The Old School and Parish Clerk’s House, Yarnton.

March 1, 2024.Reading time 2 minutes.

The village is just to the north of Oxford and about 1/2 mile outside the A34 bypass. It has a Historic Village sign outside the old turnpike and there is some history, though you might not know it from passing by on the main road to or from nearby Woodstock. In a previous post I […]

From a big barn to a ruined barn – sketching outside of Oxford

February 26, 2024.Reading time 2 minutes.

Last week I was out drawing the big ‘Oxford North’ building site with its proposed ‘Big Red barn’, offices, housing and attendant building cranes. This week as a change I decided to draw something a little smaller – a ruinous shed or barn I saw passing by to the nearby village of Yarnton. This was […]

Two different approaches to sketching the Randolph Hotel rooftops, Oxford

February 8, 2024.Reading time 2 minutes.

During a rainy day going around Oxford, I dropped in to the Ashmolean rooftop cafe – to have a cup of tea and take the opportunity to do some sketching. With the rain coming down outside, I did some more drawing to add to a previously started sketch, so at least I could do this […]

Sketching in Oxford – The Oxford Martin School

January 18, 2024.Reading time 3 minutes.

It has been a cold month so far and the tendency is to hibernate a little – especially after the Christmas excesses. It is still a good idea to get out occasionally if conditions permit, and to maybe do a little sketching along the way. Hence, after a cruise around the shops in Oxford, I […]

Sketching in Christ Church Meadows, Oxford

December 13, 2023.Reading time 3 minutes.

It has been wet and cold for a while and I have not been out doing as much sketching as I’d like. However yesterday the Sun came out briefly whilst visiting the Christ Church College Meadows and I did manage to do a couple of sketches. One is a re-hash of an earlier drawing, except […]

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