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I took a cycle ride out to Blenheim Palace yesterday. I’m not sure that I have ever seen it so busy – so many people out walking. I did however manage to find a quiet spot and settled down to do a drawing of the Palace from across the lake. Above is the resulting drawing […]
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After my last post ‘sketching Abingdon Town Square’ , I’ve been working on putting together a more panoramic view. Above is the resulting finished watercolour sketch and below is my drawing for this… It is still very much a work in progress but something that is fun to do.
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Despite a threatening rain front coming in across the country I decided to visit Abingdon for the first time in awhile. This was partly to drop off artwork and partly to explore again. After a quick walk around the town and a longer visit to their library I settled on the town Square for a […]
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East Hagbourne is a pretty village a couple of miles south of Didcot, in southern Oxfordshire. It has a handsome church, a 15th century stone cross and a core of thatched and half timbered houses – as well as a good pub. My line and wash illustrative type painting is of the cross in the […]
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I have been looking through some of my sketchbooks from the summer and am now getting around to doing some watercolours from some of these sketches. This is a study of a country pub in the village of Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, near Wallingford, Oxfordshire. Below is my sketchbook drawing and above my finished watercolour. You might notice […]
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