Category Archives: from life

Honeysuckles

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Several attempts to sketch highly fragrant Honeysuckle from the last two years. I enjoyed working out the refractive effects of water and glass as much as drawing the very fiddly flowers… Brown/blue/green Pigma pens, fountain pens with Carbon and Lexington grey ink, water brush … Continue reading →

Posted in botany, flowers, from life, line drawing, sketching, watercolour sketch | Tagged fountain pen sketching, glass of water, Honeysuckle, Lexington grey waterbrush, refractive effects, sketching flowers, sketching water refraction, Stephane Grappelli, Yehudi Menuhin | Leave a comment

Bath streets

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Lexington grey in fountain pen and water-brush, watercolour, white Gelly Roll pen, A7 – 10 minutes drawing and ink wash on site, 10 minutes at home for colour My recent sketching’s been more domestic than urban so here are a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, buildings, from life, Lexington grey, urban | Tagged architecture, Bath streets, cars, clouds, David Bowie, fountain pen, Georgian buildings, Lexington grey, terrace, urban, urban sketching, watercolour sketch | 2 Comments

Birds flying, pigs not

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Swifts and seagulls flying over our house at dusk. I wanted to work out the seagulls’ odd wing angles (forward and up, and back and down?) as they’re ubiquitous in Bath at the moment, and very hard to get right; so I did … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, Bath, Birds, coloured paper, from life, line drawing, monochrome, sketching | Tagged birds in flight, pencil sketch, piglets, pigs, seagulls, sketching from photos, soaring, Stowford Manor, swifts, The Flaming Lips | Leave a comment

‘How do you get to Carnegie Hall?’

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Dilute Lexington grey in fountain pen and water-brush, water-colour, A6 – 20 minutes Here’s Matthew Syed presenting at a conference I went to recently. He’s a journalist, former UK table-tennis champion, and the author of ‘Bounce’ where he explains the importance of ‘purposeful practice’, and how … Continue reading →

Posted in body, clothing, from life, hands, Lexington grey, line drawing, people, sequential, sketching, technique | Tagged blogging, Bounce, conference, daily practice, Danny Gregory, from life, improving, lecturing, Matthew Syed, sketching, standing figure, Woody Guthrie | 1 Comment

Buskers

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Here are two of the many Bath buskers. The first is Ben Powell, an impeccable finger-style guitar player who I’ve sketched a few times before (see below). The weather’s been fine so he’s barefoot this time. I showed him the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, body, clothing, Feet, from life, hands, line drawing, musical instrument, people, sketching, street scene, urban, white pen | Tagged Ben Powell, busker, fingerstyle, flip flop, fountain pen, guitar, guitar player, John Williams, singing, Steve Robinson | 2 Comments

Sketchcrawl

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Lexington grey water-brush, pencil, white pastel, A5 – 30 minutes Here’s Jim busy drawing when six of us met up for a Bath sketchcrawl this weekend. One of the main motivations for starting this blog was to try and meet up … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, coloured paper, from life, hands, Lexington grey, monochrome, pencil, people, sketching, urban, watching | Tagged bench, hat, Jim, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, reclining chair, sketchcrawl, sketchers | Leave a comment

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

Snails

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Ed Mostly

White Gelly Roll pen, Lexington grey fountain pen and water-brush,watercolour, A6 – 30 minutes Heavy day-time rain drew the garden snails out, so I collected a few and sketched them as they moved across a table. For a creature that’s proverbially slow (1 … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, botany, from life, garden, seasonal, white pen | Tagged garden snails, Lexington grey fountain pen, shells, snails, spiral, tentacles, The Go! Team, white gelly roll pen | 2 Comments

Stantonbury

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Lexington grey broad fountain pen and water-brush, water-colour, A6 – 20 minutes A quick sketch of a familiar view, looking South West towards Stantonbury Hill about 4 miles away. It was a balmy early summer evening, the trees all in leaf, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, from life, home, landscape, seasonal, sketching, sky, trees, watercolour sketch, weather | Tagged early summer, fountain pen, horizon, Stantonbury Hill, sunset, The Seekers | Leave a comment

All together now…

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Pencil, Lexington grey water-brush, water-colour, A6 – 20 minutes A small part of the excellent Mendip Male Voice Choir, pencil sketched while they sang ‘Goldfinger’ and ‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life’ at All Saints Church in Weston, Bath. I added … Continue reading →