Abingdon Town Square sketch

October 24, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

After my last post ‘sketching Abingdon Town Square’ , I’ve been working on putting together a more panoramic view. Above is the resulting finished watercolour sketch and below is my drawing for this… It is still very much a work in progress but something that is fun to do.

Sketching in Abingdon

October 24, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Despite a threatening rain front coming in across the country I decided to visit Abingdon for the first time in awhile. This was partly to drop off artwork and partly to explore again. After a quick walk around the town and a longer visit to their library I settled on the town Square for a […]

The Fishing Boat Maggie G at Lower Fishguard Harbour

October 22, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Here is another of my studies of boats and harbours – this time it’s the fishing boat ‘Maggie G’ at lower Fishguard harbour. This is from a summer holiday around the coast of Wales – where after a day of travelling up through the Pembrokeshire countryside from St. Davids, via Porthgain and the Strumble head, […]

The Red Lion pub at Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Oxfordshire

October 18, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I have been looking through some of my sketchbooks from the summer and am now getting around to doing some watercolours from some of these sketches. This is a study of a country pub in the village of Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, near Wallingford, Oxfordshire. Below is my sketchbook drawing and above my finished watercolour. You might notice […]

Fishing Boat PZ86 at St. Ives Harbour

October 15, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

I’ve been sorting through some old photos of past trips to harbours around the UK andhaving a go at a sketch of one of the fishing boats at low tide in St. Ives harbour. This is the result. Also below is my initial sketch and first wash. It is all nothing too complicated but maybe […]

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