Sketching Blenheim Palace – and adding some colour

On my last visit to Blenheim Palace I drew the eastern side of the Palace. That can be seen in this previous post ‘Sketching Blenheim Palace’ and here is my line drawing of this view. This is just a update to show the same drawing but with a mixture of watercolour and acrylics added. I’m […]

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Sketching Blenheim Palace

With summer and the school holidays upon us, Oxford has gone from a relatively quiet place to being busily with a mixture of tourists, teenagers and language students. I tend to prefer it quieter but do have the option to explore outside the city. This afternoon I headed out a few miles to do a […]

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Two watercolour sketches of Blenheim Palace

Previously I’ve done a few sketches and the occasional watercolour of Blenheim Palace. Here I’m just playing around with a couple of similar watercolour sketches of the Palace and its landscaped surroundings. Although these are far from polished they are quite fun to do and spark a few ideas -perhaps in the summer to do […]

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Sketching around Blenheim

This weekend I managed to visit Blenheim Palace again for an afternoon of sketching. With plenty of October sunshine and left pretty much alone this is a good place to sketch. Firstly I set up to draw the lake and the view back to Woodstock. This is pretty much the view in the photograph below […]

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