Four quick sketches – Marlborough, East Hendred & West Hagbourne

My sketches usually take a while but in a change to my usual style I tried some quick thumbnail type sketches. These took a couple of minutes each – and I think they turned out o.k.! Below are my four sketches… … and the views they are based on. That is about it for this […]

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Sketching the Randolph Hotel -part 2

A couple of weeks ago I was sketching the Randolph Hotel’s skyline from the rooftop restaurant at the Ashmolean Museum. This is in a previous post ‘Sketching the Randolph’s skyline – pt. 1’. Since then the weather has not been too good – with snow, rain and wind. However yesterday the temperatures rose a little […]

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Wantage – the Market Place & King Alfred’s statue

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

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

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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