Sketches of British Architecture Here and There

I am an international student studying at university in England. Having seen or read about British architecture only in books or film, it was a splendid discovery when I beheld them in London for the first time. Since then I have had the pleasure of visiting small British towns and the countryside and have been smitten by the picturesque villages with their quaint cottages.

My sketches are an appreciation of the resplendence of these centuries-old buildings dotted around England.

                                                                 The Colonnade

This is a sketch of the colonnade in my university campus. With beautiful arches overhanging its mosaic floor, the colonnade serves as a grand entrance to the campus’s courtyards.

                                                               A street in Haworth

In this sketch, I tried to capture the warmth and cosiness I felt in a winter morning in the town of the Brontë sisters, Haworth. 

                                                                 City Fish Bar, Canterbury

A sketch of a fish and chips restaurant in the cathedral city, Canterbury. This is one among an endless array of stunningly designed buildings lining every corner of the delightfully bustling High Street.

                                                                      L’Olivo, Margate              

The Italian restaurant L’Olivo near the Margate seafront immediately catches the eye as a bright splosh of red on the grey cobbled street.

                                                             The Turnways, Headingley

This is a house my sister had lived in. In the coldest days of December, blanketed by snow, it transformed into a monochrome of brown and white.