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In southern England the weather has been cold, grey and unexceptional for weeks now – and there has been hardly a glimmer of Sun. That means it is harder to go out and actually feel inspired enough to draw something. Hence no postings for a while. Yesterday I decided I’d dress for the weather, go […]
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After days of rain, the sun did come out again – and I decided to take advantage of this and try some sketching along the Ridgeway again. I headed for Wantage, then south-west on smaller roads to the Letcombes – Letcombe Regis and Letcombe Bassett. These are two of a series of scenic villages along […]
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Catte Street runs from Broad Street, past the Radcliffe Camera to Oxford High Street and is arguably one of the most scenic roads in Oxford. Like a lot of Oxford, it’s somewhere I’ve sketched before but, when eating at the Quod restaurant on the High Street a couple of weeks ago, I realised that they […]
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Dorchester on Thames is a historic place, full of old buildings. It is also a place I’ve been to and sketched a few times. So during a brief sunny interlude in an otherwise quite gloomy November, I set up to sketch the buildings around The George Hotel. With the clocks having changed and the days […]
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With the seasons changing it is good to get out on the nicer, sunnier days. For me that meant a trip out to Northleach on the eastern fringes of Gloucestershire. Northleach is one of the old ‘wool towns’ of the Cotswolds. most known for its large wool church, although it has many other old houses […]
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