A boat at St. Ives, Cornwall

January 2, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Another watercolour of one of the fishing boats in St. Ives harbour at low tide. This is a painting to remind me of a brilliant sunny day wandering around the beach before a breakfast in one of the near-by cafes.

A study for ‘Oxford Morning’

January 1, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This was a study done whilst working up ideas for my watercolour painting seen elsewhere on this blog as ‘Oxford Morning’ This is the view looking south from the corner of Broad Street and Catte Street in the center of Oxford and is just around the corner from the Hertford College ‘Bridge of Sighs’. Incidentally […]

The Oxford University Natural History Museum

December 29, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

The Natural History Museum in Oxford has recently re-opened after being closed for a while – so I thought I’d post my painting of this fine building. If you’d like to know more they have a twitter account. The Museum building was started in the mid 19th century, initially to house natural history specimens moved […]

Abingdon Bridge Street

December 24, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This is my take on the view of Abingdon town center from Bridge Street, with the top of the County Hall in the background. Not too sure about including the cars – but I think they turned out alright. Abingdon is about 5 miles south of Oxford and has a nice mixture of vernacular architecture, […]

Alicante Streetscene

December 21, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Experimenting here with some urban sketching and watercolour. This is a view of the road into Alicante from the eastern coastline. From an afternoon out sketching near the old marina railway station on the eastern side of town – if you look though you’ll also find my earlier watercolour of the old station too, or […]

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