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Here is one of my older watercolours – of St. Mary’s Church in the small village of Swinbrook. Swinbrook is in a small river valley a few miles to the east of Burford. The church itself isn’t that inspiring from the outside, though its setting on raised ground in the village is interesting – and […]
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Another day making the most of the weather. Today out to the village of Fingest in Buckinghamshire to draw their exceptional twin towered Norman church. Instead of posting my drawing first I’ve shown a photo of my completed sketch with the church for comparison. This drawing was the result of about an hours sketching – […]
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Today experimenting with a line and wash style painting of the historic schoolhouses at Ewelme in southern Oxfordshire. The school was built in medieval times using a distinctive red brick and is probably the oldest functioning school in England . I guess that doesn’t really excuse my slightly over-the-top use of red in this sketch, […]
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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.
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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
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