Category Archives: comparisons

“…through the square window”

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Ed Mostly

Apologies for the lack of recent blog posts; we’ve welcomed a Schnoodle puppy into our home and posting on Facebook better suits my sleep-deprived attention span… But I have managed to make a new batch of sketchbooks; they’re still bound … Continue reading →

Posted in bamboo dip pen, Bath, comparisons, line drawing, sketchbooks, square, street scene, technique, urban, urban sketching | Tagged bamboo dip pen sketches, human visual field, sketching formats, sketching in Bath, square sketchbooks, The Who, urban sketching | 9 Comments

Compare and contrast…

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Ed Mostly

I love the way urban sketching explicitly celebrates the different ways we respond to a location. Here’s an example from Monday when I had the opportunity to sketch in Bath with Gary Yeung (a member of the USK Hong Kong … 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

Drive by…

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Ed Mostly

Seventeen drivers sketched as we overtook them on the way down the M5 on Boxing Day, heading home after a family Christmas in the North. A few look exhausted, some are fairly relaxed, and a couple are even smiling. I’ve broken a couple … Continue reading →

Posted in cars, comparisons, faces, journeys, line drawing, people, travel, urban, urban sketching | Tagged Arcade Fire, drawings of face profiles, sketches of drivers, sketching faces in town, sketching from a car, urban sketching | Leave a comment

Cloudy

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Ed Mostly

Six attempts at describing morning and evening clouds flowing over the Pyrenees, and one in the middle of just the mountains, trying different approaches (opaque white ink, reserved white paper, titanium white watercolour). I think the third and the last are starting … Continue reading →

Posted in clouds, comparisons, France, rural, sky, white pen | Tagged Charles Wright, clouds over mountains, opaque white ink sketch, sketching clouds, sketching mountain cloud, sketching the Pyrenees | 2 Comments

Six distant hills

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Ed Mostly

They’re all Stantonbury Hill, which I’ve sketched many times before, seen from North Bath. The first three were painted in quick succession in opaque watercolour on a rainy afternoon, then one in bamboo dip pen, and then a couple of quick translucent watercolours. After … Continue reading →

Posted in bamboo dip pen, Bath, comparisons, landscape, opaque watercolour, rooftops, urban sketching, watercolour sketch | Tagged alternatives to gouache, landscape sketches, opaque water-colour, Prince Buster, sketching in Bath, Stantonbury Hill, urban sketching | 2 Comments

Sketches of sketchers, some sketching

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Ed Mostly

Sketchers at the recent wonderful Manchester Symposium, and sketches of me by other sketchers, sometimes while I sketched them; the Symposium felt like a hall of mirrors at times, a walk-in Escher! From the top there’s Lapin not sketching, Favian EE … Continue reading →

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Groups and crowds

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Ed Mostly

After many sketches of individuals and couples about town here are some attempts at drawing crowds and larger groups, trying to catch the body language and brief gestures that help to connect the figures. The first three were sketched from the top … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, brush pen, cafe, comparisons, figures, Inktense, people watching, street scene, urban, urban sketching | Tagged Betty Everett, brush-pen sketching, cafe sketches, ink brush sketching, Inktense pencils, sketches of groups of figures, sketching in Bath, urban sketching | Leave a comment

Magnolias

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Ed Mostly

Three attempts to catch the rich lusciousness of magnolias blooming in Bath’s Botanical Gardens. For the first and last ones I used fountain pen for the initial drawing, for the second one brush-pen and white roller-ball. The white paper and Payne’s Grey … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, botany, brush pen, coloured paper, comparisons, flowers, garden, urban sketching, white pen | Tagged Bath Botanical Gardens, fountain pen sketches, sketches of flowers, sketches of magnolias, sketching in Bath, The Apples in Stereo, urban sketching | Leave a comment

Perfect View

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Ed Mostly

Read from top left to bottom right, six quick pencil and ink-wash sketches on grey paper (white sky and colour added at home) made while walking up Perfect View, dodging occasional passing cars and dog-walkers. The road looks rural, but is in … Continue reading →