Sketching Blenheim on a Sunday afternoon

July 3, 2023.Reading time 3 minutes.

Sometimes on a weekend I will go into Oxford to sketch but the crowds can get to be a bit much – depending where exactly you are sketching. As an alternative, visiting Blenheim Palace is usually quieter and less pressured, so last Sunday, with a shiny new yearly pass, I ventured back to the Palace. […]

More sketching in Brill

June 30, 2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

Yesterday I went back to Brill in western Buckinghamshire for another late lunch and to sit and do a little more sketching. My last post was about sketching the church here- and some of those Brill chimneys. On this trip, in the late afternoon sunshine I did some more house and chimney sketching to complete […]

Brill Sketching

June 23, 2023.Reading time 4 minutes.

The village of Brill in west Buckinghamshire is a bit of an oddity. It is a little bit off the beaten path, sited on a big hill some seven miles south of Bicester and it seems to have a other-worldly charm to it. The houses and building mostly seem to date from the 17th C. […]

Learning from experience? Drawing St. Mary’s Church at Ashbury.

June 8, 2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

Here in Oxfordshire we’ve been waiting for the summer proper to arrive. With high pressure over the North Sea and winds from the northeast we’ve been having a lot of cloudy mornings – not good for drawing. However yesterday the Sun came out a little earlier and it was like a proper summer’s day for […]

Drawing the Wild Honey Wholefoods Shop on Little Clarendon Street, Oxford

May 31, 2023.Reading time 1 minute.

Little Clarendon Street is just north of the city centre in Oxford. Its a street of eateries, cafe’s and bars and a few other shops set amongst various University buildings. Rather than indulge in the cafe society my interest was instead in drawing the Wild Honey Wholefoods shop. Here is a view of the shop-front. […]