More sketching in Brill

Yesterday I went back to Brill in western Buckinghamshire for another late lunch and to sit and do a little more sketching. My last post was about sketching the church here- and some of those Brill chimneys. On this trip, in the late afternoon sunshine I did some more house and chimney sketching to complete […]

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Drawing the Wild Honey Wholefoods Shop on Little Clarendon Street, Oxford

Little Clarendon Street is just north of the city centre in Oxford. Its a street of eateries, cafe’s and bars and a few other shops set amongst various University buildings. Rather than indulge in the cafe society my interest was instead in drawing the Wild Honey Wholefoods shop. Here is a view of the shop-front. […]

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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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