A scottish fishing village

February 13, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I haven’t been out for a while to draw or sketch – probably down to the freezing temperatures and windchill. So instead of my usual ‘Plein-Airs’ here is a sketch but of a made-up Scottish fishing village. This is not a real location, rather an excuse to indulge in drawing some fishing boats again. As […]

Drawing Christ church College

January 28, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

During these Covid-19 times, Christ Church Meadow in Oxford tends to be a favourite spot to take a stroll or find a bench and eat a shop takeaway from the town. It’s also possible to sit and do some drawing as long as it’s not too busy. Here is my drawing of part of the […]

Working up a sketch of the Radcliffe Camera

January 22, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

It has been a quiet month. With the latest lockdown biting after Christmas and the weather remaining dull, cold and wet for most of January, it’s been a good month to ‘hibernate’ and do other things. With the return of some slightly better weather there comes a smidgen of optimism, maybe the days will grow […]

A view by the river in Abingdon

December 5, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

I took a walk by the River Thames in Abingdon today and decided to try drawing the scene above while the Sun was out and it was slightly warmer than it has been. I didn’t freeze so it can’t have been too bad… The result is my drawing below, a view across the river to […]

Sketching the church at Sandford St. Martin, Oxfordshire

November 27, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

I decided to make the most of a cold but sunny day yesterday to go out and do a little exploring of a couple of churches in the Oxfordshire countryside. In late November the light doesn’t last very long and the cold is not really conducive to loitering around too long to draw or sketch. […]

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