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Punting on the Cherwell is an original ink sketch by British artist William Rowsell, drawn on location on 11 July 2026. The work depicts people punting on the River Cherwell behind the Botanic Gardens in Oxford, captured from life with brush and black ink on paper — the punts reflected in the dappled green water under the shade of the riverside trees.
William sketches in black and white ink before painting en plein air in oils, using the process to simplify the scene and break it down to its essential form. This drawing is the record of that first encounter with the scene — immediate, direct, and unrepeatable.