Category Archives: Japan

Japanese shrines

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Ed Mostly

Four shrines in Japan, where many of the statues wear red bibs (‘yodarekake‘), placed on them as a sign of devotion and usually faded to a soft pink in the sun and the rain. The second sketch is looking down one section … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, coloured ink, figures, Japan, journeys, sculpture, urban | Tagged bullet train sketch, fountain pen sketches, Fushimi Inari-taisha, Iggy Pop, inari, Japanese shrines, Kyoto sketches, sketching in Japan, torii avenue, urban sketching, very fast sketches of people | 5 Comments

Buskers, home and away

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Ed Mostly

The large numbers of tourists visiting Bath means that it is blessed with many good street entertainers, excellent models for a quick sketch, and mostly fine performers. So here’s another collection of buskers, this time including one I saw in Japan. … Continue reading →

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Ow, my head hurts

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Two bisected heads; first a pickled crocodile at the Grant Museum in London (tiny and old but very lovely), and then an anatomical model human at the Tokyo Museum of Emerging Science (large and modern, where I saw all the … Continue reading →

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I, Robert

Posted on November 29, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Some robot/robert sketches from Japan, mostly at the Tokyo Museum of Emerging Science. First some animatronic manikin heads that nod and change expression empathetically when you speak into a microphone. They’re looking down on Asimo, the museum’s star attraction, named after Isaac Asimov, … Continue reading →

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Skulls

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Ed Mostly

A bit late for Halloween, but here are some recent skull sketches. The first is of the full-size medical model that I’ve drawn many times before. I love its tricky curves and deep hollows, and the brown and blue inks combine to … Continue reading →

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26 more Japanese commuters

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Ed Mostly

More quick sketches from Japan, this time a collection of commuters at Kyoto main station around 10pm. I was sketching from one of the many high balconies (see below), pleased to catch a couple of salarymen in the middle of a … Continue reading →

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Tokyo commuters

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Ed Mostly

I spent last week on a study trip to Japan, a great opportunity generously supported by the Japan Foundation. The schedule was hectic and very full, but it helped to hone my speed-sketching skills, straight to ink using a simple fountain-pen and water-brush kit. So … Continue reading →