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Royal visitor

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Ed Mostly

My parents’ terrier, Queenie, came to stay for a couple of days during Christmas. She was an interesting subject to draw, especially her back legs, but easier to sketch when resting in her basket… Lexington grey water-brush and pen, white Uni … Continue reading →

Posted in animal, brush pen, coloured paper, from life, home, line drawing, monochrome, pencil, pets, white marker pen | Tagged Badly Drawn Boy, dog, dog basket, Queenie, sleeping dog, terrier, Uni Posca brush pen | Leave a comment

Dragon

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Ed Mostly

A quick monochrome sketch of a three piece dragon sculpture at the bottom of the garden. I’ve drawn it before, concentrating on the head section, but this time wanted to show the full serpentine body, apparently swimming through the ground. 1mm … Continue reading →

Posted in animal, garden, home, Lexington grey, monochrome, sculpture | Tagged Basement Jaxx, dragon, serpentine | Leave a comment

Home brew

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Electric kettle, mug, tea-infuser, and a hazy reflection of me sketching while the tea brews. This was done a few weeks ago, when I was starting to appreciate the versatility of pencil, and the way it allows lines to shade … Continue reading →

Posted in coloured paper, from life, home, Lexington grey, monochrome, objects, pencil, self-portrait | Tagged Captain Beefheart, electric kettle, line and form, mug, reflection, tea, tea infuser | 2 Comments

Specky

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Ed Mostly

My commitment to daily drawing is regularly tested late evening. ‘It’s 10pm, I haven’t managed a sketch yet, what could I draw?’ Favourite models include a glass of water, my left hand, a model skull, or figures on TV; this … Continue reading →

Posted in every day matters, from life, home, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome, objects, pencil | Tagged Band of Horses, daily drawing, glasses, specky, spectacles | 4 Comments

Black tea isn’t…

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Ed Mostly

…it’s golden brown. Breaking in a new sketch book with a familiar cuppa. Fountain pen and water-brushes with lexington grey ink, white Gelly Roll pen, watercolour, A5

Posted in from life, home, Lexington grey, objects, waterbrush | Tagged cuppa, gelly roll, golden brown, mug, tea, the stranglers | Leave a comment

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

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 →

Posted in food, from life, home, inks, sketching, waterbrush | Tagged bread, ink, Lexington grey, no-knead | Leave a comment

Crow’s feet

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Another late evening sketch, using a mirror to sketch my left eye. I held a gleeful grin for several minutes, strongly top-lit by a daylight bulb, to capture my periorbital lines, or ‘crows feet’ in full detail; it felt like contour mapping part … Continue reading →