Category Archives: monochrome

Blue and gold

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Ed Mostly

Five more sketches on pre-coloured paper, with blue and golden yellow backgrounds this time, the idea being to approximate skies and Bath stone, ish. I used the same process of drawing with the juicy fude pen, and then adding the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, buskers, cafe, coloured paper, Duke Confucius, fude pen, monochrome, sketchbooks, urban, urban sketching | Tagged monochrome sketches, sitar busker, sketch in cafe, sketch of busker, sketching in Bath, the stranglers, urban sketching | 1 Comment

Monochrome set

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Ed Mostly

Four more experiments sketching on pre-stained paper, this time using a homemade sepia ink for the stain, leaving a white border. From the top there’s a quiet moment in The Waterstones cafe, two busy scenes near Kingsmead Square, and finally … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, brush pen, cafe, coloured paper, monochrome, street scene, urban, urban sketching, white pen | Tagged cafe sketches, monochrome sketches, sketching in Bath, The Kinks, urban sketching, white pens for sketching | 13 Comments

All aboard…

Posted on October 20, 2019 by Ed Mostly

Waiting at Bath Spa station (you can just see the ghost of a train I tried to draw that left too soon, its windows running across the centre of the sketch)… ..and en route to Shropshire. This fellow passenger was … Continue reading →

Posted in Duke Confucius, fude pen, journeys, monochrome, trains, urban, urban sketching, Wales | Tagged duke confucius drawing, fude pen sketches, Sister Sledge, train sketching, urban sketching | 2 Comments

Pre-coloured pages

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Ed Mostly

Sorry for the lack of posts since June (!). I accidentally fell out of the social media habit, which I guess is a good thing? Anyway, here are some recent experiments with sketching on pre-inked pages (A4). I’ve always enjoyed … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, buskers, coloured paper, Duke Confucius, fude pen, monochrome, street scene, urban, urban sketching, white pen | Tagged cafe sketches, fude ink pen, Joy Division, sketching in Bath, toned paper, urban sketching | 7 Comments

More inky people…

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Ed Mostly

All sketched in Bath, and all in bamboo dip-pen. From the top there’s Seb Guettier busking by the Baths, then Justin Towell busking by the Abbey, Saturday crowds observed from outside a cafe, and finally sketching amongst the chimneys up on … Continue reading →

Posted in bamboo dip pen, Bath, buskers, monochrome, people, street scene, urban, urban sketching | Tagged bamboo dip pen sketches, sketching buskers, sketching in Bath, The Drifters, urban sketching | 4 Comments

Hospital view

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Ed Mostly

Apologies for the recent blog neglect; I’ve had some major elective surgery to prevent recurrence of the diverticulitis that laid me low in July (these are my hospital sketches from that visit) and am now recuperating well. So here’s a view … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, cars, hospital, monochrome, urban, urban sketching | Tagged hospital sketches, sketch of carpark, sketching when ill, The Small Faces, urban sketching | 12 Comments

Skylines

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Ed Mostly

Sorry for the lack of posts here recently (and thanks to Chris for the reminder!). I’ve got into a habit of posting my urban sketches to the USk Facebook page, leaving just the more domestic ones for the blog. So … Continue reading →