Category Archives: domestic

daily dog

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Ed Mostly

Daily sketches of our six months old/young Schnoodle puppy Mo; it took a while to be able to see the key contour lines of her body within the fluffy coat! Here she’s mostly dozing, with additional horses, camels, loyal servants, … Continue reading →

Posted in daily drawing, dogs, domestic, fude pen | Tagged Document ink, puppy sketches, Sailor Fude pen, Schnoodle, sketches of dogs, The Black Keys | 2 Comments

Domestic dip-pen

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Ed Mostly

Indoor bamboo dip-pen sketches of Sally reading and Jim having a go with another dip-pen, both in glorious multi-coloured De Atramentis ink, with a light watercolour wash.

Posted in bamboo dip pen, domestic, line drawing, people watching | Tagged bamboo dip pen, De Atramentis inks, domestic sketching, Pentangle | 2 Comments

Apples and beets

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Ed Mostly

More domestic than urban, some quick pencil and watercolour sketches from the late night kitchen, trying to break my over-reliance on dilute Lexington grey for tone/shadow! Although the grey ink wash is very fast and effective for quick shadows, it can make … Continue reading →

Posted in coloured paper, domestic, food, fruit, kit, kitchen, Lexington grey, pencil, technique, watercolour sketch | Tagged 5B Grafwood pencil, observational drawing, pencil sketches of fruit, sketches of apples, sketching fruit, The Shadows, watercolour sketches of fruit | Leave a comment

More illustrations

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Ed Mostly

An antique phone, a g-clamp, and nine leather jackets; all from life, and all illustrating a particular story in Barry’s book. It’s interesting to be using fountain-pen for these, as almost all my daily sketching is now done using brush-pens. Pen-lines have … Continue reading →

Posted in Barry's book, clothing, domestic, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome, technique | Tagged Barry's book, domestic sketching, drawing of antique telephone, drawing of g-clamp, drawing of leather jackets, fountain pen sketches, ink drawing illustrations, Joe Loss, lexington grey shadows, monochrome | 2 Comments

Six corners

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Ed Mostly

The same busy corner of a kitchen work-top, sketched on six different evenings, in fountain-pen, brush-pen and pencil. It could probably make a very dull time-lapse; sauce, wine and oil bottles slowly moving around the pepper grinder! Lexington grey in fountain-pen, … Continue reading →

Posted in brush pen, coloured paper, domestic, ink brush, interiors, kitchen, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome, objects | Tagged brush-pen sketching, domestic sketching, fountain pen sketches, ink brush sketching, kitchen sketches, monochrome, sketches of bottles and jars, Supergrass | 2 Comments

Domestic sketching

Posted on December 26, 2015 by Ed Mostly

Shoes, bananas, glasses and bottles; all drawn in November when daylight was short and indoor evening sketching the only option. Now the days have started getting longer, two or three minutes every day, so more outdoor sketching is just over the horizon… Lexington grey … Continue reading →

Posted in brush pen, coloured paper, domestic, fruit, Lexington grey, monochrome, objects | Tagged brush-pen sketching, Crosby Stills and Nash, domestic sketching, ink brush sketching, Kuretake #8 brush pen, sketch of bananas, sketch of glasses, sketches of shoes, sketching around the home | 2 Comments

Drink?

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Ed Mostly

More wrestling with ellipses, reflections, distortions and translucency. Coloured paper and white water-colour’s a great combination for these late night studies. Lexington grey in Kuretake #8 ink-brush and water-brush, watercolour, A5 – a range of times, but fairly fast as it was … Continue reading →

Posted in brush pen, coloured paper, domestic, glass, Lexington grey, monochrome, objects | Tagged coloured paper and white water-colour, drawing mugs and glasses, LCD Soundsystem, sketches of glasses, sketches of mugs, sketching ellipses, sketching glass, translucency in sketching | Leave a comment

Barry’s book #2

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Ed Mostly

Another five illustrations for Barry’s book, all from life, illustrating various anecdotes and reflections. The holidays are approaching so there’s a fair chance I’ll get more done soon… Lexington grey in fountain-pen and water-brush, watercolour, A4 – about 1 hour each

Posted in Barry's book, domestic, fruit, grisaille, illustration, line drawing, monochrome, objects | Tagged Andy Williams, domestic sketching, fountain pen sketching, grisaille sketches, Simon & Garfunkel, sketch of bookshelves, sketch of hand holding pass, sketch of lemons, sketch of suitcases, tyre tracks | 4 Comments

Barry’s book #1

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Ed Mostly

My friend Barry is writing a book about his recent experience of learning to use a wheelchair and the wider impact this has had on his life. He’s kindly asked me to illustrate it, so once a month I go round to … Continue reading →

Posted in Barry's book, collections, domestic, hands, illustration, Lexington grey, objects | Tagged illustrating a book, sketch of boots, sketch of car interior, sketch of Doc Martens, sketch of interior staircase, sketch of skin-care tubes, sketches of hands, Steve Reich | 5 Comments

Apples and shelves

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Ed Mostly

The evenings are drawing in, so there’ll be more interior sketches for a few months… Here are recently harvested apples and kitchen shelves, all done with my new preferred kit (Kuretake #40 brush-pen with Lexington grey for line, dilute LG ink in fine … Continue reading →