Some cafe sketching in Oxford

When I’m out doing some urban sketching it is sometimes useful to find somewhere to sit. So on one of my Sunday sketching trips into Oxford I settled for a spot of cafe sketching. This is a view of our local art supplies shop – Broad Canvas – and it also takes in a cafe […]

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Urban sketching at the corner of Bath Street, Oxford

Bath Street is a small side street in an area known as St. Clements – just to the east of the Oxford city centre. There’s a main road lined with a collection of pubs, eateries, fast food places and a few little shops. There is also a lot of student accommodation in the area and […]

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Sketching in East Hagbourne

East Hagbourne in southern Oxfordshire is a good example of an unspoiled village, though its residents are possibly looking over their shoulders at the encroaching town sprawl of Didcot just to the north. The village has a decent pub, an old church, a tiny shop, two memorial crosses and a host of charming vernacular houses. […]

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Another view of Stonesfield

After a day of rain the skies brightened, the clouds parted and it turned into a nice summer’s evening. So – time to get the bike out and go for a ride; this time over to Stonesfield which is about ten miles west of Oxford. This is somewhere I’ve been sketching before as the village […]

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Back to Bath Road, Abingdon

A few weeks ago I went back to Bath Road in Abingdon to do some more sketching. I’d previously drawn a row of fast food places along this row and went back to finish off this view. Why do I like this road ? Well maybe because it is a Hodge-potch of signs and slightly […]

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