Category: Oxfordshire

Sketching the Six Bells at Warborough

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After sketching a row of cottages in Warborough a couple of weeks ago I thought I’d go back and attempt to draw their pub – The Six Bells. However, what a difference the weather makes – drawing the cottages I choose to find some shade from brilliant sunshine and temperatures in the high 20s (C). […]

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Adding watercolour to a drawing – Warborough Cottages

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After drawing a row of cottages in the village of Warborough in southern Oxfordshire a couple of days ago, here is my attempt at adding watercolour to that drawing. Here is the original drawing… And a view of my drawing on location…

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Drawing Fulbrook Church

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Fulbrook is a village in West Oxfordshire, a few miles NE of Burford. The village is mentioned in the Doomsday book and has a small Norman church tucked away just off the main road. The church is therefore easy to miss, especially if like most people you are travelling on the relatively straight road to […]

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Adding watercolour to a drawing – narrow-boats on the Cherwell

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After posting a drawing of narrow-boats on the canal at Shipton-on-Cherwell, here is an update – its my watercolour of the scene. Yes it’s quite green – but maybe in this case that just reflects the scene? Below are a couple of photo’s of what it actually looked like… Definitely a bit green…

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