More canal-side sketching in Ghent, Belgium – an update

April 7, 2023.Reading time 1 minute.

This was my view from the ‘Korenlei Twee’ – a well known cafe-restaurant and tourist viewpoint in central Ghent. … and here is my sketch in-situ. Later I went back to add to my sketch – and maybe have another hot chocolate. Below is a scan of my sketch after a little bit of re-working. […]

Cafe sketching in Ghent, Belgium

March 24, 2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

I’ve just got back from a short holiday to Ghent in Belgium – and of course took my sketchbook to do some drawing along the way. For an urban sketcher one of the easiest ways to sketch is to find a suitable cafe to draw from. That way you can do two things at once: […]

The old Liaison and Paradise Street flats – works in progress

February 12, 2023.Reading time 4 minutes.

When the weather is cold and grey or it is raining, one of my favourite spots to draw in Oxford is from the Central Library. Back when the pandemic was raging, the library was also something of a haven from the crowds outside. These days it seems that things are pretty much back to ‘normal’ […]

A Drawing of Dover House in Northleach

June 4, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

Northleach is a historic Cotswolds market town in Gloucestershire. It is mainly known for its impressive church, its small market and many fine Cotswold limestone houses. There are also a few surviving half-timbered buildings – one of which is the subject of one of my earlier watercolour drawings – The Tudor House on the Green, […]

No. 46 Woodstock Road, Oxford – an update

April 14, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

I have been preoccupied with other things for a while but today is a day off – and so I thought I’d update you with some progress on my painting of the Oxford Sciences Innovation Building in Oxford. I was out a few weeks ago drawing this modern building and completed a post of my […]

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