Category Archives: benches

A mixed bag

Posted on October 16, 2021 by Ed Mostly

This month I have been mostly using Caran d’Ache Luminance pencils, in ‘dark indigo’. They’re my new favourite mark-maker; soft and responsive on the paper, lots of pigment for rich lines, and barely any smudging. They combine well with watercolour, … Continue reading →

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Six pigeons

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Ed Mostly

Sat on my habitual weekend sketching perch, the steps by the back-door to the Roman Baths, overlooking the paved square next to Bath Abbey. The people on the benches were the original focus for the sketch, and then the pigeons … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, benches, brush pen, figures, ink brush, Lexington grey, people watching, street scene, urban, urban sketching | Tagged Bath Abbey, brush-pen sketching, Kuretake #40, sketch of people on benches, sketch of pigeons, sketching in Bath, Teenage Fanclub, urban sketching | 2 Comments