Sketching Merton Street in Oxford

Today the Sun came out for the first time in a while – and the rain held off, so I spent the afternoon walking around Oxford in search of viewpoints and light. Most of the city is still surprisingly busy, but with something like 24,000 students in residence that might to be expected. I however […]

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The Soho Bar, Alicante

Here is something a bit different from me – it’s a painting of the Soho Bar in Alicante. The bar consists of a small rotunda kiosk with surrounding decking and wicker chairs – all beneath the shade of one of the large trees growing around the city parks. It is a great place for a […]

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Tenby Harbour boats V

I’ve been looking back over some of my summer holiday photos – this time of Tenby and Tenby harbour and decided to have a go at another view of the harbour. The result is this painting. Its a bit more ‘Big Sky’ and panoramic than my usual layouts and I’m not too sure that sits […]

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The Almondry and St.Mary’s Gate in Gloucester

This is one of my earlier style watercolour illustrations. Its of the southern side of the cathedral precinct in Gloucester. If you know this area it is were you can walk through an underpass under the former Almondry building from or to the adjacent housing estate. In past times this was where alms were given […]

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Abingdon Town Square sketch

After my last post ‘sketching Abingdon Town Square’ , I’ve been working on putting together a more panoramic view. Above is the resulting finished watercolour sketch and below is my drawing for this… It is still very much a work in progress but something that is fun to do.

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