Category Archives: line drawing

Sketchy selfies

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Ed Mostly

The latest crop of selfies, including some in coloured ink and bamboo dip pen, along with blind drawing mirror fun (that’s the fourth one!). There’s the usual range of self-portrait expressions from sullen to severe via surly, and a higher frequency … Continue reading →

Posted in bamboo dip pen, blind drawing, body, coloured ink, eye, faces, ink brush, line drawing, self-portrait | Tagged bamboo dip pen, De Atramentis inks, inktober, Primal Scream, self portraits in ink, sketches of eyes, sketching selfies | 2 Comments

Madeirans

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Ed Mostly

People watching in Madeira, where the fine weather encourages lots of public loafing; very helpful for sketchers! The first three were done using Derwent Inktense pencils. They’re very smooth to draw with, quick to capture an expressive line, non-smudging (the key … Continue reading →

Posted in figures, holiday, line drawing, Madeira, monochrome, pencil, people watching, urban, urban sketching | Tagged drawing figures in public, Inktense pencils, Me Me Me, monochrome, pencil sketching, sketching in Madeira, sketching people in public, urban sketching, urban sketching kit | Leave a comment

Cloudy

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Ed Mostly

The same cloud sketched four times, continually changing as sunset approached (‘cloud’ is sometimes more verb than noun). The light pencil lines were mostly drawn blind, with watercolour wash added straight after the final drawing, the colours still fading from the sky. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, blind drawing, clouds, collections, line drawing, sky, sunset, twilight, watercolour sketch | Tagged blind contour, blind drawing, is this an urban sketch?, Kate Bush, pencil sketches of sky, sketches of clouds, sketching at sunset, sketching the sky | 2 Comments

More illustrations

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Ed Mostly

An antique phone, a g-clamp, and nine leather jackets; all from life, and all illustrating a particular story in Barry’s book. It’s interesting to be using fountain-pen for these, as almost all my daily sketching is now done using brush-pens. Pen-lines have … Continue reading →

Posted in Barry's book, clothing, domestic, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome, technique | Tagged Barry's book, domestic sketching, drawing of antique telephone, drawing of g-clamp, drawing of leather jackets, fountain pen sketches, ink drawing illustrations, Joe Loss, lexington grey shadows, monochrome | 2 Comments

Yet more…

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Ed Mostly

Another seven selfies, in pen, pencil and brush-pen, with the usual self-portrait expressions (aloof, bored, angry, vacant, odd). All done fairly fast as it was late, and sleep beckoned… Both friends and family say there’s little resemblance to me in any of … Continue reading →

Posted in brush pen, collections, eye, faces, ink brush, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome, pencil, self-portrait | Tagged brush-pen sketching, ink-brush sketches of faces, LCD Soundsystem, monochrome sketching, sketch selfies, sketching self-portraits | 6 Comments

Six corners

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Ed Mostly

The same busy corner of a kitchen work-top, sketched on six different evenings, in fountain-pen, brush-pen and pencil. It could probably make a very dull time-lapse; sauce, wine and oil bottles slowly moving around the pepper grinder! Lexington grey in fountain-pen, … Continue reading →

Posted in brush pen, coloured paper, domestic, ink brush, interiors, kitchen, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome, objects | Tagged brush-pen sketching, domestic sketching, fountain pen sketches, ink brush sketching, kitchen sketches, monochrome, sketches of bottles and jars, Supergrass | 2 Comments

A pair of pistols

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Ed Mostly

The one on the left’s a replica black-powder revolver (each of the six chambers has to be hand-loaded), and the one on the right’s a Magnum (as favoured by this chap). I’ve sketched guns a couple of times before, but always deactivated … Continue reading →

Posted in coloured paper, Lexington grey, line drawing, objects, weapons, white pen | Tagged Dave and Ansel Collins, defining sketching, drawing of Magnum revolver, drawing of pistols, fountain pen sketching, Lexington grey, sketch of guns | 5 Comments

Barry’s book #2

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Ed Mostly

Another five illustrations for Barry’s book, all from life, illustrating various anecdotes and reflections. The holidays are approaching so there’s a fair chance I’ll get more done soon… Lexington grey in fountain-pen and water-brush, watercolour, A4 – about 1 hour each

Posted in Barry's book, domestic, fruit, grisaille, illustration, line drawing, monochrome, objects | Tagged Andy Williams, domestic sketching, fountain pen sketching, grisaille sketches, Simon & Garfunkel, sketch of bookshelves, sketch of hand holding pass, sketch of lemons, sketch of suitcases, tyre tracks | 4 Comments

Pencil landscapes

Posted on November 21, 2015 by Ed Mostly

As a break from ink-brush propaganda here are some pencil landscapes from the Summer. The first is on a lane in Lancashire during a light rain shower, the second and third on the Galloway coast (clouds over the distant Isle … Continue reading →

Posted in blind drawing, clouds, Galloway, landscape, line drawing, pencil, sea, technique | Tagged Blind Boys of Alabama, blind drawing foliage, gum arabic as fixative, pencil landscape sketches, sketch of birds on a wire, sketch of sky at dusk, sketches of Galloway coast, sketching in pencil | 6 Comments

Return to Arnos Vale…

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Ed Mostly

After our sketchcrawl I returned for another go at sketching the old crematorium oven. I tried an oblique angle this time and used the acetate grid to get the angles right before starting with the ink (see below). I entered the … Continue reading →