Sketching in Abingdon

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

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

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 […]

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Fishing Boat PZ86 at St. Ives Harbour

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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Watlington Town Hall

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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