Category: Sketch

Cafe sketching in Ghent, Belgium

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I’ve just got back from a short holiday to Ghent in Belgium – and of course took my sketchbook to do some drawing along the way. For an urban sketcher one of the easiest ways to sketch is to find a suitable cafe to draw from. That way you can do two things at once: […]

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Four quick sketches – Marlborough, East Hendred & West Hagbourne

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My sketches usually take a while but in a change to my usual style I tried some quick thumbnail type sketches. These took a couple of minutes each – and I think they turned out o.k.! Below are my four sketches… … and the views they are based on. That is about it for this […]

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Sketching the Randolph Hotel -part 2

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A couple of weeks ago I was sketching the Randolph Hotel’s skyline from the rooftop restaurant at the Ashmolean Museum. This is in a previous post ‘Sketching the Randolph’s skyline – pt. 1’. Since then the weather has not been too good – with snow, rain and wind. However yesterday the temperatures rose a little […]

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Wantage – the Market Place & King Alfred’s statue

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One Saturday back in October last year I made a visit to Wantage in SW Oxfordshire. When the market packed up in the late afternoon I had a go at drawing the Market Place looking towards St.Peter’s and St. Paul’s church. Here is my view and my sketch in-situ. With the town quietening down in […]

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Drawing Old Tom Tower at Christ Church College, Oxford

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Last Sunday I took a trip back into Oxford – partly to revisit the Ashmolean Museum and partly to also do a ‘sketching’ walkabout. Those of you who follow my posts will know I’ve started a panoramic sketch of the Randolph Hotel from the Ashmolean rooftop – and this is still in progress ( links […]

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