Category Archives: coloured paper

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

Fish and chips

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Ed Mostly

White Gelly Roll pen, Lexington grey water-brush,white gouache, A6 – 20 minutes A car park overlooking the sea in Aberporth, sketched while waiting for fish and chips, with mushy peas and curry sauce. Cars have odd curves and angles, but it’s also … Continue reading →

Posted in coloured paper, from life, holiday, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome, sea, vehicles, Wales, white pen | Tagged Aberporth, car park, cars, familiarity, seaside, Them, white gelly roll pen | Leave a comment

Beside the sea #2

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Some more from Easter at Aberporth in West Wales. People and dogs on the beach observed over 30 minutes (spot the soggy wet-suit walkers); a tractor pulling a boat out of the sea after the morning lobster-pot check; and fishing from the beach … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, beach, coloured paper, from life, gouache, holiday, Lexington grey, monochrome, people, sea, sketching, vehicles, Wales, waves | Tagged Aberporth, beach, dogs, dogs on the beach, fishermen, fishing, Kraft paper, people watching, Pulp, tractor, waves, wet-suit | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Bath, botany, buildings, coloured paper, flowers, from life, park, people, seasonal, sketching, Spring, urban, waiting | Tagged Botanical Gardens, magnolia flower, Mother's day, North Parade Buildings, old couples, park bench, Spring, Uni Posca brush pen, walking sticks, white gelly roll pen | Leave a comment

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

Black and white

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Both done with white Gelly Roll pen, white Uni Posca brush pen, and water-brush with dilute Lexington grey ink, A6 – 25 minutes each A life-cast of William Blake’s head (bought many years ago from the National Portrait Gallery when … Continue reading →

Posted in body, coloured paper, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome, objects, sculpture, white marker pen | Tagged accumulation of lines, black paper, contour lines, creating volume, hand, life mask, plaster cast, The Pixies, Uni Posca brush pen, white gelly roll pen, William Blake | Leave a comment

Ladybird, ladybird

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Lexington grey water-brush, blue and white Uni Posca brush pens, A6 – 20 minutes each The combination of coloured paper and isolated subjects in these pictures reminded me of old Ladybird book illustrations, particularly those from the curiously hyper-real ‘sounds and … Continue reading →

Posted in coloured paper, furniture, illustration, kit, objects | Tagged folding chair, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, illustration, Ladybird books, nostalgia, orange paper, sounds and pictures, toy car, Uni Posca brush pen | Leave a comment

Topkapi #2

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Water-brush, dilute Lexington grey ink, watercolour, gouache, A5 – 30 minutes Back in the Harem section of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, this time looking through to the Black Eunuch’s Courtyard, with direct sun on the columns beyond. One of … Continue reading →

Posted in buildings, coloured paper, from life, grisaille, inks, Istanbul, Lexington grey, museum, people, sketching, travel, urban | Tagged Andy Williams and Pearl Bailey, Black Eunuchs courtyard, decorative tiles, gateway, gold gouache, grey ink, Lexington grey ink, passers by, portraits, Topkapi | Leave a comment

Roll with it

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Ed Mostly

White Gelly Roll pen, Lexington grey water-brush, White Uni Posca brush pen, A6 – 5 minutes A quick minimalist sketch of two rolls of tissue, one slightly squashed at the top. Less is more?