Drawing The Last Bookshop, Oxford

Over the past few days I’ve been doing some sketching around around the north of the city centre, mostly around what could loosely be called ‘the student quarter’ – otherwise known as little Clarendon Street. In amongst the bars and eateries there are some interesting shops – and one of these is ‘The Last Bookshop’ […]

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The Cowley Road Baptist Centre, East Oxford

The Cowley Road in east Oxford turns out to be one of the more rewarding places for me to sketch and I’ve done a few posts from this busy and jumbled road (thumbnails and links at the end). My latest is a view of the Baptist centre which I think also doubles as an arts […]

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Watlington and southern Oxfordshire Artweeks

On a day of some sunshine and big showers I set off to explore some of the Artweeks events in Southern Oxfordshire. For me, this is largely a matter of trying to be more organized, as with dozens of different exhibitions in different parts of the county at different times it is easy to miss […]

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A view of St John’s, Cirencester

Cirencester is about an hour’s drive from Oxford, so a bit of a trek but usually worth it. Over the years I’ve visited several times and have done a few sketches and watercolours of the town, but now looking through my previous posts I don’t seem to have posted any of them. So here is […]

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Sketching in Oxford

Sometimes on a weekend I’ll go into Oxford to do a little sketching. Depending on how busy the city is at any particular time, it is quite nice to just do some sketching for relaxation. A subject I keep returning to in Oxford is the Sheldonian Theatre. Here I am sketching from outside the Sheldonian […]

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