Tag: Vernacular

Drawing Oxford Broad Street

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It has been a showery week but in the sunnier intervals I’ve been around Oxford some more and have completed several new sketches. A couple of days ago I managed to get into the city relatively early and drew some of the shops that front Broad Street – a mix of old buildings with colourful […]

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A watercolour sketch of Ewelme Church

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A quick watercolour sketch of Ewelme Church, in Southern Oxfordshire. I’ve tried various sketches of Ewelme, but  have yet to produce a half- decent full watercolour. It is a lovely church – one of my favourites, but for some reason I find it difficult to do justice to it in paint If you don’t know […]

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On the corner of Ship Street and Cornmarket, Oxford

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Another watercolour of a favorite subject – No.s 26 – 27 on the corner of Ship Street and Cornmarket in Oxford. This building has seen many changes. Now it houses a Pret and a currency Exchange, but it was originally built around 1386. The building is owned by Jesus College and was at one time […]

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Manfred Schotten Antiques, 109 The High Street, Burford

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Here is one of my earlier buildings views – it is one of a collection of buildings along the High Street in Burford in West Oxfordshire. This is an old market town with plenty of interesting historic vernacular buildings and some nice pubs – as well as any number of teashops. Also worth checking out […]

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