A view of the Radcliffe Camera, Oxford

I am trying to get out more and hopefully the weather will be improving now. Here is my latest watercolour from a couple of weeks ago – a view of the iconic Radcliffe Camera building in central Oxford, with Brasenose College to the left and the Main Bodleian Library buildings in the background. This is […]

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A view of Blenheim Palace

I’ve been putting together a panoramic view of Blenheim Palace after visiting there for a walk around a couple of days ago. Here is my completed view, at least so far. This doesn’t fit particularly well on WordPress, mostly because my original is painted as a couple of A3-sized watercolours which were later joined together! […]

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Working up a sketch of the Radcliffe Camera

It has been a quiet month. With the latest lockdown biting after Christmas and the weather remaining dull, cold and wet for most of January, it’s been a good month to ‘hibernate’ and do other things. With the return of some slightly better weather there comes a smidgen of optimism, maybe the days will grow […]

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A view of Exeter Chapel from Ship Street

This last Saturday, after weeks of cloudy weather, the sun makes a brief appearance to the crowds of Christmas shoppers in Oxford. I’m thankful that I largely don’t have to be part of this melee and focused instead on the golden orange light reflecting off the Cotswold Limestone around the colleges. One of my favourite […]

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Adding watercolour to a drawing – By the River

This is an update on yesterdays post – “A view by the River”. It is a view across the Thames at Abingdon, with various cruisers and narrowboats moored up and St Mary’s Church in the background, but with relatively simple watercolour added. Here is yesterdays sketch for comparison, and a view of the sketch in-situ. […]

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