that the ‘Camera’ in Radcliffe Camera refers back […]
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Another of my watercolours of the view along Catte Street towards Radcliffe Square – with the afternoon light casting long shadows.
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The charming village of Brightwell-cum-Sotwell is just to the west of Wallingford in southern Oxfordshire. The village is actually two villages – Brightwell and Sotwell – that have grown and been paired together. This might account for its sprawling and sometimes confusing layout. Apparently, it has four churches – so far I have only found […]
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