This week I’ve been back to draw more of the village of Stonesfield, Oxfordshire. Stonesfield is about 8 miles NW of Oxford and so is quiet enough for me to enjoy getting out in the country again. Last week I did a post of a couple of drawings in the village of ‘The Old Bakehouse’. […]
On my last visit to Blenheim Palace I drew the eastern side of the Palace. That can be seen in this previous post ‘Sketching Blenheim Palace’ and here is my line drawing of this view. This is just a update to show the same drawing but with a mixture of watercolour and acrylics added. I’m […]
The Westgate centre in Oxford is the city’s latest bigger, brighter incarnation of a shopping centre. It has dozens of shops over several levels and a rooftop level populated by various restaurants. The rooftop also has a view of the Oxford skyline, looking out towards the east. This is something that I’ve been meaning to […]
One of my Oxford projects has been to draw a new panorama of the Clarendon Building and Sheldonian Theatre on Broad Street. I found a quiet spot outside the Weston Library – somewhere just tucked away enough to be out of the main thoroughfare. Because there is quite a lot of drawing involved I found […]
I have done several drawings around the centre of Faringdon. Its old Town Hall and the interesting buildings around the Market Square are something of a favourite of mine and this is a post about my latest drawing and watercolour. About a month ago I revisited the town to do some more sketching and found […]