Category Archives: people

Mostly absent

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Lexington grey in fountain pen and water-brush, white gelly Roll pen, and white Uni Posca brush pen , A6 – 5 minutes A very quick sketch in a Bath cafe of someone who seemed to be mostly somewhere else, focussed on looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, cafe, coloured paper, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome, people, sketching, urban, white marker pen | Tagged being present, blue paper, headphones, lap top, Linda Ronstadt, quick sketch, Stone Poneys, white gelly roll pen, white Uni Posca brush pen | Leave a comment

Topkapi #2

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Water-brush, dilute Lexington grey ink, watercolour, gouache, A5 – 30 minutes Back in the Harem section of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, this time looking through to the Black Eunuch’s Courtyard, with direct sun on the columns beyond. One of … Continue reading →

Posted in buildings, coloured paper, from life, grisaille, inks, Istanbul, Lexington grey, museum, people, sketching, travel, urban | Tagged Andy Williams and Pearl Bailey, Black Eunuchs courtyard, decorative tiles, gateway, gold gouache, grey ink, Lexington grey ink, passers by, portraits, Topkapi | Leave a comment

Pedestrian

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Another sketch done while walking, this time behind family members on a Christmas holiday walk. The light ink-wash was added back home. Pencil, Lexington grey water-brush, A7 – 2 minutes

Posted in family, from life, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome, pencil, people, sketching, urban | Tagged Ash, pedestrians, walking sketch, winter walk | Leave a comment

Green Park Station

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Saturday morning sketching with Louise and Mark at the farmer’s market in Green Park Station, Bath. (The last train left the station in 1962, part of the notorious Beeching cuts.) The line drawing took about 30 minutes, with another 20 … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, buildings, from life, inks, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome, panorama, people, sketching, urban | Tagged Beeching cuts, farmer's market, Green Park Station, Poppy day, Remembrance Sunday, The Monkees | 2 Comments

Sitting

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Three pictures of seated subjects from the same day sketching around Bath. Ceramic ‘Immortals’ at the Museum of East Asian Art, an excellent busker called Ben Powell, and a resting shopper. The last two sketches are tiny, and the black … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, from life, Lexington grey, monochrome, pencil, people, urban, waiting | Tagged Barefoot, Ben Powell, busker, guitar, Immortals, Museum of East Asian Art, musician, seated, shopper, solitary, The Strokes | Leave a comment

Beach life

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Ed Mostly

People watching at the seaside this Summer. The first was drawn at beach level, with nearby families, passing promenaders, distant swimmers and surfers. The second was from a cliff path, the figures tiny and silhouetted on the sunlit beach below; … Continue reading →

Posted in beach, from life, line drawing, monochrome, people, sea | Tagged beach, cliff view, dogs, Dunraven, Lowry, Manorbier, P P Arnold, passers by, people watching, promenaders, Summer, surfers | 2 Comments

A little night music

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Ed Mostly

I was in Istanbul during Ramadan and every night the old city became a family friendly festival with food stalls, craft markets, groups of picnickers, and free open-air concerts, mostly showcasing traditional music. I started this sketch before the band … Continue reading →

Posted in from life, Istanbul, night, people, travel, urban | Tagged Air, coloured paper, concert, crowd, festival, Kelly watch the stars, open air concert, Ramadan | Leave a comment

People watching

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Istanbullus sitting, walking, fishing, watching, on the phone, and waiting. Slowly learning to construct figure drawings out of lots and lots of curves. Fountain pen with carbon ink, Pigma 1mm black pen, water-brush with Lexington Grey ink, A5

Posted in body, brush pen, from life, Istanbul, line drawing, monochrome, people, sketching, urban, waiting | Tagged curves, figure drawing, fishing, Istanbullus, on the phone, people watching, Richard Hawley, sitting | Leave a comment

Londoners

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Ed Mostly

19 of the thousands of people I saw yesterday in a very hot London. Sketched in cafes, train stations and the passport office where I was getting my passport renewed at extremely short notice ready for a return trip to Istanbul … Continue reading →

Posted in from life, Lexington grey, monochrome, people, sketching, urban, waiting | Tagged cafe, London, pigma pens, profiles, station | 1 Comment

TV thumbnails

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Using the pause button to do lots of quick thumbnail sketches while watching late night television. Good for trying to catch the key lines and shapes. Not happy with the sketch? Do another one. Still not entirely happy? Do another. … Continue reading →