Category: Sketch

Sketching Ship Street, Oxford

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A few days ago I did a post of ‘Sketching amongst the cycle dispatch, Cornmarket’ – drawing one of the old historic pubs in this part of town. After doing that i decided to do another sketch facing in the other direction – towards Exeter College Chapel. Here is my view and sketch in-situ. And […]

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Sketching amongst the cycle dispatch, Cornmarket, Oxford

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On another Sunday trip into Oxford, this time to sketch at the old historic crossroads of Ship Street and Cornmarket. I found a relatively quiet spot amongst a group of cycle dispatch riders and set about drawing The Plough Inn. Here’s the view and my sketch in-situ from this busy corner… …and here is my […]

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Sketching Black Horse House in Watlington, Oxfordshire

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Back in May I was visiting our local Artweeks events in Watlington, a small town at the foot of the Ridgeway hills in southern Oxfordshire. While there I decided to also do a small sketch of one of the many characterful local houses – in this case a former pub – Black Horse House- with […]

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Drawing Oxford Broad Street

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Over the years I’ve drawn various views of Broad Street in Oxford – who knows, if i keep going maybe I’ll get to draw the whole street? Anyway, on my latest sketching venture into the city, I set up and did another drawing, this time roughly from the middle of the street towards the east, […]

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Sketching The Kebab Kid & Tops Pizza on the Cowley Road, Oxford

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A few days ago I was doing some urban sketching in Oxford city centre, drawing the KFC at Cornmarket So, continuing on a theme, yesterday I was back drawing more fast food places – this time the Kebab Kid & Tops Pizza out on the Cowley Road. This is a part of town out from […]

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