Oxford – The Boswell’s Crane

There is usually something going on in Oxford and it seems that there is always building and/or roadworks. I generally take that as a good sign as it means that people still have some money for building/refurbishing/repairs. Being an urban artist (amongst other things), it is something that I tend to notice though I guess […]

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Drawing Broad Street, Oxford

With the summer turning distinctly Autumnal, I’ve been trying to get out and do more drawing – before those evenings draw in and the temperatures drop. I’ve also been continuing with a fairly ambitious round of drawings – that is in terms of scope and complexity. With this in mind I went back to Oxford […]

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A Broad Street Panorama

One of my Oxford projects has been to draw a new panorama of the Clarendon Building and Sheldonian Theatre on Broad Street. I found a quiet spot outside the Weston Library – somewhere just tucked away enough to be out of the main thoroughfare. Because there is quite a lot of drawing involved I found […]

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Broad Street 2

A few days ago I posted a drawing and a watercolour view of Broad Street in Oxford. I also mentioned that I might extend this panorama out a little, and possibly to add a couple of passing cyclists – the above is the result of this little experiment in watercolour. It is a bit sketchier […]

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A view of Broad Street, Oxford

Yesterday I posted my initial drawing of a view along Broad Street in Oxford. Today’s post is just an update on that with an initial watercolour of that drawing. This is far from complete and I suspect that I might be back to draw some more and add to this panorama. If time and space […]

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