Sketching on the hotel balcony, Alicante

November 26, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Unusually for this blog – a photograph – spending the siesta doing a little watercolour sketching from our hotel balcony while on holiday in Alicante, Spain. It’s a pleasant thing to do if you can find some shade… Sketching is better than sleep?

A watercolour of the Soho Bar in Alicante

November 23, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The Soho bar in Alicante is in one of the leafy squares in streets behind the harbour. It is a pleasant spot for a drink- if you can get a table- to take in the cafe society and enjoy the leafy shade. This is my take on the view, with an almost art deco […]

Arlington Row, Bibury

November 18, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

Here is one of my watercolours of a well known tourist view, the former workers cottages on Arlington Row at Bibury, in the Cotswolds. Bibury is a popular stopping spot if you can find parking next to the clear stream that runs through the village. There is a small footbridge across the stream to a […]

A watercolour sketch of the Oxford ‘Bridge of Sighs’

November 17, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Here is one of my watercolour sketches of the Hertford College ‘Bridge of Sighs’. Also on this blog at ‘The Hertford College Bridge of Sighs‘ and Another view

A watercolour sketch of Ewelme Church

November 12, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A quick watercolour sketch of Ewelme Church, in Southern Oxfordshire. I’ve tried various sketches of Ewelme, but have yet to produce a half- decent full watercolour. It is a lovely church – one of my favourites, but for some reason I find it difficult to do justice to it in paint If you don’t know […]

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