Category Archives: bamboo dip pen

Nineteen musicians and two train-spotters

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Ed Mostly

A jazz band in Oswestry (my sister’s playing saxophone) sketched from the balcony of the old chapel they rehearse in… …Nik Jovcic-Sas busking in front of the queue for the Roman Baths… …an acapella group singing Bulgarian and Romanian folk songs … Continue reading →

Posted in bamboo dip pen, Bath, buskers, coloured ink, Lexington grey, musicians, urban, urban sketching | Tagged bamboo dip pen, bamboo dip pen sketches, sketch of jazz band, sketching in Bath, sketching musicians, The Fast Show, The Soup Dragons, urban sketching | 2 Comments

A rural interlude…

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Ed Mostly

Here is a Welsh valley sketched twice in different media (Sally says it looks like a Geography textbook…), four views from a train in four different media (felt-tip, pencil, ink-brush, watercolour), some sheep and lambs (topical!), and a different Welsh valley (out-take … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, bamboo dip pen, clouds, farm, opaque watercolour, rural, Wales | Tagged rural sketching, sketch of Welsh valley, sketches of sheep, sketching views from train, The Monkees | 2 Comments

Domestic dip-pen

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Ed Mostly

Indoor bamboo dip-pen sketches of Sally reading and Jim having a go with another dip-pen, both in glorious multi-coloured De Atramentis ink, with a light watercolour wash.

Posted in bamboo dip pen, domestic, line drawing, people watching | Tagged bamboo dip pen, De Atramentis inks, domestic sketching, Pentangle | 2 Comments

Bath time!

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Ed Mostly

Some recent sketches of the Roman Baths in bamboo dip-pen and pencil, with watercolour washes. The Baths are a great winter sketching location; outdoors but warmed by the thermal springs, and with lots of passing people to add interest and … Continue reading →

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Docking

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Ed Mostly

When is a sketch not a sketch? This one from October took almost two hours, which seems to take it beyond ‘sketchiness’, losing some of the looseness and energy along the way… It was done on my third visit to Bristol … Continue reading →

Posted in bamboo dip pen, boats, Bristol, River Avon, sketchcrawl, urban, urban sketching, white pen | Tagged bomb, sketching boats, sketching docks, sketching in Bristol, Spiritualized, urban sketching | 6 Comments

Old friends

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Ed Mostly

I’m very fortunate to have three friends that I’ve known since early childhood; it’s wonderful to be able to share such a long perspective on our intertwined lives. We met this weekend to celebrate Si’s 50th birthday with a walk through the Cotswolds, and a … Continue reading →

Posted in bamboo dip pen, body, coloured ink, journeys, pencil | Tagged bamboo dip pen sketches, pub sketch, sketching in the Cotswolds, sketching walkers, sketching while walking, Tiny Tim | 4 Comments

Skylines

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Ed Mostly

Sorry for the lack of posts here recently (and thanks to Chris for the reminder!). I’ve got into a habit of posting my urban sketches to the USk Facebook page, leaving just the more domestic ones for the blog. So … Continue reading →

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Progress and time

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Ed Mostly

A reflective post for the first day of the New Year… Five years ago, when I started sketching, I tried drawing my daughter. She was so (rightly) appalled by the result (I’d turned her into a wizened elf) that I was effectively … Continue reading →

Posted in bamboo dip pen, body, collections, comparisons, family, figures, line drawing | Tagged improving in drawing, pencil portraits, sketches of figures, sketching progress, The Get Down | 9 Comments

My eyes! My eyes!

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Ed Mostly

A GIF-tastic round-up of some recent sketches, mostly of Bath, showing how water-colour works with drawings done in bamboo dip-pen and coloured ink. I love the way that the coloured ink lines can fade back into the sketch or be brought forward, … Continue reading →

Posted in bamboo dip pen, Bath, boats, coloured ink, figures, GIF, inks, kit, technique, urban, urban sketching, watercolour sketch | Tagged bamboo dip pen, bamboo dip pen sketches, coloured ink sketches, De Atramentis inks, Frank Black, urban sketching | 8 Comments

Multi-coloured dip-pen

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Ed Mostly

For the last few months nearly all my sketching has been in bamboo dip-pen and multi-coloured inks. I love the juicy draggable lines I get with the dip-pen, the wide variation in width and saturation, and having a range of coloured inks … Continue reading →