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I went back to Faringdon, Oxfordshire, last week and sat for a while, drawing one of my favourite buildings there. This is a view of The Sadlers – that’s the blue fronted deli and restaurant on the right of my picture. The building in the middle, with it’s quirky windows, steps and porch was once […]
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One of my Oxford projects has been to draw a new panorama of the Clarendon Building and Sheldonian Theatre on Broad Street. I found a quiet spot outside the Weston Library – somewhere just tucked away enough to be out of the main thoroughfare. Because there is quite a lot of drawing involved I found […]
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With summer and the school holidays upon us, Oxford has gone from a relatively quiet place to being busily with a mixture of tourists, teenagers and language students. I tend to prefer it quieter but do have the option to explore outside the city. This afternoon I headed out a few miles to do a […]
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On a Thursday morning we drove down to Coverack to find the harbour almost deserted. I’ve never known the place to be so quiet, with a few fishermen finishing up after a very early start and just a handful of visitors mostly doing other things. It was a great opportunity to do some drawing, so […]
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This is another sketch from my recent stay at Porthleven on the south Cornish coast. Staying in the town meant that it was easy to just go out and draw the harbour. This particular sketch was drawn while waiting for some of the local (very good) fish & chips on a nice warm and sunny […]
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