Tag: Ashmolean

Sketching the Randolph Hotel -part 2

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A couple of weeks ago I was sketching the Randolph Hotel’s skyline from the rooftop restaurant at the Ashmolean Museum. This is in a previous post ‘Sketching the Randolph’s skyline – pt. 1’. Since then the weather has not been too good – with snow, rain and wind. However yesterday the temperatures rose a little […]

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Drawing Old Tom Tower at Christ Church College, Oxford

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Last Sunday I took a trip back into Oxford – partly to revisit the Ashmolean Museum and partly to also do a ‘sketching’ walkabout. Those of you who follow my posts will know I’ve started a panoramic sketch of the Randolph Hotel from the Ashmolean rooftop – and this is still in progress ( links […]

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Sketching the Randolph’s skyline : part 1

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This week while visiting the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford I also tried the lunch at their rooftop restaurant – and very good it was too! However, being an urban sketcher, I was quite taken with the view of the rooftops from the Ashmolean to the Randolph Hotel opposite – and decided to return equipped with […]

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