Cuxham is a small village in southern Oxfordshire. The village straddles a small stream, the Marlbrook, with some large farm buildings to the west and a small church that originally dates back to pre-Norman times. For me this is usually a stop on the way to Watlington, about another mile or so to the southeast. […]
Revisiting one of my sketchbooks today and having another go at a sketch of the St Bartholomew’s church at Brightwell Baldwin in SE Oxfordshire. Parts of the church date back to the 14th c. and it is a Grade 1 listed building. Now mostly alone out in the country except for a few houses – […]
Today finishing a watercolour version of a sketch I did a few days ago. This a view from the approach to the small town of Charlbury, which is on the eastern fringes of the Cotswolds. For comparison here is a view of my original sketch of Charlbury in-situ.
Out and about again. A blustery day, cloud and occasional Sun in a biting wind. Stopping on the outskirts of Charlbury, which is about 10 miles northwest of Oxford and on the edge of the Cotswolds. Perched on a dry stone wall to draw this view of the eastern approach to the town – with […]
Hello everybody. Not posting for a while but feeling a little more inspired than of late … the typical “will it stop raining?” but perhaps getting a little more hopeful that it will. This is one of my pencil drawings of the building housing Waterstones in Oxford – also tweeting a watercolour version of this […]