Busy busy

Sitting on the lawn in front of the Royal Crescent trying to sketch everyone that passes by during a sunny 20 minutes, sometimes just catching their feet, sometimes seeing them in the distance. It’s a sort of survey/sampling exercise, a bit messy, but closer to the busy life of a tourist honey-pot than I’ve managed before! Drawn in brown and blue inks with my new favourite mark-maker, a bamboo dip-pen. Spot the tour guide holding up his umbrella for his group to follow, and someone taking a Crescent selfie… Followed by another recent sketch of people in Bath, this time in pencil, and rain.

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About Ed Mostly

Enthusiastic daily sketcher based in Bath Uk
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5 Responses to Busy busy

  1. miatagrrl's avatar miatagrrl says:

    Hmmm. . . It didn’t look that crowded when we were there! 😉 I enjoy your sketches even more now because I can picture the places vividly!

    Tina

  2. Viktoria's avatar Viktoria says:

    That was us, last summer! The Royal Crescent, the crowds. You ar lucky to live in such beautiful town.

  3. Jim's avatar Jim says:

    They look like spirits rising from the lawn of the Royal Crescent!
    And the second reminds me of those Arthur Wesley Dow notan drawings.

  4. Nicola Schofield's avatar Nicola says:

    I do love sketches where the crowd have umbrellas 🙂

  5. Ed Mostly's avatar Ed Mostly says:

    Thanks all, I like the idea of tourist spirits haunting the Crescent!

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