Category: Sketch

Watlington Town Hall

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I took advantage of a gap in the weather yesterday to make a trip out to Watlington out on the southern fringes of Oxfordshire. This was partly to try and visit their library but also to revisit the town and take some photos of the High Street – here with the intriguing name ‘Couching Street’. […]

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A view of the village of Wootton in Oxfordshire

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Sunday afternoon was bright and sunny so after exploring the galleries in nearby Woodstock I decided to try a spot of sketching out at the nearby village of Wootton. Finding a good view is usually the most difficult thing with this but I got lucky – with a view over the fields as the Sun […]

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Barmouth Boat AB 102

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Here is another drawing and quick watercolour sketch -this time of one of the fishing boats moored up beside the estuary at Barmouth on the northwest coast of Wales. This is an image from a wander around the beach and foreshore on a particularly scenic evening. On this occasion the tide was quite a long […]

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Carfax Tower and the HSBC building, Oxford

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Today I was back in Oxford dropping off library books back at the library and then I took a wander in search of new views to draw. The crowds seem to be returning to the city, or rather the crowds of shoppers and also people taking advantage of the ‘Eat Out to Help Out’. The […]

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A rainy day in Oxford – drawing The Swan & Castle

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Yesterday was a day of downpours with a few rumbles of thunder thrown in. Despite this I decided to head into Oxford against a darkening sky and made for the central library. In these C-19 days, the University is quiet, the legions of studying students are missing, and with the computers turned off, I guess […]

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