Tag: Faringdon

Sketching houses on London Street, Faringdon

.Reading time 2 minutes.

In the past I’ve drawn several sketches of Faringdon in West Oxfordshire and about a month ago ventured out again to draw parts of the town’s London Street. Coming down the hill into the town the road is lined with a mixture of houses that have largely been left relatively un-redeveloped. After finding somewhere to […]

Read More

Learning from experience? Drawing St. Mary’s Church at Ashbury.

.Reading time 2 minutes.

Here in Oxfordshire we’ve been waiting for the summer proper to arrive. With high pressure over the North Sea and winds from the northeast we’ve been having a lot of cloudy mornings – not good for drawing. However yesterday the Sun came out a little earlier and it was like a proper summer’s day for […]

Read More

Back to Faringdon

.Reading time 2 minutes.

I went back to Faringdon, Oxfordshire, last week and sat for a while, drawing one of my favourite buildings there. This is a view of The Sadlers – that’s the blue fronted deli and restaurant on the right of my picture. The building in the middle, with it’s quirky windows, steps and porch was once […]

Read More

Back to Faringdon

.Reading time 3 minutes.

I have been doing a series of drawings around the Old Town Hall and Market Square in Faringdon. This is the last of this present series of drawings. With the Spring weather here becoming more winter-like, I’ve spent a couple of hours today finishing off another of my drawings while waves of snow showers are […]

Read More

More drawing in Faringdon

.Reading time 2 minutes.

I’ve done a series of sketches in the old coaching market town of Faringdon over the past couple of weeks. Today was a day for catching up with some more drawing of one of these views. Below is a photo of a view I chose to draw, tucked in next to the Old Town Hall […]

Read More