Category Archives: people

Just a scratch

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Ed Mostly

Quick sketches while being vaccinated over the last few months. The centre was very quiet, very calm, and oddly normal given the strangeness and relative novelty of what was going on.

Posted in Bath, pandemic, pencil, people, urban, urban sketching | Tagged covid sketching, urban sketching, vaccination sketch, Velvet Underground | 1 Comment

Next door

Posted on December 26, 2020 by Ed Mostly

(Apologies for the recent lack of posts. Lockdown etc has broken/changed/started many habits, including a drastic reduction in my use of social media, which is probably a Good Thing. The daily drawing from life continues in spite of it all) … Continue reading →

Posted in faces, pencil, people, portrait | Tagged M Pop Muzik, pencil portraits, sketches of neighbours | 10 Comments

Life outdoors

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Ed Mostly

We had four days of unbroken sunshine for the Easter bank holiday weekend, so parks and public spaces were full of people enjoying themselves; here are some of them, drinking tea and smoking e-cigarettes, having an ice-cream, or just sitting and … Continue reading →

Posted in bamboo dip pen, Bath, park, people, people watching, urban, urban sketching | Tagged bamboo dip pen sketches, Belle and Sebastian, sketch of busy park, sketches of Bath, sketching people, urban sketching | 4 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

City evenings

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Ed Mostly

Sorry for the lack of recent posts; there’s no particular excuse, just the usual Christmas busy-ness and all the rest. I was still out sketching though, so here are four evening scenes in central Bath. Winter’s a busy time for … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, buskers, people, street scene, urban, urban sketching | Tagged city evening sketches, Dinosaur Jr, fude pen sketches, sketches of busy streets, sketches of street scenes, sketching in Bath, urban sketching | 5 Comments

A weekend in Birmingham

Posted on June 27, 2017 by Ed Mostly

A few weeks ago I went to the first UK Urban Sketchers meet-up, kindly hosted by the Birmingham/Midlands sketch groups (sketches and reflections from the other participants are here). About 50 of us were there at various times over the weekend, sharing … Continue reading →

Posted in buildings, people, urban, urban sketching | Tagged Birmingham sketches, Lloyd Cole, sketch of hen party, sketching tv reporters, UK USk meet up, urban sketching | 11 Comments

A cast of thousands…

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Ed Mostly

…,well, at least a hundred. Too late for the ‘one hundred people sketched in five days’ challenge (I was still bed-bound) but still good practise for quick gesture drawing skills. They’re done in a wide range of media as I … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, people, shoppers, street scene, urban, urban sketching | Tagged Roman baths, sketches of crowds, sketching in Bath, sketching people, sketching streetscenes, Talking Heads, urban sketching | Leave a comment

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

Drive by…

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Ed Mostly

Seventeen drivers sketched as we overtook them on the way down the M5 on Boxing Day, heading home after a family Christmas in the North. A few look exhausted, some are fairly relaxed, and a couple are even smiling. I’ve broken a couple … Continue reading →

Posted in cars, comparisons, faces, journeys, line drawing, people, travel, urban, urban sketching | Tagged Arcade Fire, drawings of face profiles, sketches of drivers, sketching faces in town, sketching from a car, urban sketching | Leave a comment

Tim, Phil and Jim

Posted on November 26, 2016 by Ed Mostly

Two brothers-in-law and a friend, variously watching TV, fiddling with phones or just snoozing! In bamboo dip-pen, coloured pencil, and one in coloured brush pens (remember them? My previous favourite…).