Location
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Cows at Gatton
Gatton Park has many fine views, thanks to a combination of the natural landscape and to Lancelot “Capability” Brown’s attention some 250 years ago. I have drawn this particular view a few times using different techniques – this vector graphic created using the LibreOffice drawing tools is my favourite to date. This style makes everything…
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Drawing Room
This scene of calm was the room where we rested after one of our days walking a section of Offa’s Dyke. There is a great contrast between the light and dark areas in this scene, which is always an interesting challenge to achieve with only a black pen. The walk was a challenge too of…
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Under Reigate Hill
Well obviously this isn’t really “under” the hill – this is the path that runs from the main Reigate Hill road to Wray Lane, and so the path effectively runs across the foot of the hill. However, to me the phrase “under the hill” sums this up rather well and I get to choose the…
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Goðafoss
Iceland has several magnificent waterfalls, many with equally impressive names. The name Goðafoss is often translated as “waterfall of the gods” and the view across it is certainly awe-inspiring. In the summer you might reasonably expect to see this fall illuminated by bright sunshine, but on our visit the sky was a leaden grey which…
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Raindrops
The way that raindrops play with light is fascinating and, if you can remember from physics how lenses work, not too difficult to understand. This picture is simply an attempt to get the rain-on-glass effect to look realistic. The rather blurry background to the scene is actually Iceland, a place that provides all sorts of…
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A Perspective on Stowe
Stowe House sits in the middle of the equally magnificent Stowe Gardens, now run by the National Trust. The house itself contains a school about which regretably I know very little – which I’m sure is my loss rather than theirs! However, I do know that the gardens and buildings of Stowe offer many amazing…
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A Gate in York
York has many streets which are called gates – and this is a drawing of one of them. This gate is straighter than many, although perhaps not quite as straight as I have drawn it. I think too that there are often many more people walking down this street – perhaps everyone is elsewhere because…
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Battle Undercroft
Battle is of course famous as being the place where “William the Bastard” (or “Guillaume le Batard” as he was known back home) became “William the Conqueror” by beating the incumbent king Harold Godwinson. An abbey was subsequently built to mark the spot and the occasion, the remains of which are still standing. This particular…
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Polesden Lacey
Well, actually this is a view looking in from outside the fence. However, with the trees full of leaves, there is not much of the estate to be seen here …
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A Bridge Over The River Kwai
No – this is not THAT bridge! The original bridge was both built at enormous cost to the prisoners conscripted to construct it and then destroyed by bombing during the Second World War. This bridge was built after the war, but of course is now often visited by those coming to understand and pay tribute…
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