A watercolour sketch of cottages at Bishopstone

May 28, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Exploring of the villages along the foot of the Ridgeway in southern Oxfordshire and Wiltshire escarpment. I posted a drawing of cottages in the village of Bishopstone a couple of days ago and here is that drawing as a watercolour sketch.

A watercolour sketch of Ewelme Church

May 23, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Leading a quiet life for awhile.. but intending to do a more ambitious drawing and painting of the church and almshouses at Ewelme. in the meantime here is a watercolour sketch of the church, with the almshouses to the right And here is a photo of this rather lovely church – for comparison

A study of a one of the carved heads decorating the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

May 17, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Outside the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, the walls are decorated by a series of carved heads. These are the third generation of stone heads here and they are sometimes known as ‘the Sheldonian Emperors’, although they could just as well represent philosophers.. Some of the present generation of heads generally has a startled or even […]

A watercolour of the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford- The finished painting

May 10, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A couple of days ago I posted a new drawing of the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford – and said I’d post when the watercolour was finished – so here it is! Here is another view – this is on A3 size watercolour paper – I hope you like it.

Nos 26 – 27 at the corner of Ship Street and Cornmarket , Oxford

May 7, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This is a view of the corner of Ship Street and Cornmarket in Oxford, featuring one of Oxfords oldest timber framed buildings, at Nos 26 – 27 Cornmarket Street. These buildings are owned by Jesus College and now house a Pret coffee shop but these were once a pub – The New Inn – so […]

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