Charlton (Malmesbury), Wiltshire

This is not the best picture of the font at Charlton. I was rather hoping to be able to sit and draw it. But I felt too embarrassed to stay and start in front of the many bell ringers doing their practising. The top doesn't match the bottom - imagine how lovely it would be with a simple base, not that incongruous (and hideous) angular thing. Its 'pellets' are familiar from other fonts B and I have seen. And the 'rope moulding' is maybe even a rather retro Anglo-Saxon design? It's a brilliant, simple, beautifully wonky font. I like it a lot.

Fuzzy image copyright Rhiannon 2015

Malmesbury, Wiltshire

The front of Malmesbury Abbey is quite spectacular. Trying to draw even a tiny part of it makes you appreciate something of how detailed and complicated it is.

 

This is a section of the arch that goes over the door (it's actually even wider).

 Images © Rhiannon 2014