Adding watercolour to a drawing – Warborough Cottages

After drawing a row of cottages in the village of Warborough in southern Oxfordshire a couple of days ago, here is my attempt at adding watercolour to that drawing. Here is the original drawing… And a view of my drawing on location…

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Drawing cottages at Warborough

Taking advantage of the last of the good weather to go out and explore southern Oxfordshire some more. Today sitting out in some shade and drawing these cottages in the village of Warborough. Warborough is approximately 10 miles south of Oxford and is perhaps best known for its large green, its pub – The Six […]

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Fulbrook Church : A watercolour

On the summer solstice I took a trip out to draw the Norman church at Fulbrook, in West Oxfordshire. Above is my attempt at a watercolour of the same scene. Also below are another view of the south of the church and my original drawing for comparison. One feature I really like is those windows […]

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Drawing Fulbrook Church

Fulbrook is a village in West Oxfordshire, a few miles NE of Burford. The village is mentioned in the Doomsday book and has a small Norman church tucked away just off the main road. The church is therefore easy to miss, especially if like most people you are travelling on the relatively straight road to […]

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Adding watercolour to a drawing – narrow-boats on the Cherwell

After posting a drawing of narrow-boats on the canal at Shipton-on-Cherwell, here is an update – its my watercolour of the scene. Yes it’s quite green – but maybe in this case that just reflects the scene? Below are a couple of photo’s of what it actually looked like… Definitely a bit green…

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