Category Archives: Mendips

Bath time!

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Ed Mostly

Some recent sketches of the Roman Baths in bamboo dip-pen and pencil, with watercolour washes. The Baths are a great winter sketching location; outdoors but warmed by the thermal springs, and with lots of passing people to add interest and … Continue reading →

Posted in bamboo dip pen, Bath, buildings, Mendips, people, urban, urban sketching | Tagged bamboo dip pen sketches, Depth Charge, Roman baths, sketching in Bath, urban sketching | 2 Comments

Scrolling sketch

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Ed Mostly

My clever friend Jim (who has an excellent art blog) showed me how to display photos of a concertina sketchbook as a continuous image. I haven’t quite got the colour/lightness matching correct across the photos, but the overall effect is close to … Continue reading →

Posted in concertina sketchbooks, farm, journeys, landscape, Mendips, rural, walking | Tagged accordion fold sketchbook, concertina sketchbook, displaying concertina sketchbook, Public Image Limited, rural sketching, sketches of the Mendips, urban sketching, urban sketching kit | 8 Comments

Mendip views

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Ed Mostly

Some rural sketching for a change… three views from an Autumnal walk along the Mendips. The first is from the top of Crook Peak, looking down onto the motorway (shining after a recent rain shower), and across the Bristol Channel to the … Continue reading →