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Northern Oxfordshire has some good pubs and countryside to explore while also being relatively quiet and un-trampled. A favourite pub in this part of the world is The Stag’s Head at Swalcliffe, about 4 miles SW of Banbury. If driving from Oxford to Swalcliffe you will most likely pass through the nearby village of Tadmarton. […]
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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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I am guessing that most posts about watercolouring or sketching are about picturesque things: landscapes, Sunsets etc. but if you are into urban sketching then that is not always the case. So here is a more off-beat sketch from my travels around Oxford. After cycling along the river to the south of the city, I […]
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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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Here is one of my earlier drawings – of the Emerson Chambers building at Eldon Square in Newcastle Upon Tyne. This landmark building is pretty much in the center of Newcastle – and this is a city with a lot of character. This is a drawing from quite a while ago – you might find […]
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