Out exploring southern Oxfordshire on the weekend. Visiting churches, in search of tea and cake but also doing some more sketching in East Hagbourne. For more see my blog below:- bryanmatthews.org/2025/08/21/s...

Sketching seasonal fruits has its advantages - like it's a shame to waste this stuff - delicious !

This afternoon visiting Abingdon and sketching this view towards the market Square. For more click on the link to my WordPress post below bryanmatthews.org/2025/08/09/a...

After a day of rain, the clouds parted and the Sun came out. Time to go for a ride to Stonesfield in West Oxfordshire and do some sketching. For more visit my WordPress site via the link below bryanmatthews.org/2025/08/07/a...

On a rainy Saturday I sat and sketched people outside the Oxford Weatherspoons. More on my blog below bryanmatthews.org/2025/06/08/s...

Sketching more of Bath Road, Abingdon bryanmatthews.org/2025/05/28/b...

Last week - out visiting Artweeks events - and stopping to sketch this pub in Benson. more via the link below bryanmatthews.org/2025/05/22/s...

Sketching cottages and a local pub in Blewbury, Southern Oxfordshire. More on my blog- bryanmatthews.org?p=8253

Sketching Bliss tweed Mill near Chipping Norton more on my blog bryanmatthews.org/2025/04/29/c...

Sketching The Randolph Hotel in Oxford again. bryanmatthews.org/2025/04/15/s...

On a weekend - sketching Bath Street in Abingdon, while the world whirls on it's way. More on my blog site via the link below bryanmatthews.org/2025/03/19/s...

A couple of weeks ago I was down in South Oxfordshire- sketching Ivy Farm Cottage at West Hagbourne. More about this on my blog, below: bryanmatthews.org/2025/03/16/s...

At the weekend I took advantage of the sunshine to go sketching in Christ Church meadows, Oxford. more on my blog via the link below. bryanmatthews.org/2025/03/06/s...

Another sunny day in Oxford!

Taking advantage of a sunnier day to go back out to the Oxfordshire countryside. Visiting the church and pub at Swinbrook - but still a bit too early for the daffs!

In the late afternoon I headed into Oxford - sketching St John's College with that golden light going fast... More on my WordPress site at bryanmatthews.org/2025/02/22/s...

Yesterday I braved another grey and cold day to actually go and do some sketching in Oxford. This this a sign of early Spring? More on my WordPress site at bryanmatthews.org/2025/02/14/s...

On Wednesday I went out sketching with the Oxford Urban Sketchers - drawing the the Christmas market on Broad Street. For more visit my blog below bryanmatthews.org/2024/12/06/s...

A few days ago, I took advantage of a break in the weather to venture out: braving some of our local flooding to go sketching at the foot of the Berkshire Downs. Visiting Letcombe Regis and Letcombe Bassett to sketch churches and country cottages. More on my blog bryanmatthews.org/2024/11/28/a...

Here is one of my watercolours from a few years ago. It's of an old alleyway in Winchester - between the Cathedral and the Old Market Cross - something I call 'Walking past St.Lawrence's'. For more visit my blog at bryanmatthews.org/2024/11/27/w... or my etsy shop at www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...

Baking some cheese scones this afternoon - they're supposed to be a trio of elephants and a couple of giraffe - but turned out more like Dino's!

A tale of two sketches - drawing two sketches of Catte Street in Oxford - on consecutive Sundays. #Oxford #Sketching For more visit my blog via the link below bryanmatthews.org?p=7600

Sketching The George Hotel in Dorchester on Thames on a chilly November afternoon. #GeorgeHotel #Sketching #Oxfordshire

Out sketching The Tudor House at #Northleach Gloucestershire For more visit my website via the link below bryanmatthews.org/2024/10/27/t...

On a damp Sunday afternoon - having a go at sketching The Randolph Hotel in Oxford. #Oxford #RandolphHotel #urbansketching For visit my blog post at bryanmatthews.org/2024/10/20/s...

Back in Oxford - and sketching down the Cowley road again. more on my blog post - link below bryanmatthews.org/2024/09/27/s... #Oxford #urbansketching #carblight

Back from a holiday - going around parts of Kent and the cinque ports. Here is my watercolour from Hastings beach - more on my blog via this link bryanmatthews.org/2024/09/22/s... #Hastings #watercolour #watercolor #funicular

Sketching The Gurka Village restaurant, kidlington (just north of Oxford). For more visit my blog at bryanmatthews.org/2024/08/10/s... P.s. Staying off of 'X' for a while but happy enough to post on here..

Sketching at the corner of Catte Street & Broad Street in Oxford on a Sunday morning. It's busy but it's a nice day - and the light is good. For more visit my blog via this link bryanmatthews.org/2024/07/16/s...

Back to East Hagbourne - sketching on a quiet summer's afternoon #EastHagbourne #Oxfordshire #sketching for visit my blog site via this link bryanmatthews.org/2024/06/21/b...

From a couple of days ago : out sketching country cottages in Bishopstone, Wiltshire on a lovely Sunday afternoon ! #Bishopstone #sketching For more visit my blog via this link- bryanmatthews.org/2024/06/04/s...

A post from way back in April - out sketching in East Hagbourne (southern Oxfordshire) and dodging the the rain and occasional lightning. For more visit my WordPress blog at bryanmatthews.org/2024/06/02/s...

Sketching the local Skoda dealership on a Friday evening - oh, it doesn't get much more exciting than this. Here's my sketch in-situ - and a link to my WordPress post. bryanmatthews.org/2024/05/31/s...

A sketch from my latest holiday in Alicante, Spain. It's a view from the Santa Cruz church at the top of the old town - towards the castle. #Alicante #SantaCruz #watercolour #sketch For more visit my WordPress blog via this link bryanmatthews.org/2024/05/18/i...

Here is one of my sketches from a while back - its part of a view of the Westgate Shopping Centre in Oxford -drawn from inside the John Lewis cafe ! for more visit my blog via this link bryanmatthews.org/2024/04/29/s... #Oxford #Westgate #sketch

Visiting Alicante and sketching the Santa Cruz district and city from beneath the castle. #Alicante #Spain #Sketching For more my sketches and some views visit my post on WordPress at - bryanmatthews.org/2024/04/07/v...

Sketching houses on London Street, Faringdon for visit my WordPress site at - bryanmatthews.org/2024/04/07/s...

Having recently made it back to Alicante, Spain - and after visiting various cafes venturing out to sketch the old town. Also this relocated metal lighthouse - now sited outside the city's docks. For more visit my WordPress site - bryanmatthews.org/2024/04/03/t...

I was out on a cold and blustery weekend drawing the Old School and former Parish clerk's House in downtown Yarnton. This is a small village which is just north of #Oxford - and there is some history here. For more - here is a link to my WordPress post bryanmatthews.org/2024/03/01/t...

Yesterday afternoon I braved the grey skies and cold wind to go out and sketch a ruinous barn near the village of Yarnton, North Oxford. Here is my sketch and a link to my WordPress post. bryanmatthews.org/2024/02/26/f...

On a Sunday afternoon I went out to do some sketching of the Oxford North 'Innovation area'. This is quite a striking development - a mass of concrete and steel with attendant cranes #North Oxford #urban sketch #Oxford For more here is a link to my WordPress post bryanmatthews.org/2024/02/22/s...

After a day going around Oxford in the rain i dropped into the Ashmolean's rooftop cafe to do some sketching - here is my view of the Randolph hotel opposite. #Oxford #Ashmolean #Randolph #sketching For more visit my blog via the link below bryanmatthews.org/2024/02/08/t...

Out sketching Blenheim Palace from the formal gardens on a cold but sunny day. #Blenheim #Sketching For more visit my blog at bryanmatthews.org/2024/01/19/s...

Braving the cold to go out and do a little sketching around #Oxford #OxfordMartinSchool Below is my partial sketch of the Oxford Martin School For this and other drawings visit my artwork site via the link below bryanmatthews.org/2024/01/18/s...

Here is my watercolour of #Tadmarton Church in northern #Oxfordshire For more visit my website at bryanmatthews.org/2024/01/07/s...

I visited The Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock way back in November and while there took the time to draw this 25 pounder artillery piece which sits by the entrance. For more visit my WordPress site.

Here is a sketch from a while ago - it's the Iffley Road Fish & Chip shop, Oxford. For more visit my WordPress site at bryanmatthews.org/2024/01/04/s...

I haven't been doing as much sketching as I might like over this past month, but yesterday the Sun came out briefly at Christ Church College meadows and I managed a couple of drawings. More on my WordPress site via this link bryanmatthews.org/2023/12/13/s...

With the light changing fast I took the opportunity to do some sketching next to Thrupp canal basin (Oxfordshire). With the Sun setting rapidly there was just a moment when it caught the clouds and reflected bands of orange in the canal - and then it was gone. #oxford #canal #sketching #thrupp

Here is another of my buildings drawings - this time of Oxford Town Hall. This is quite a daunting building to draw - and not often attempted. I'd also like to add some watercolour but that is even more of a leap unless just a basic colour scheme. #oxford #MOX #carfax #urbansketch