I had great fun yesterday at our sketch-crawl on the roof of Bath Abbey, I’ll scan and post pictures soon. In the meantime here are some speedy urban sketches from the last few months, using a variety of materials; the lines and basic shadow patterns were done fast on site, then colour added at home. The first two are in Bath and then a roadside burger-van sketched while waiting for a lift, all three using an ink-brush. Then a pencil sketch of a pub in Scotland, and finally a quick pen drawing of one the many famous black and white buildings in Chester. Pencil’s fluid, loose and fast, pen’s precise, and a fine-tipped ink-brush has aspects of both.
Grafwood pencil, Lexington grey in water-brush, brush-pen and fountain-pen, water-colour, A5 – various times
Great stuff! It was a really fab day yesterday Ed, many thanks for suggesting and organising the tower tour, and for hosting!
Thanks Jules, a lovely day with lots of good chat, excellent company and plenty to sketch! Ed
all great urban sketching sharing!! the first one is awesome with how the sky, clouds and tree shape the top of the image!!!
Thanks Rebecca, it was the massive cloud that caught my eye, echoing the tree below. Ed