Category: Sketch

The view from Shilton

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Shilton is a small village between Burford and Carterton in West Oxfordshire. It is quite tucked away just off the main road but is well worth a visit. A quick walk around reveals a shallow pond and ford across the stream which is almost Constable-esque. Close by there is also a handsome village pub. Walking […]

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Sketching at Dorchester on Thames

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The George Hotel at Dorchester on Thames is somewhere I’ve been meaning to get back to for a while. I’ve sketched the hotel before but from a different angle – as in my previous post ‘The George Hotel, Dorchester on Thames‘ However you can leave these things too long and on my return I found […]

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Drawing Stonesfield – a landscape view

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This week I’ve been back to draw more of the village of Stonesfield, Oxfordshire. Stonesfield is about 8 miles NW of Oxford and so is quiet enough for me to enjoy getting out in the country again. Last week I did a post of a couple of drawings in the village of ‘The Old Bakehouse’. […]

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Sketching Blenheim Palace – and adding some colour

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On my last visit to Blenheim Palace I drew the eastern side of the Palace. That can be seen in this previous post ‘Sketching Blenheim Palace’ and here is my line drawing of this view. This is just a update to show the same drawing but with a mixture of watercolour and acrylics added. I’m […]

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The Old Bakehouse, Stonesfield

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Stonesfield is a village about 5 miles north-west of Oxford, on the way to Charlbury and the eastern fringes of the Cotswold’s. One Sunday afternoon I decided to go and explore a little around the back lanes here and in the older part of the village. At the junction of Boot Street and Churchfields I […]

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