Category Archives: kit

Ladybird, ladybird

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Lexington grey water-brush, blue and white Uni Posca brush pens, A6 – 20 minutes each The combination of coloured paper and isolated subjects in these pictures reminded me of old Ladybird book illustrations, particularly those from the curiously hyper-real ‘sounds and … Continue reading →

Posted in coloured paper, furniture, illustration, kit, objects | Tagged folding chair, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, illustration, Ladybird books, nostalgia, orange paper, sounds and pictures, toy car, Uni Posca brush pen | Leave a comment

Rear windows

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Ed Mostly

1mm Pigma pen reloaded with Lexington grey, Lexington grey water-brush, white Gelly Roll pen, watercolour, A6 – 50 minutes Revisiting Marlborough buildings, this time the higgledy-piggledy back, on an overcast afternoon. You can pick out some of the symmetry and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, buildings, from life, kit, Lexington grey, line drawing, sketching, urban, watercolour sketch | Tagged chaotic building, Georgian facade, Lexington, line and form, Marlborough Buildings, Moody Blues, refilled Pigma pen, white gelly roll pen, windows | 2 Comments

Book binding

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Ed Mostly

1mm Pigma pen, Lexington grey water-brush, watercolour, A5 – 25 minutes Time to make a new batch of A6 sketchbooks, ‘reloading’ some very cheap Derwent journals (I’ve run out of empty Moleskines). At this stage in the process the 4 … Continue reading →

Posted in coloured paper, from life, kit, Lexington grey, objects | Tagged book binding, Derwent journal, Fabriano Artistico 200gm, folio, G-clamps, glueing a mull, Moleskines, reloading, sketchbook, The Turtles | 4 Comments

Sketching fuel

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Ed Mostly

My sketching’s mostly fuelled by Lexington grey, a wonderful ink made by Noodlers in the USA. I use it in almost every sketch I do as it’s rapidly waterproof, but also safe for fountain pens. It works well with water-colour washes, and you … Continue reading →

Posted in from life, grisaille, inks, kit, Lexington grey, monochrome, objects | Tagged Fatboy Slim, fountain pen, grey ink, Ink bottles, Lexington, Noodlers, teapot, Ugg boots, waterbrushes | Leave a comment

The Shrubbery

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Looking down The Shrubbery, a steep path near our home in Bath. You have to squint a bit for it to work, and that’s a conservatory half-way up the house on the left, built on a balcony. (I blended dilute Winsor … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, buildings, from life, inks, kit, monument, urban, waterbrush | Tagged city view, complementary colours, Primal Scream, roof tops, steep path, The Shrubbery, Winsor and Newton inks | 2 Comments

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

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 →

Posted in gouache, journeys, kit, sketching, travel | Tagged Jean-Christophe Defline, packing, pens, sketchbook, travel sketching kit | Leave a comment

Headlines

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Revisiting cross-hatching by drawing a concrete dragon’s head at the bottom of the garden. I’m learning to keep the initial guidelines fairly fine, unlike in the Skansen picture, so they don’t unbalance the overall effect. I’m also starting to understand … Continue reading →

Posted in garden, hatching, kit, line drawing, monochrome, objects, sculpture, sketching | Tagged cross-hatching, dragon, head, Lamy Safari | 1 Comment

Public transport

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Travelling on public transport usually involves some waiting, and opportunities for a quick sketch of people at rest. It’s when a small portable sketch kit is most useful, and provides excellent practise for capturing a likeness. Here’s a selection from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, from life, journeys, kit, people, trains, urban, waiting | Tagged bin, bus, passengers, portable kit, public transport, quick sketch, station, Venice, waterbus | Leave a comment

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 →