Three views of The Tudor House, Northleach

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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Sketching The Randolph Hotel, Oxford

The Randolph Hotel in Oxford is one of the city’s older hotels. I’ve drawn The Randolph before and this can be a bit daunting as it is a large building and has lots of architectural details. However, on a damp Sunday afternoon I thought I’d try sketching it again. So setting up to draw, here […]

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Sketching from the corner of Gloucester Green, Oxford

I ventured into Oxford late on a Friday afternoon. This is something I don’t usually do as it can be a bit too busy for me. With the eateries packed and the pubs filling up, I tend to look for somewhere a bit quieter – like the Central Library. I got to do some sketching […]

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Sketching on the Cowley Road, Oxford

Recently I had a MOT done in east Oxford and, not being one to sit around while that happened, I decided to do a little walk around the Cowley Road. Those of you who follow my posts might know this is somewhere I’ve sketched before – and I’ll add some links to previous posts below. […]

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Sketching The Gurkha Village restaurant

The Gurkha Village is a local Nepalese restaurant. It is next to a busy main road but I thought I’d take my sketching stuff and sit there while the rush hour traffic cruised by, do some drawing and maybe provide some entertainment to people on the way home. Here is my view.. .. my sketch […]

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