The Cowley Road in east Oxford turns out to be one of the more rewarding places for me to sketch and I’ve done a few posts from this busy and jumbled road (thumbnails and links at the end). My latest is a view of the Baptist centre which I think also doubles as an arts […]
On a day of some sunshine and big showers I set off to explore some of the Artweeks events in Southern Oxfordshire. For me, this is largely a matter of trying to be more organized, as with dozens of different exhibitions in different parts of the county at different times it is easy to miss […]
Cirencester is about an hour’s drive from Oxford, so a bit of a trek but usually worth it. Over the years I’ve visited several times and have done a few sketches and watercolours of the town, but now looking through my previous posts I don’t seem to have posted any of them. So here is […]
Sometimes on a weekend I’ll go into Oxford to do a little sketching. Depending on how busy the city is at any particular time, it is quite nice to just do some sketching for relaxation. A subject I keep returning to in Oxford is the Sheldonian Theatre. Here I am sketching from outside the Sheldonian […]
The Oxford Town Hall is described as ‘Jacobean’ in style by Wikipedia and, when you look at it, it is quite a complicated building. That is probably why it hardly ever appears in sketches – it is just too daunting! Nonetheless, I’ve been building up to draw more complicated views around Oxford so I thought […]