Category Archives: journeys

Stockholm sketching

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Lexington grey in fountain pen and water-brush, watercolour, A5 – one hour We spent last week in Stockholm, and I was delighted to have the chance to go on a sketchcrawl, kindly arranged by Nina Johansson. Here are Tina (on the fence) and Nina … Continue reading →

Posted in buildings, from life, holiday, journeys, people, sketching, Stockholm, urban, waves | Tagged docks, fountain pen, kayak, Nina Johansson, ship, sketchcrawl, sketchers, Stockholm sketching, The Doors, urban sketching, water | 2 Comments

Didcot

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Double page montage from a day visiting London. A tired underground train passenger, Didcot power station seen on the return train to Bath, and a contour drawing of chairs back home. The brown wash on the sketches is black tea, added … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, from life, journeys, Lexington grey, London, monochrome, sketching, trains, urban, zoo | Tagged chairs, Didcot, montage, passenger, power station, tea, Team America, The Upsetters, train window, tube train | Leave a comment

Enough thumbnails, already…

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Ed Mostly

A last example, for now, of travel thumbnails. This time in a taxi from Istanbul airport to a city centre hotel, where we arrived before I could finish the last frame. The driver was puzzled when I showed him the … Continue reading →

Posted in airport, from life, Istanbul, journeys, Lexington grey, monochrome, sketching, urban | Tagged city streets, gelly roll, rear view mirror, Rolling Stones, taxi driver, taxi ride, transportation, windscreen view | Leave a comment

Travel thumbnails #3, planes

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Ed Mostly

More travel thumbnails in gouache, this time the view from an airplane flying Istanbul to London. The window shapes and wing-tips are a bit wonky… All in Black Pigma 1mm pen, water-brush with Lexington grey ink, gouache, A5 Taxiing down the … Continue reading →

Posted in airplane, airport, from life, gouache, journeys, sketching, sky, thumbnails, travel, urban, weather | Tagged airplane windows, aviation, clouds, gouache, Heathrow, Istanbul, London, sketch, Thames, travel thumbnails, window shapes | 2 Comments

Travel thumbnails #2, trains

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Ed Mostly

You can see so many subjects for a sketch when travelling, but you’re usually moving past too fast for anything detailed… I’ve been trying quick thumbnail sketches when on the move and gouache seems perfect for capturing the basic shapes … Continue reading →

Posted in from life, gouache, journeys, Lexington grey, sky, trains, travel, weather | Tagged landscape, rain, sky, The Guillemots, thumbnail sketches, train windows, transportation, visual memory | 1 Comment

Jet set

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Ed Mostly

My view on the way to Turkey, about 5 miles high, somewhere over France. I spent 6 days in Istanbul, mostly sketching, which was a great luxury. So lots to scan and post over the coming weeks, including lots of lovely … Continue reading →

Posted in airplane, clouds, from life, gouache, Istanbul, journeys, Lexington grey, monochrome, travel | Tagged airport, sky, The Kinks | Leave a comment

Car window thumb-nails

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Quick thumb-nails sketched last weekend on the road back from North Devon. Spot the trailer-load of toilets being delivered to the Glastonbury Festival site, which is about 25 miles from Bath. All that wonderful music, just down the road from here. … Continue reading →

Posted in brush pen, from life, journeys, Lexington grey, sketching, travel, waterbrush | Tagged Canned Heat, cars, coloured paper, Glastonbury, road, thumb nails, traffic | 1 Comment

Sintra National palace

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Up on the roof at 7am, sketching Sintra National Palace as the sun rose over the hills. I used a handy folding ruler to draw some pencil guidelines at the start to get the foreground rooflines right, and found that their vanishing … Continue reading →

Posted in buildings, from life, journeys, kit, Lexington grey, monochrome, Portugal, sketching, waterbrush | Tagged architecture, chimneys, early morning, gouache, Palace, roofscape, satellite dishes, Sintra, tinted paper | 6 Comments

There, and back again

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Two more airplane sketches, flying to and from Portugal (sketches from Lisbon and Sintra to follow…). On the first flight I had an aisle seat and drew shoes, the strong perspective and my hands sketching. Returning home I had the middle seat so focussed … Continue reading →

Posted in airplane, baby, from life, hands, journeys, monochrome, sketching | Tagged creativity and learning, in-flight, Lisbon, sketching self sketching, slice of lemon, water brush | Leave a comment

Travel kit

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Flying off to Lisbon and nearby Sintra for a week, expecting many sketching opportunities, and hoping that my family patiently indulge my addiction hobby. I’m trying to keep my kit relatively simple… I’ve packed small and medium sized gouache and … Continue reading →