Drawing the Wild Honey Wholefoods Shop on Little Clarendon Street, Oxford

Little Clarendon Street is just north of the city centre in Oxford. Its a street of eateries, cafe’s and bars and a few other shops set amongst various University buildings. Rather than indulge in the cafe society my interest was instead in drawing the Wild Honey Wholefoods shop. Here is a view of the shop-front. […]

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A sketch and watercolour of Tadmarton Church

On a Bank Holiday weekend I like to get away from the crowds if possible and a good way to do this is to go out into the country. Northern Oxfordshire has some great pubs and countryside but is also relatively undiscovered – unlike Oxford city centre. One of our favourite pubs in this part […]

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Back in Turville

My last post was about my sketching travels during the south Oxfordshire Artweeks – and visiting Watlington and Turville. Here’s a photo of a view of the small green and the church at Turville – note the rain clouds about to add another downpour… I did a drawing of this view sitting in my deckchair […]

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The Cowley Road Baptist Centre, East Oxford

The Cowley Road in east Oxford turns out to be one of the more rewarding places for me to sketch and I’ve done a few posts from this busy and jumbled road (thumbnails and links at the end). My latest is a view of the Baptist centre which I think also doubles as an arts […]

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Watlington and southern Oxfordshire Artweeks

On a day of some sunshine and big showers I set off to explore some of the Artweeks events in Southern Oxfordshire. For me, this is largely a matter of trying to be more organized, as with dozens of different exhibitions in different parts of the county at different times it is easy to miss […]

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