Category Archives: cafe

Funchal neighbourhood

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Ed Mostly

Yet more from Madeira… Fellow customers at our local bakery/cafe, a first floor view looking down the street we were staying in to the mountains beyond, and a much extended house on a steep street nearby (slightly Seuss-like with tower, external … Continue reading →

Posted in buildings, cafe, drawing buildings, Inktense, Madeira, monochrome, people watching, street scene, urban, urban sketching | Tagged cafe sketching, Derwent Inktense pencils, sketch in Funchal cafe, sketching buildings, sketching in Madeira, The Stairs, urban sketching | 3 Comments

Busy-ness

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Ed Mostly

A busy double-page sketch of a busy view, from upstairs at Picnic Cafe, this time looking down Upper Borough Walls; a typical Saturday afternoon in Bath, shoppers strolling and checking phones, seagulls soaring and me sketching. (The red phone boxes have been converted into … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, brush pen, buildings, cafe, figures, ink brush, Manchester Symposium, people watching, shoppers, street scene, urban, urban sketching | Tagged Bath, brush-pen sketching, ink brush sketching, Kuretake #8, Lexington grey, Manchester Symposium, Picnic cafe, sketch of busy street, sketching in Bath, The Clash, urban sketching | 4 Comments

Manchester Symposium

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Ed Mostly

I’m very excited to have been selected to present a demo (using brush-pens for sketching) and a lecture (on the long and rich history of books about sketching) at this year’s Urban Sketchers International Symposium in Manchester. Yippee! Maybe see you there … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, brush pen, cafe, figures, ink brush, International Symposium, Lexington grey, people watching, shoppers, street scene, urban, urban sketching | Tagged Bobby Womack, brush-pen sketching, Kuretake #40, Manchester Symposium, Picnic cafe Bath, sketch of busy shoppers, sketch of street scene, sketching in Bath, urban sketching | 3 Comments

The quick(ish) and the dead(very)

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Ed Mostly

Two double-page spreads from yesterday’s USk Bristol/South West sketchcrawl at Bristol Museum (15 sketchers, our best turn out yet!). Here are passengers at Bath railway station, a recreation of the Dignitas flat and the reconstruction of an ancient Egyptian face (both … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, brush pen, cafe, death, faces, figures, museum, people watching, urban, urban sketching | Tagged Bristol Museum, brush pen sketches, David Bowie, Dignitas, museum sketching, sketch of hippo, sketch of people in cafe, sketch of skull, urban sketching, USk Bristol/South West | Leave a comment

Back in the city

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Ed Mostly

“Hey, I am just a city boy, I’m really not the country kind, I miss the city streets and the neon lights. See the train comin’ round the bend…” The first sketch is a passenger on a train back to the city (Bath, not … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, cafe, figures, hands, line drawing, people watching, trains, urban sketching, waiting | Tagged cafe sketch, fountain pen sketches, seated figures, sketching in Bath city, sketching people in the city, sketching people on train, sketching people using phones, urban sketching, Velvet Underground | 6 Comments

68 feet

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Ed Mostly

Commenting on my recent cafe sketches Chris said “How about a focus on feet and shoes for your next post? They drive me mad, and can make or break a quick sketch.” Be careful what you wish for… Here are all the … Continue reading →

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Cafe life

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Ed Mostly

People watching in cafes, mostly this year in Bath, but the last one’s from Istanbul a couple of years ago when I was using a marker pen. If you can get a good table a cafe’s a great winter sketching location; strong light sources, sheltered, … Continue reading →

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Sushi, again

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Back at Yen Sushi for another lovely lunch. From the top there’s green tea, steamed rice, aubergine salad, spinach with peanut sauce, and teriyaki prawns. I ate lots more but it didn’t hang around long enough to be drawn. Below … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, cafe, every day matters, food, from life, urban | Tagged chopsticks, restaurant sketching, sake bottle, sketching plates and bowls, sushi, teriyaki prawns, urban sketching, Vince Guaraldi, Yen Sushi Bath | 2 Comments

Mostly absent

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Lexington grey in fountain pen and water-brush, white gelly Roll pen, and white Uni Posca brush pen , A6 – 5 minutes A very quick sketch in a Bath cafe of someone who seemed to be mostly somewhere else, focussed on looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, cafe, coloured paper, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome, people, sketching, urban, white marker pen | Tagged being present, blue paper, headphones, lap top, Linda Ronstadt, quick sketch, Stone Poneys, white gelly roll pen, white Uni Posca brush pen | Leave a comment

Tea please

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Some of the many cups of black tea that I enjoyed in Istanbul, in a variety of media. Good practise for drawing ellipses; it’s very obvious when they’re right or wrong…