> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The Offa's Dyke Sketchbook - URL: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/the-offas-dyke-sketchbook/ - Published: 2026-10-01T12:33:59.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-01T14:12:21.000Z - Description: My sketchbook from Offa's Dyke - Author: Andy Marshall [Skip to the sketchbook](#sb-art) [ANDY MARSHALLPHOTOGRAPHY, PLACE & GENIUS LOCI](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/)OFFA’S DYKE / SEPTEMBER 2026[The original · £220 ↗](#sb-original) # A WALK IN INK. My sketchbook from Offa’s Dyke. ![Purple berries, blue flowers and green foliage, drawn in ink and watercolour.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/10/hedgerow.webp)![A purple ink and watercolour statue of Hercules framed by tall green hedges at Chirk Castle.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/10/hercules.webp)![A farmhouse and red-roofed barns with grazing cattle beneath green hills, painted across a folded spread.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/10/farmhouse.webp) 01 / THE BOOK ## A journey. Unfolded. I love working in the concertina format because the journey unfolds quite literally, with one place leading into the next. ![The original concertina sketchbook standing open, showing a continuous sequence of paintings from the journey.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/10/unfolded.webp) 02 / MADE ON THE WAY ## Making the sketchbook. ![An unfinished ink and watercolour farmhouse spread on a windowsill, beside an open paint palette, pens and belongings from the journey.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/10/progress.webp) The sketchbook part way through a painting. As I travelled through the landscape, I tried to capture something of the places I visited in my sketchbook. Working in ink and watercolour, I found myself immersed in each place through observation. I often began a sketch on location. If I didn’t finish it there, I would return to it in a hotel, bar or café along the way. 03 / ON THE PAGE ## Every line. A place. Select a page to look closer. ![Ink and watercolour self-portrait beside architectural details and handwritten notes from Hereford.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/10/hereford.webp) ![Purple berries, blue flowers and green foliage, drawn in ink and watercolour.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/10/hedgerow.webp) ![A pale blue Land Rover beneath a barn roof, surrounded by foliage and dark ink lines.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/10/landrover.webp) ![A richly coloured memorial at St Nicholas, Montgomery, drawn across a double-page spread.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/10/montgomery.webp) ![The former post office in Oswestry, now the Wilfred Owen pub, with handwritten architectural observations.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/10/oswestry.webp) ![A red-brick frontage with white windows, flower boxes and café tables, painted at the Royal Oak in Welshpool.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/10/royaloak.webp) ![White ink heraldic ironwork above a warm orange watercolour of workers’ cottages at Chirk Castle.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/10/chirk.webp) ![A purple ink and watercolour statue of Hercules framed by tall green hedges at Chirk Castle.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/10/hercules.webp) ![A pasted paper illustration of an abbot surrounded by small camper van and camera stamps and a handwritten note.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/10/collected.webp) ![A narrowboat on Pontcysyllte Aqueduct beneath a broad blue-grey watercolour sky, with fields below.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/10/aqueduct.webp) ![A farmhouse and red-roofed barns with grazing cattle beneath green hills, painted across a folded spread.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/10/farmhouse.webp) ![The sketchbook, open watercolour palette, brush, fountain pen and pencil case used on the journey.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/10/kit.webp) 04 / THE MATERIALS ## What came with me. THE BOOK Hahnemühle A6 concertina sketchbook THE COLOUR Roman Szmal watercolours THE LINE De Atramentis ink, bought in Hay-on-Wye 05 / THE ORIGINAL ## The original sketchbook. I’m offering this sketchbook for sale to help fund future tours and walks. It’s the original book I carried and worked in along the way, with its ink drawings, watercolours and collected pieces - not a print or a reproduction. There is just this one book, so this is a one-time opportunity to own it. Thank you for supporting the journeys, photographs and stories still to come. THE ORIGINAL SKETCHBOOK £220 Including postage to the UK and Europe. [Buy the sketchbook ↗](https://buy.stripe.com/3cI3cw3yEaMB6x14fL5gc06?ref=digest.andymarshall.co) Secure checkout with Stripe. ![The original concertina sketchbook standing open, showing a continuous sequence of paintings from the journey.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2026/10/unfolded.webp) The sale is for the sketchbook only. Painting materials shown are not included. [ANDY MARSHALLPHOTOGRAPHY, PLACE & GENIUS LOCI](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/)© 2026 Andy MarshallType & credits Inter and Oswald are used under the SIL Open Font License 1.1\. [Inter licence](https://github.com/google/fonts/blob/main/ofl/inter/OFL.txt?ref=digest.andymarshall.co) · [Oswald licence](https://github.com/google/fonts/blob/main/ofl/oswald/OFL.txt?ref=digest.andymarshall.co). Layout and graphic shapes are original HTML/CSS. Sketchbook photographs supplied by Andy Marshall. 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