Category: Watercolour

Wantage – the Market Place & King Alfred’s statue

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One Saturday back in October last year I made a visit to Wantage in SW Oxfordshire. When the market packed up in the late afternoon I had a go at drawing the Market Place looking towards St.Peter’s and St. Paul’s church. Here is my view and my sketch in-situ. With the town quietening down in […]

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Drawing Old Tom Tower at Christ Church College, Oxford

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Last Sunday I took a trip back into Oxford – partly to revisit the Ashmolean Museum and partly to also do a ‘sketching’ walkabout. Those of you who follow my posts will know I’ve started a panoramic sketch of the Randolph Hotel from the Ashmolean rooftop – and this is still in progress ( links […]

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Back to Stonesfield – another sketch and watercolour

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With the days lengthening slightly I’ve been trying to go out and do some more sketching. Here in Oxfordshire its been frosty with freezing nights but also a few days where the Sun comes out. Although far from warm that’s enough for me to go out to explore. One Oxfordshire village that I’ve drawn before […]

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Asthall Church, West Oxfordshire – adding some colour

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A while ago – back in September- I spent a afternoon sketching in the village of Asthall, west Oxfordshire. It was nice to get out from the hurly-burly of a busy weekend Oxford and enjoy the relative quite of the countryside. I settled on drawing the church which stands next to Asthall Manor. At the […]

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Pippa Pig on the Cowley Road, Oxford

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This is another in a short series of urban sketching of various shops along the Cowley Road in east Oxford. Previous posts include ‘The Zaid Store‘ & ‘The Eastern & Continental‘. Here is my view of this large poster and the shop. Those of you looking at previous posts might recognise this as the Zaid […]

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