A watercolour of the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford- The finished painting

May 10, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A couple of days ago I posted a new drawing of the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford – and said I’d post when the watercolour was finished – so here it is! Here is another view – this is on A3 size watercolour paper – I hope you like it.

A new drawing of the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

May 8, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Lately I’ve been trying to work up a series of drawings of Broad Street in Oxford. Before the Lockdown I had done a series of sketches back in the cold of January and February and hope to turn these into panoramic views of this area in the not-too-distant future. Here is my latest – a […]

Nos 26 – 27 at the corner of Ship Street and Cornmarket , Oxford

May 7, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This is a view of the corner of Ship Street and Cornmarket in Oxford, featuring one of Oxfords oldest timber framed buildings, at Nos 26 – 27 Cornmarket Street. These buildings are owned by Jesus College and now house a Pret coffee shop but these were once a pub – The New Inn – so […]

A hillside house near Amalfi, Italy

May 5, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

This is one of my older studies – it is of a house on terraces near our B&B when we stayed just outside of Amalfi on the southwest coast of Italy. We stayed at a charming Bed and Breakfast at – I think – the Villa Cilla, about a mile outside of Amalfi and have […]

The finished painting of Hampton Gay Church

May 2, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Here is my finished – or near-finished – watercolour of the church at Hampton Gay. Basically the last stages of this painting are to add some texture to the walls, more detail and contrast to the greenery and to add a few other odd details, like shadows in the porch.Here I’ve left the porch deliberately […]