On the shortest day of the year the sun decided that it was going to come out and the rain stopped for a while. Well, we don’t get that many good days this time of year so I decided to skip the consumerist frenzy that is Christmas shopping for the day and go out to […]
After a day of rain the skies brightened, the clouds parted and it turned into a nice summer’s evening. So – time to get the bike out and go for a ride; this time over to Stonesfield which is about ten miles west of Oxford. This is somewhere I’ve been sketching before as the village […]
With the days lengthening slightly I’ve been trying to go out and do some more sketching. Here in Oxfordshire its been frosty with freezing nights but also a few days where the Sun comes out. Although far from warm that’s enough for me to go out to explore. One Oxfordshire village that I’ve drawn before […]
This week I’ve been back to draw more of the village of Stonesfield, Oxfordshire. Stonesfield is about 8 miles NW of Oxford and so is quiet enough for me to enjoy getting out in the country again. Last week I did a post of a couple of drawings in the village of ‘The Old Bakehouse’. […]
Stonesfield is a village about 5 miles north-west of Oxford, on the way to Charlbury and the eastern fringes of the Cotswold’s. One Sunday afternoon I decided to go and explore a little around the back lanes here and in the older part of the village. At the junction of Boot Street and Churchfields I […]