Category Archives: sketching

Gouache thumbnails

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Some tiny views around Bath, including one of Little Solsbury Hill at the top. Gouache seems to work well for thumbnail landscapes. The freedom to paint on top of paint is particularly useful when sketching skies, but still seems strange after using … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, clouds, from life, gouache, sketching, sky, Spring, thumbnails | Tagged Bath, clouds, coloured paper, gouache, Solsbury Hill, strong wind, tree | 2 Comments

Now in glorious Technicolor, or not

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Ed Mostly

A view from the Accademia Bridge in Venice, sketched quickly using a thick marker pen before my family got too bored. Marker pen with carbon ink, A4 As an experiment I used a photo taken at the same time to … Continue reading →

Posted in from life, inks, kit, marker pen, monochrome, sketching, urban, Venice | Tagged Academia Bridge, city, fade to grey, Grand Canal, ink washes, monochrome, tonal values, Venice | 3 Comments

No knead

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Ed Mostly

A crusty loaf baked using the very tolerant and adaptable no knead bread recipe, developed by Jim Lahey. This became a lesson in landscape painting, with miniature valleys, hills and peaks, all looking slightly volcanic… I was interested to see how rich and … Continue reading →

Posted in food, from life, home, inks, sketching, waterbrush | Tagged bread, ink, Lexington grey, no-knead | Leave a comment

Crow’s feet

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Another late evening sketch, using a mirror to sketch my left eye. I held a gleeful grin for several minutes, strongly top-lit by a daylight bulb, to capture my periorbital lines, or ‘crows feet’ in full detail; it felt like contour mapping part … Continue reading →

Posted in eye, home, people, self-portrait, sketching, waterbrush | Tagged contours, crows feet, daylight bulb, eye, people, self-portrait | 2 Comments

Cafe sketching

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Helen from St Helens in Society Cafe, Bath. She got in touch through this blog as she was interested in urban sketching and having a look at the materials I use. She’s posted about her initial sketches, and it’ll be … Continue reading →