Category Archives: food

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

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 →

Posted in domestic, food, fruit, glass, ink brush, kitchen, Lexington grey, watercolour sketch | Tagged Belle and Sebastian, ink brush sketching, kitchen sketches, Kuretake #40 brush pen, sketches of apples, sketches of bottles and jars, sketching at home, sketching technique | Leave a comment

A slice of life

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Ed Mostly

It was stone cold by the time I’d finished drawing it, and tastier than it looks. Mmm, jalapenos… Lexington grey in fountain pen and water-brush, watercolour, A5 – 30 mins

Posted in domestic, food, from life, grisaille, hands | Tagged fountain pen sketch, sketch of hand, sketch of hand holding pizza, sketch of pizza slice, sketching food, The Monkees | Leave a comment

Pan, pancake, lemons and sand-paper

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Ed Mostly

A week late, but here’s a kitchen scene from Shrove Tuesday. The fresh pancakes were too delicious to sketch mid-cooking, so I saved one after we’d eaten our fill and drew it once the pan had cooled. It was the scorched patterns on … Continue reading →

Posted in coloured ink, food, from life, home, inks, kitchen, Lexington grey, seasonal, technique | Tagged Amii Stewart, drawing of frying pan, lemons on a plate, noodlers inks, pan-cake in pan, pancakes, Shrove Tuesday sketch, sketch of kitchen scene, sketch of pancake, sketching food, using sand-paper when sketching | Leave a comment

One bad apple

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Another go at mostly painting, just using pencil lines for the overall shape and some pens for the lettering on the sticker. I usually add water-colour at the end of a sketch, after establishing line and shade with ink. Here it … Continue reading →

Posted in botany, food, from life, fruit, objects, pencil, sketching, technique, watercolour sketch, white pen | Tagged braeburn apple, Broken Bells, observational panting of apple, painting fruit, rotting apple, sketch of an apple, sketching fruit, watercolour sketch | Leave a comment

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

Late night snacks

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Some late night table-top sketches, keeping up the daily drawing commitment; a square glass mug of oolong, a bunch of bananas, and almond butter and jam on oatcakes with a glass of milk…yum. I was very tired by the time I did these and … Continue reading →

Posted in coloured paper, food, fruit, home, objects | Tagged almond butter and jam, bananas, Beatles, cup of tea, Fairtrade, food sketches, fountain pen, glass mug of tea, glass of milk, late night sketches, plate of food, snacks | 1 Comment

Saucier

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Fountain pen and water-brush with dilute Lexington grey, watercolour, white Gelly Roll pen, A6 – 25 minutes More condimentia and product placement with another late night sketch of the sauce shelf; spot the old classics (Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, Heinz ketchup, Tabasco, Kikkoman … Continue reading →

Posted in collections, food, from life, home, kitchen, Lexington grey, objects, sketching | Tagged bottles, condiments, kitchen shelf, Lea and Perrins, oils, Otis Redding, pepper grinder, sauce bottles, white gelly roll pen | 1 Comment

Saucy

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Ed Mostly

More foul weather so some domestic sketching in the kitchen; oils, spices and condiments on a recessed shelf, and all-sorts on a work-top. I used a broad fountain pen for the line, but loaded with dilute grey ink so it doesn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in collections, food, from life, home, Lexington grey, line drawing, objects | Tagged bottles, broad line, condiments, Jona Lewie, kitchen, pepper grinder, shelf | 3 Comments

3 lemons, 2 bowls and a bug

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Ed Mostly

A slightly tired lemon from the fridge, with some zest sliced off for a cake. Note the tiny red bug accidentally squashed between the pages. Blue and brown Pigma pens, water-brush with Lexington grey water-brush, watercolour, A6 – 20 minutes … Continue reading →