My sketches usually take a while but in a change to my usual style I tried some quick thumbnail type sketches. These took a couple of minutes each – and I think they turned out o.k.! Below are my four sketches… … and the views they are based on. That is about it for this […]
Last week I took a day trip to the old market town of Marlborough in Wiltshire – in search of inspiration and perhaps a little sketching. Marlborough is on an old coaching route from London to Bristol, Bath and to the west country and is perhaps most famous for its broad High Street, lined with […]
This is another of my townscapes – its another watercolour, a view along Kingsbury Street with the tower of St Mary’s Church in the background. This is from a quick visit a few weeks ago – on a beautiful spring day. I guess I am more used to just stopping off – usually on the […]
Passing through Marlborough the other weekend and stopping to take a stroll up and down the High Street on a very spring-like day. Some more exploration around the church and beyond revealed a wealth of vernacular architecture and inspired this watercolour painting of ‘The Green’. With the church peeking through this row of houses, this […]