A view of St. Mary’s Passage against the light

January 30, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Experimenting a little with a simplified (for me) watercolour of this townscape. This walkway is known as St.Mary’s Passage, next to St. Mary’s Church, in central Oxford. For those in the know the walkway is famous as the inspiration for a scene in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

The Emerson Chambers Building at Eldon Square in Newcastle

January 24, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Here is one of my earlier drawings – of the Emerson Chambers building at Eldon Square in Newcastle Upon Tyne. This landmark building is pretty much in the center of Newcastle – and this is a city with a lot of character. This is a drawing from quite a while ago – you might find […]

A study for ‘Oxford Morning’

January 1, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This was a study done whilst working up ideas for my watercolour painting seen elsewhere on this blog as ‘Oxford Morning’ This is the view looking south from the corner of Broad Street and Catte Street in the center of Oxford and is just around the corner from the Hertford College ‘Bridge of Sighs’. Incidentally […]

A pencil sketch of the Bridge of Sighs, Oxford

December 29, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Another sketch of the Hertford College Bridge of Sighs in Oxford. For other views of the bridge and of Oxford, take a look at my Oxford Gallery page (via this link https://oxfordartistonline.wordpress.com/2017/11/04/oxford/ ). There is also a smaller picture of the Bridge in my page header!

The County Hall in Abingdon

December 28, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Here’s a different view of the rather impressive County Hall in Abingdon. For me this is a different style: a line drawing with solid blocks of colour infilling.

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