Drawing Coverack Harbour

On a Thursday morning we drove down to Coverack to find the harbour almost deserted. I’ve never known the place to be so quiet, with a few fishermen finishing up after a very early start and just a handful of visitors mostly doing other things. It was a great opportunity to do some drawing, so […]

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A small fishing boat called Zephyr

I’ve been away on holiday in Cornwall and between walking and driving and exploring have occasionally found the time to do some drawing. Staying next to the harbour in Porthleven for a couple of nights gave me the opportunity to do a few studies of the harbour. This is a place where I’ve done some […]

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The Jericho Cafe, Oxford

Jericho is an area just north of Oxford City centre with its fair share of pubs, eateries and even an independent cinema. The Jericho Cafe is pretty much in the middle of this area. With its bright red awning and paintwork it has been somewhere that I’ve meant to do a study of for a […]

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The Hendon Walrus

I’ve been working on a series of fairly complicated buildings drawings but occasionally I might try something different. In this case that is a quick sketch and watercolour from a photograph. My subject is an WW2 air-sea rescue biplane – the Supermarine Walrus- which is housed in the RAF Museum at Hendon, north London. This […]

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Gees restaurant – a drawing and painting

Gees restaurant in north Oxford has recently been enlarged and redecorated. After months of being closed for building work, the hoardings came down and the finishing touches were added before the restaurant re-opened. I’ve drawn Gees before without actually finishing a drawing, so one balmy summer evening I set up to try to actually finish […]

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