Buscot Park, Oxfordshire

Blue skies and plenty of warm sunshine yesterday prompted us to pay a repeat visit to Buscot Park, a nearby National Trust property.  Although at this time of the year most of the flowering plants were finished there were plenty of interesting vistas with the water garden cascading down to the lake, fountains, statues and a fascinating obelisk sundial at the top of the Egyptian Avenue.

Before heading home I made a quick tour of the inside of the house, just to look at the four magnificent large paintings by Pre-Raphaelite painter, Edward Burne-Jones,  which decorate the entire width of three walls of the saloon.  They are entitled "The Legend of the Briar Rose" and are based on the Sleeping Beauty story.

I managed a couple of quick sketches in my new Hahnemuhle Cappuccino book - the clock tower is definitely a bit wonky as I was attempting this standing up.

Pen, watercolour and burnt sienna watercolour marker