Category Archives: from life

Swanage

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Ed Mostly

‘The Voyager’ by Tessa Farmer, one of several sculptures temporarily in Bath Abbey. This one’s in a small side chapel, with a collection of ants, wasps and tiny winged figures riding on its back. It’s also carrying a dead mouse … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, Bath, Birds, from life, pencil, sculpture | Tagged ants, Bath Abbey, bird in flight, swan, T-Rex | 2 Comments

Now in glorious Technicolor, or not

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Ed Mostly

A view from the Accademia Bridge in Venice, sketched quickly using a thick marker pen before my family got too bored. Marker pen with carbon ink, A4 As an experiment I used a photo taken at the same time to … Continue reading →

Posted in from life, inks, kit, marker pen, monochrome, sketching, urban, Venice | Tagged Academia Bridge, city, fade to grey, Grand Canal, ink washes, monochrome, tonal values, Venice | 3 Comments

Barefootin’

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Barefootin’ in the garden, so Spring must have arrived. While I sketched my feet resting on a stool, Sally sketched me sketching my feet (below). Late afternoon sun was coming from the right, and reflecting softly off a wall on … Continue reading →

Posted in body, from life, garden, home, pencil, people, seasonal, self-portrait, weather | Tagged Barefoot, coloured paper, Feet, people, sketching sketchers, Spring, sunlight | 5 Comments

Mum and Dad

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Ed Mostly

My mother and father walking up a hill ahead of me after a good lunch at the Pump Rooms in Bath. Dad is keen to point out that it is a very steep hill, and Mum wants you to know that … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, from life, monochrome, parents, people, urban | Tagged Bath, mum and dad, people, pump rooms, walking | 6 Comments

Many hands

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Ed Mostly

My left hand yet again. The sketch is tiny, cartoon-like. (Pigma pen, watercolour, A6) Some of this reliable model’s previous appearances on the blog…

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Serpent

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Ed Mostly

A serpent hung on the wall amongst many other instruments at Snowshill Manor, an eclectic and wonderful collection of all-sorts in the Cotswolds. Fountain pen with Lexington grey ink, watercolour, A6

Posted in collections, from life, museum, musical instrument, objects | Tagged collections, Cotswolds, musical instrument, objects, serpent, Snowshill | Leave a comment

Spring gouache

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Ed Mostly

A shaggy tree on a fresh Spring morning, with South Bath in the distance beyond. I’ve been exploring gouache paints, enjoying the way their intensity suits the new season’s colours and light. Here I’ve used coloured paper which helped to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, clouds, from life, gouache, sky, urban | Tagged Bath, blue sky, botany, gouache, Spring, tree | 1 Comment

No knead

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Ed Mostly

A crusty loaf baked using the very tolerant and adaptable no knead bread recipe, developed by Jim Lahey. This became a lesson in landscape painting, with miniature valleys, hills and peaks, all looking slightly volcanic… I was interested to see how rich and … Continue reading →