Category: Townscape

Sketching in Alicante, Spain

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Alicante is a favourite holiday destination and one that I’ve visited quite a few times. I usually take a sketch book and some watercolours along with me, whether I use them or not. On my last couple of trips I’ve also taken the time to do a lot more sketching and this, as usual, gives […]

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Drawing the Randolph Hotel, Oxford

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A couple of weeks ago I was in Oxford and decided to try drawing one of the city’s older hotels – The Randolph. The Randolph has had something of a turbulent recent past. A few years ago it had a fire that spread from the kitchen and closed the hotel for many months. Since then […]

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Drawing Broad Street, Oxford

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With the summer turning distinctly Autumnal, I’ve been trying to get out and do more drawing – before those evenings draw in and the temperatures drop. I’ve also been continuing with a fairly ambitious round of drawings – that is in terms of scope and complexity. With this in mind I went back to Oxford […]

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Sketching Market Street, Oxford

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I’ve recently been busy sketching around Oxford, including some larger drawings, but this post is about a more modest drawing – that of the back of Market Street in Oxford. Over the weekend I visited Exeter College and attempted to do a drawing of one of their distinctive Quads. However, with a constant stream of […]

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Sketching the Martyrs’ Monument, Oxford

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The Martyrs’ Monument is an elaborate structure on St. Giles’, just outside the old city North Gate. Nowadays, it is largely a spot for tourists, locals or maybe the city’s homeless to sit and have a sandwich or maybe wait for a bus. It is also quite elaborate and difficult to draw, but I thought […]

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