A boat at St. Ives, Cornwall

January 2, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Another watercolour of one of the fishing boats in St. Ives harbour at low tide. This is a painting to remind me of a brilliant sunny day wandering around the beach before a breakfast in one of the near-by cafes.

A study for ‘Oxford Morning’

January 1, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This was a study done whilst working up ideas for my watercolour painting seen elsewhere on this blog as ‘Oxford Morning’ This is the view looking south from the corner of Broad Street and Catte Street in the center of Oxford and is just around the corner from the Hertford College ‘Bridge of Sighs’. Incidentally […]

The Oxford University Natural History Museum

December 29, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

The Natural History Museum in Oxford has recently re-opened after being closed for a while – so I thought I’d post my painting of this fine building. If you’d like to know more they have a twitter account. The Museum building was started in the mid 19th century, initially to house natural history specimens moved […]

A pencil sketch of the Bridge of Sighs, Oxford

December 29, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Another sketch of the Hertford College Bridge of Sighs in Oxford. For other views of the bridge and of Oxford, take a look at my Oxford Gallery page (via this link https://oxfordartistonline.wordpress.com/2017/11/04/oxford/ ). There is also a smaller picture of the Bridge in my page header!

The County Hall in Abingdon

December 28, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Here’s a different view of the rather impressive County Hall in Abingdon. For me this is a different style: a line drawing with solid blocks of colour infilling.