Carfax Scooter

October 13, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

My watercolour study of a Yamaha delivery scooter – seen parked up next to Carfax in central Oxford. Delivery scooters are fairly common around certain parts of Oxford – usually zapping down the Cowley Road or parked up waiting for business next to St. Michael’s at the Northgate. This one a little off the beaten […]

‘The House of the Fishes’ Alicante

October 5, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

A view of this decorated house in the Ravel Roig district in Alicante, Spain. The house is on the edge of an area formerly associated with fishing, not far from the old marina and just across from the Marina Railway Station. It is decorated with plaster images of fish, rays and King Neptune amongst other […]

A sketch of Stokesey Castle

October 4, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Stokesey Castle is more properly known as a fortified Manor House. Part of its charm is that it consists of a harmonious mixture of building styles that together with the adjacent church forms a unique and pleasing whole. Here is a view of the Castle from the nearby Churchyard.

Borough Market, London

September 29, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Walking along the river in London – and through a busy and bustling Borough Market in Southwark. Here’s my watercolour view of the market – with the Shard towering above the market and surrounding area in the background.

M. J. Castle – Half timbered shop in Northleach

September 27, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Another of my watercolours – this a coloured version of an earlier pencil sketch. The location is M.J. Castle’s butcher’s shop in Northleach in the east of Gloucestershire.