Category Archives: sketching

Moving picture

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Bamboo dip pen and water-brush with dilute Lexington grey ink, watercolour, A5 – 20 minutes per stage More evidence of Jim’s cleverness. He’s combined scans showing three stages of a sketch into one animated Gif image, creating a clear way to see the … Continue reading →

Posted in botany, flowers, from life, grisaille, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome, sequential, sketching | Tagged animated Gif image, animated sketch, Gif picture sequence, hyacinth, line and form, sketch process, Talking Heads | 3 Comments

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

Rear windows

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Ed Mostly

1mm Pigma pen reloaded with Lexington grey, Lexington grey water-brush, white Gelly Roll pen, watercolour, A6 – 50 minutes Revisiting Marlborough buildings, this time the higgledy-piggledy back, on an overcast afternoon. You can pick out some of the symmetry and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, buildings, from life, kit, Lexington grey, line drawing, sketching, urban, watercolour sketch | Tagged chaotic building, Georgian facade, Lexington, line and form, Marlborough Buildings, Moody Blues, refilled Pigma pen, white gelly roll pen, windows | 2 Comments

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

3 lemons, 2 bowls and a bug

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Ed Mostly

A slightly tired lemon from the fridge, with some zest sliced off for a cake. Note the tiny red bug accidentally squashed between the pages. Blue and brown Pigma pens, water-brush with Lexington grey water-brush, watercolour, A6 – 20 minutes … Continue reading →

Posted in botany, food, from life, fruit, insects, sketching, white marker pen, yellow | Tagged bowls, drawing ellipses, fridge, Jake Bugg, lemons, still life | 2 Comments

Grey paper

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Ed Mostly

A quiet street near the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul on a hot summer Sunday morning, a pool of dappled shade slowly moving across the tarmac. I love the strong contrast produced by gouache on coloured paper, very useful for (relatively) … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds, buildings, coloured paper, from life, gouache, Istanbul, Lexington grey, monochrome, sketching, urban, waiting, white marker pen | Tagged eaves, Hagia Sophia, street scene, strong contrast, Sunday morning, swallows, tree shade, Uni Posca pen, Velvet Underground | Leave a comment

Didcot

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Double page montage from a day visiting London. A tired underground train passenger, Didcot power station seen on the return train to Bath, and a contour drawing of chairs back home. The brown wash on the sketches is black tea, added … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, from life, journeys, Lexington grey, London, monochrome, sketching, trains, urban, zoo | Tagged chairs, Didcot, montage, passenger, power station, tea, Team America, The Upsetters, train window, tube train | Leave a comment

@ Bristol #2

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Some more from @Bristol. Two sketches overlapping on one page creating an odd couple; a gorilla skeleton and a large model of Morph, a 1970’s children’s animation classic from Aardman. Each sketch took about 10 minutes, and that’s a paint accident, not … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, collections, exhibitions, from life, museum, sculpture, skeleton, sketching | Tagged @ Bristol, Aardman, bones, cold nose, gorilla, Gorillaz, Morph, skull, the Odd Couple, thermal imaging | 1 Comment

Shrubbery steps

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Bath is full of steep footpaths, and I’ve sketched this one several times before, always looking down. Here I’m looking up for a change, on an overcast afternoon. 1mm Pigma pen, water-brush with dilute Lexington grey and Windsor and Newton inks, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, coloured paper, from life, inks, Lexington grey, sketching, urban | Tagged David Bowie, footpath, looking up, steps, The Shrubbery | 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 →