Category: Sketch

A view of blenheim from across the lake

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I took a cycle ride out to Blenheim Palace yesterday. I’m not sure that I have ever seen it so busy – so many people out walking. I did however manage to find a quiet spot and settled down to do a drawing of the Palace from across the lake. Above is the resulting drawing […]

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The Ebenezer

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This is one of my older drawings, of the fishing trawler Ebenezer, and is dug out of the archives to show some contrast between my artwork now and some time ago. Whilst trawling my pictures I also came across another drawing of the Ebenezer – below. This is more sketchy (and less cleaned-up) and goes […]

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Abingdon Town Square sketch

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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.

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Sketching in Abingdon

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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 […]

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The Fishing Boat Maggie G at Lower Fishguard Harbour

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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, […]

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