Category Archives: Bath

46 strangers

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Urban sketching turns the busy city centre into a giant, free (clothed) life-drawing class. It’s great practise for gesture drawing, and you’ve got to be fast to catch the pedestrians, but some are sitting ducks… Here are members of the public around Bath over … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, coloured paper, from life, line drawing, people, street scene, urban | Tagged Bath, checking phones, coloured paper, free life-drawing, gesture drawing, head down hands up, reading newspaper, seated figures, sketching pedestrians, Spacemen 3, street scenes, tourists queuing, urban sketching | 1 Comment

Bath streets

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Lexington grey in fountain pen and water-brush, watercolour, white Gelly Roll pen, A7 – 10 minutes drawing and ink wash on site, 10 minutes at home for colour My recent sketching’s been more domestic than urban so here are a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, buildings, from life, Lexington grey, urban | Tagged architecture, Bath streets, cars, clouds, David Bowie, fountain pen, Georgian buildings, Lexington grey, terrace, urban, urban sketching, watercolour sketch | 2 Comments

Birds flying, pigs not

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Swifts and seagulls flying over our house at dusk. I wanted to work out the seagulls’ odd wing angles (forward and up, and back and down?) as they’re ubiquitous in Bath at the moment, and very hard to get right; so I did … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, Bath, Birds, coloured paper, from life, line drawing, monochrome, sketching | Tagged birds in flight, pencil sketch, piglets, pigs, seagulls, sketching from photos, soaring, Stowford Manor, swifts, The Flaming Lips | Leave a comment

Buskers

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Here are two of the many Bath buskers. The first is Ben Powell, an impeccable finger-style guitar player who I’ve sketched a few times before (see below). The weather’s been fine so he’s barefoot this time. I showed him the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, body, clothing, Feet, from life, hands, line drawing, musical instrument, people, sketching, street scene, urban, white pen | Tagged Ben Powell, busker, fingerstyle, flip flop, fountain pen, guitar, guitar player, John Williams, singing, Steve Robinson | 2 Comments

Sketchcrawl

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Lexington grey water-brush, pencil, white pastel, A5 – 30 minutes Here’s Jim busy drawing when six of us met up for a Bath sketchcrawl this weekend. One of the main motivations for starting this blog was to try and meet up … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, coloured paper, from life, hands, Lexington grey, monochrome, pencil, people, sketching, urban, watching | Tagged bench, hat, Jim, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, reclining chair, sketchcrawl, sketchers | Leave a comment

Rear windows #2

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Ed Mostly

White Uni Posca brush-pen, pencil, white pastel, A5 – one hour over two days The back of the King’s Circus, Bath, drawn from a convenient bench outside the Fashion Museum. Standing in the middle of the Circus the circular terrace of symmetrical … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, buildings, coloured paper, from life, line drawing, monochrome, pencil, sketching, technique, urban, white pen | Tagged bench, chimney pots, circular buildings, drainpipes, drawing buildings, Kings Circus, Pop Muzik - M, rear windows, Tv aerial | 2 Comments

Stantonbury

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Lexington grey broad fountain pen and water-brush, water-colour, A6 – 20 minutes A quick sketch of a familiar view, looking South West towards Stantonbury Hill about 4 miles away. It was a balmy early summer evening, the trees all in leaf, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, from life, home, landscape, seasonal, sketching, sky, trees, watercolour sketch, weather | Tagged early summer, fountain pen, horizon, Stantonbury Hill, sunset, The Seekers | Leave a comment

All together now…

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Pencil, Lexington grey water-brush, water-colour, A6 – 20 minutes A small part of the excellent Mendip Male Voice Choir, pencil sketched while they sang ‘Goldfinger’ and ‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life’ at All Saints Church in Weston, Bath. I added … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, clothing, from life, Lexington grey, line drawing, pencil, people, sketching | Tagged concert, groups, Mendip Male Voice Choir, Monty Python, old men, shirt and tie, singing, The Suzan | Leave a comment

At the fair

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Pencil, white Gelly Roll pen, water-brush with dilute Lexington grey ink, gouache, A5 – 20 minutes pencil drawing at the fair, 20 minutes at home with the ink and gouache We’ve been away for the week (I’ll post some seaside sketches soon) and in … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, coloured paper, from life, gouache, park, pencil, trees, urban, vehicles | Tagged Beatles, brown paper, fairground, flags, helter skelter, Led Zeppelin, Lexington grey ink, pencil drawing, white gelly roll pen | 2 Comments

Spring has sprung

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Pencil, Lexington grey water-brush and fountain pen, watercolour, white Gelly Roll pen, blue Uni Posca brush pen, A5 – various times A double page spread from last weekend, when the weather was fine, the clocks went forward and everyone was out … Continue reading →