Category: Oxfordshire

Sketching at the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

.Reading time 3 minutes.

The small town of Woodstock is a few miles north of Oxford and is mostly visited because it is right next to Blenheim Palace and the Palace estate. The town is however worth exploring as it has a couple of art galleries, a selection of pubs and hotels and a few other attractions – such […]

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Sketching in Christ Church Meadows, Oxford

.Reading time 3 minutes.

It has been wet and cold for a while and I have not been out doing as much sketching as I’d like. However yesterday the Sun came out briefly whilst visiting the Christ Church College Meadows and I did manage to do a couple of sketches. One is a re-hash of an earlier drawing, except […]

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More sketching at Rick’s Dinner, Cowley Road, Oxford

.Reading time 4 minutes.

Living just outside Oxford, I sometimes take the trip in and do some drawing on a Sunday. With the University and various historic buildings, there is quite a bit of opportunity for this but sometimes it can be a bit too busy. So it is sometimes nice to mix it up a little and go […]

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Sketching flags outside The Randolph Hotel, Oxford

.Reading time 2 minutes.

After a quick whisk around the Ashmolean Museum, I sat outside in the shade and did a sketch of The Randolph Hotel. The Hotel is just across the road from the Ashmolean so I thought I’d sketch the flags outside it’s main entrance. As I drew I realised that I needed to add some detail […]

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Back to Oxford Central Library – sketching the Wetherspoons again.

.Reading time 2 minutes.

Oxford central library is a big concrete survival from the early 70s. It is not my favourite being quite monolithic in that 70s way and somewhat lacking in natural daylight. It is however a good place to go and do some sketching, especially on a rainy or otherwise gloomy day. So occasionally I will visit […]

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