Tenby Harbour – working on some sketches

September 15, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

After a brief holiday to Wales last week, I’ve been looking at photos and working up some artwork ideas. The above is the result of the quick sketch below and some simple watercolours. On this visit I had about half an hour of wandering between the moored boats in the harbour – taking about a […]

The Chequers sign on Broad Street. Oxford

September 14, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This is a view of Broad Street in Oxford with the sign for the Chequers Pub in the foreground. The Chequers is actually down one of the narrow side alleys off the High Street, one of several old pubs in this part of town. The sign itself is quite qwerky, consisting of the chequred shield, […]

Urban sketching – The ‘Liason’ Restaurant on Castle St. Oxford

September 1, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

For a change I travelled into Oxford today, to visit the library, the Gloucester Green Market and as it happens – to do some townscape sketching. Settling for a spot on Castle Street, I set to drawing the semi derilict former Chinese ( Cantonese,Peking & Szechen) restaurant. This building is next to the Whetherspoons on […]

Drawing in the formal gardens at Blenheim

August 30, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Apart from an afternoon visiting a recent food festival I havn’t been back to Blenheim Palace for a while. I have however been meaning to go back to do some more drawing and sketching, so today on a cloudy Bank Holiday Monday I decided to give it a go. Setting my self up in the […]

Canal boats – an initial drawing

August 3, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

I’ve been out along the local canal again, dodging more showers and exploring. The above drawing is my initial study of a couple of boats moored up just outside Oxford. Here is a photo below – I think the narrowboat is called ‘Moonstone’. Below is a slightly closer view of my drawing – I was […]

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