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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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I took advantage of a gap in the weather yesterday to make a trip out to Watlington out on the southern fringes of Oxfordshire. This was partly to try and visit their library but also to revisit the town and take some photos of the High Street – here with the intriguing name ‘Couching Street’. […]
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Sunday afternoon was bright and sunny so after exploring the galleries in nearby Woodstock I decided to try a spot of sketching out at the nearby village of Wootton. Finding a good view is usually the most difficult thing with this but I got lucky – with a view over the fields as the Sun […]
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I have been out on the bike again, exploring West Oxfordshire while the late summer sunshine lasts. Having stopped for lunch in Lechlade I admired their church and the acrobatics of jackdaws about its tower before heading northeast. My aim here was to head for the village of Kencot and St. George’s Church but instead […]
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After a bit of a break I thought I’d return to some more local drawing and watercolour. This is a view of part of the skyline of St. Mary’s Church in central Oxford. It is probably better known as the church facing the Radcliffe Camera on the southern side of the square. The view from […]
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