Category Archives: animal

Two Dogs

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Ed Mostly

First there’s Skip, who sat beside me while I sketched people on a beach in Tenby. She was poised and alert, watching a gap in the fence where a rat had just appeared and vanished, but I had to be quick! Then there’s 3 … Continue reading →

Posted in animal, coloured ink, dogs, from life, line drawing, monochrome, pencil, pets | Tagged coloured inks, dog resting, drawing pets, fountain pen sketching, let sleeping dogs lie, pecil sketch of dog, sketches of pets, sketching dogs, sketching with Noodlers inks, The Exciters | 3 Comments

Ow, my head hurts

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Two bisected heads; first a pickled crocodile at the Grant Museum in London (tiny and old but very lovely), and then an anatomical model human at the Tokyo Museum of Emerging Science (large and modern, where I saw all the … Continue reading →

Posted in animal, body, coloured ink, death, exhibitions, from life, inks, Japan, line drawing, monochrome, museum, skulls | Tagged anatomical sketches, bisected heads, crocodile head, fountain pen sketches, Grant Museum, Rage Against the Machine, section of crocodile head, section of human head, sketching in museums, sketching with coloured inks, Tokyo Museum of Emerging Science | 3 Comments

Skulls

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Ed Mostly

A bit late for Halloween, but here are some recent skull sketches. The first is of the full-size medical model that I’ve drawn many times before. I love its tricky curves and deep hollows, and the brown and blue inks combine to … Continue reading →

Posted in animal, body, coloured ink, death, fruit, inks, Japan, Lexington grey, monochrome, skulls | Tagged ape skull, different views of an object, drawings of skulls, fountain pen sketches, human skull, macaque skull, monochrome sketches, Noodlers inks for sketching, sketching in ink, skull netsuke, The Kinks | 1 Comment

One lump or two?

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Pencil, fountain pen and water-brush with Lexington grey, wine stain, A6 – 20 minutes Water-brush with Lexington grey, A5 – 10 minutes A new favourite toy model animal, the familiar but strange Dromedary (the one-humped camel of Africa, Arabia etc). It has the strong curves … Continue reading →

Posted in animal, brush pen, hatching, inks, monochrome, toys | Tagged Bactrian camel, camels, contre jour, cross-hatching, dromedary, shadows, Super Furry Animals, toy model animal | 1 Comment

Royal visitor

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Ed Mostly

My parents’ terrier, Queenie, came to stay for a couple of days during Christmas. She was an interesting subject to draw, especially her back legs, but easier to sketch when resting in her basket… Lexington grey water-brush and pen, white Uni … Continue reading →

Posted in animal, brush pen, coloured paper, from life, home, line drawing, monochrome, pencil, pets, white marker pen | Tagged Badly Drawn Boy, dog, dog basket, Queenie, sleeping dog, terrier, Uni Posca brush pen | Leave a comment

Dragon

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Ed Mostly

A quick monochrome sketch of a three piece dragon sculpture at the bottom of the garden. I’ve drawn it before, concentrating on the head section, but this time wanted to show the full serpentine body, apparently swimming through the ground. 1mm … Continue reading →

Posted in animal, garden, home, Lexington grey, monochrome, sculpture | Tagged Basement Jaxx, dragon, serpentine | Leave a comment

Dead toad

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Ed Mostly

I found this toad belly up in the garden last Summer, and returned to sketch it several times it over a few weeks. The colours changed, the body grew, then shrank, and the arms moved. Looks like he/she’s playing air … Continue reading →