Category Archives: seasonal

Weedy

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Ed Mostly

Spring, sunshine and showers, and months of neglect, so weeds are flourishing in our garden. Each week a different one appears, competing with the others for light and space, and ripe for drawing… First a mostly monochrome sketch of some wild strawberry flowers amongst dandelions and other … Continue reading →

Posted in botany, flowers, garden, grisaille, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome, seasonal | Tagged back garden sketching, dandelions, drawing of dandelion, garden sketches, initial line drawings, line drawing of weeds, sketches of weeds, strawberry flowers, The Stairs | 8 Comments

Pan, pancake, lemons and sand-paper

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Ed Mostly

A week late, but here’s a kitchen scene from Shrove Tuesday. The fresh pancakes were too delicious to sketch mid-cooking, so I saved one after we’d eaten our fill and drew it once the pan had cooled. It was the scorched patterns on … Continue reading →

Posted in coloured ink, food, from life, home, inks, kitchen, Lexington grey, seasonal, technique | Tagged Amii Stewart, drawing of frying pan, lemons on a plate, noodlers inks, pan-cake in pan, pancakes, Shrove Tuesday sketch, sketch of kitchen scene, sketch of pancake, sketching food, using sand-paper when sketching | Leave a comment

Snails

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Ed Mostly

White Gelly Roll pen, Lexington grey fountain pen and water-brush,watercolour, A6 – 30 minutes Heavy day-time rain drew the garden snails out, so I collected a few and sketched them as they moved across a table. For a creature that’s proverbially slow (1 … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, botany, from life, garden, seasonal, white pen | Tagged garden snails, Lexington grey fountain pen, shells, snails, spiral, tentacles, The Go! Team, white gelly roll pen | 2 Comments

Stantonbury

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Lexington grey broad fountain pen and water-brush, water-colour, A6 – 20 minutes A quick sketch of a familiar view, looking South West towards Stantonbury Hill about 4 miles away. It was a balmy early summer evening, the trees all in leaf, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, from life, home, landscape, seasonal, sketching, sky, trees, watercolour sketch, weather | Tagged early summer, fountain pen, horizon, Stantonbury Hill, sunset, The Seekers | Leave a comment

Spring has sprung

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Pencil, Lexington grey water-brush and fountain pen, watercolour, white Gelly Roll pen, blue Uni Posca brush pen, A5 – various times A double page spread from last weekend, when the weather was fine, the clocks went forward and everyone was out … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, botany, buildings, coloured paper, flowers, from life, park, people, seasonal, sketching, Spring, urban, waiting | Tagged Botanical Gardens, magnolia flower, Mother's day, North Parade Buildings, old couples, park bench, Spring, Uni Posca brush pen, walking sticks, white gelly roll pen | Leave a comment

Stormy weather

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Storms are battering the coast and flood warnings are in place across the UK after a very wet and windy Christmas. This was the sky above Bath at dusk yesterday, some of the clouds shedding rain as they pass. Lexington … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, clouds, from life, Lexington grey, seasonal, sky, urban, weather | Tagged distant street-lights, dusk, Guildhall, rain cloud, storms, sunset, The Beatles | Leave a comment

Scarlet tiger moth

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Ed Mostly

A silent visitor to our garden on a very hot afternoon, a Scarlet Tiger moth. There’s a tiny glimpse of the moth’s glorious scarlet inner wings just visible at the base of the centre line. Its Latin name, Callimorpha Dominula, could … Continue reading →