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Author Archives: Ed Mostly
Didcot
Double page montage from a day visiting London. A tired underground train passenger, Didcot power station seen on the return train to Bath, and a contour drawing of chairs back home. The brown wash on the sketches is black tea, added … Continue reading
Posted in Bath, from life, journeys, Lexington grey, London, monochrome, sketching, trains, urban, zoo
Tagged chairs, Didcot, montage, passenger, power station, tea, Team America, The Upsetters, train window, tube train
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High contrast faces
Water-brush with Lexington grey ink, A6 – 10 minutes I was watching a Word War Two history documentary and was struck by a very high contrast photo of a group of men. I copied nine of the faces using ink-brush, … Continue reading
Posted in brush pen, Lexington grey, monochrome, TV
Tagged faces, high contrast, Lexington grey ink, Nazi collaborators, old photo, Talking Heads
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@ Bristol #2
Some more from @Bristol. Two sketches overlapping on one page creating an odd couple; a gorilla skeleton and a large model of Morph, a 1970’s children’s animation classic from Aardman. Each sketch took about 10 minutes, and that’s a paint accident, not … Continue reading
Posted in animals, collections, exhibitions, from life, museum, sculpture, skeleton, sketching
Tagged @ Bristol, Aardman, bones, cold nose, gorilla, Gorillaz, Morph, skull, the Odd Couple, thermal imaging
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@ Bristol #1
The massive main landing gear of an airliner, sketched at @Bristol. The wheels are about 5 foot high and it has an ‘articulating bogie unit’, hmmm… I spent 5 minutes marking the key lines in pencil to get the perspective … Continue reading
Specky
My commitment to daily drawing is regularly tested late evening. ‘It’s 10pm, I haven’t managed a sketch yet, what could I draw?’ Favourite models include a glass of water, my left hand, a model skull, or figures on TV; this … Continue reading
Posted in every day matters, from life, home, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome, objects, pencil
Tagged Band of Horses, daily drawing, glasses, specky, spectacles
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Walcot Street
Night-time view up Walcot Street while waiting for a burger at Schwartz Bros, a Bath institution. It took about 3 minutes to draw the lines on location, and 5 more at home to add the ink wash and yellow highlights … Continue reading
Posted in Bath, buildings, from life, Lexington grey, monochrome, night, urban, vehicles, waiting
Tagged night time, pedestrian, Schwartz burgers, street lamp, street scene, Walcot Street
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Sketching fuel
My sketching’s mostly fuelled by Lexington grey, a wonderful ink made by Noodlers in the USA. I use it in almost every sketch I do as it’s rapidly waterproof, but also safe for fountain pens. It works well with water-colour washes, and you … Continue reading
Posted in from life, grisaille, inks, kit, Lexington grey, monochrome, objects
Tagged Fatboy Slim, fountain pen, grey ink, Ink bottles, Lexington, Noodlers, teapot, Ugg boots, waterbrushes
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Shrubbery steps
Bath is full of steep footpaths, and I’ve sketched this one several times before, always looking down. Here I’m looking up for a change, on an overcast afternoon. 1mm Pigma pen, water-brush with dilute Lexington grey and Windsor and Newton inks, … Continue reading
Posted in Bath, coloured paper, from life, inks, Lexington grey, sketching, urban
Tagged David Bowie, footpath, looking up, steps, The Shrubbery
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Green Park Station
Saturday morning sketching with Louise and Mark at the farmer’s market in Green Park Station, Bath. (The last train left the station in 1962, part of the notorious Beeching cuts.) The line drawing took about 30 minutes, with another 20 … Continue reading
Posted in Bath, buildings, from life, inks, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome, panorama, people, sketching, urban
Tagged Beeching cuts, farmer's market, Green Park Station, Poppy day, Remembrance Sunday, The Monkees
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The Wild West
Guns, tipi pegs and keys from the recent ‘Gangsters and Gunslingers’ exhibition at the American Museum just outside Bath. Strange to see so many battered objects intimately associated with legendary figures. Dillinger’s fake gun was a particular delight. (Following a … Continue reading
Posted in Bath, collections, exhibitions, Lexington grey, monochrome, museum, objects, pencil
Tagged American Museum, Custer, fake gun, John Dillinger, prison keys, revolvers, The Specials, tipi pegs, Tombstone jail, Wyatt Earp
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Mostly drawing 