Category Archives: street scene

Ink brush sketching

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Ed Mostly

Here’s another collection of people in town, this time a monochrome set, done with a water-brush filled with dilute ink for speed. They were sketched one afternoon while sat outside a cafe in early Spring, hence the scarves and big coats. The last of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, body, brush pen, clothing, Feet, figures, inks, Lexington grey, monochrome, people, people watching, street scene, urban, urban sketching, waterbrush | Tagged brush pen urban sketching, drawing walking feet, sketches from a cafe, sketches of people passing by, sketching in Bath, sketching people on the move, The Monochrome Set, urban sketching people, water-brush filled with ink | 2 Comments

Mind the Gap

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Ed Mostly

Spring has sprung and people are out and about, enjoying the extra light and air. Here’s a batch of recent sketches of the public around Bath, mostly in parks. The limited range of colours makes them look oddly like Gap adverts! (the wonderful original track … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, clothing, coloured ink, figures, line drawing, people, people watching, street scene, urban, urban sketching | Tagged blow up a go-go, drawing passers by, fountain pen sketches, James Clark, simple figure drawing, sketching in parks, sketching people around town, urban sketching | 4 Comments

Two wheelers

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Ed Mostly

Enough of cars, here are some scooters, motorbikes and bikes seen around Bath. The curvy scooters are a real joy to sketch, toy-like with tiny tyres and complicated engine parts discretely covered (but the tilted oblique wheels are tricky…). The floating blue bike on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, bikes, coloured ink, from life, sketching, street scene, urban, urban sketching, vehicles | Tagged Bath sketches, drawing bikes, Hannah Peel, parked bikes, scooters, sketch of motor-bike, sketching scooters, street scene sketch, urban sketching | 5 Comments

More cars

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Ed Mostly

More sketches of street-parking in Bath, ignoring the buildings, just strings of cars snaking up, down and around the contours (previously). Cars are ubiquitous, a familiar part of urban scenes, so I’ve been trying to get them right; the angle of the wheel arches seems … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, cars, street scene, technique, urban, urban sketching, vehicles | Tagged drawing cars, fountain pen sketches, lines of cars, Red Hot Chili Peppers, sketching Bath streets, sketching cars, street parking, urban sketching, urban sketching techniques | 5 Comments

A room with a view

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Ed Mostly

A rooftop view of Cordoba’s Mezquita from our room, and a Moorish gateway in the street outside. The old town streets are narrow, with lovely strong shadows on the white walls and angled patches of sky above. These sketches are mostly grey/grisaille, with a … Continue reading →

Posted in buildings, Cordoba, grisaille, holiday, Lexington grey, street scene, technique, travel, urban, urban sketching | Tagged Cordoba street sketches, CSS, fountain pen sketches, grisaille sketching, Instant Streetview, Mezquita roof sketch, Moorish archway, rooftop view, rooftops view sketch, Steven Reddy, urban sketching | 2 Comments

Near the Easter processions…

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Ed Mostly

Back in Cordoba with people waiting for Easter processions to start, watching them from a balcony, and some band members recovering after hours of playing in the heat! I think drawing groups of figures is my default for ‘urban sketching’; I love picking out … Continue reading →

Posted in coloured ink, coloured paper, Cordoba, figures, from life, holiday, line drawing, monochrome, parades, people, street scene, travel, Uncategorized, urban, waiting | Tagged band members resting, Cordoba sketches, drawing a street scene, figures on a balcony, fountain pen sketching, Mike Nesmith, Semana Santa sketches, simple line drawings of figures, sketching groups of figures, urban sketching, waiting for Easter processions | 4 Comments

Holy Week in Cordoba

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Ed Mostly

Six Semana Santa processions in Cordoba, great practise for drawing spectators! Each one was subtly different, reflecting the brotherhood they represented; the colours of the pointed hoods, the scenes depicted on the floats, the specific music played. But all shared the thick clouds of incense, the … Continue reading →

Posted in coloured paper, Cordoba, figures, from life, holiday, journeys, parades, people, street scene, travel, urban, watching | Tagged Cordoba sketches, drawing crowds, Easter week parades, Jesus carrying cross, Moby, Pointed hoods, Semana Santa sketches, sketch of Holy Week procession, Sketching crowds watching parades, urban sketching | 5 Comments

Sunshine

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Ed Mostly

Back to the silvery grey light of England after a week of golden sunshine in Cordoba, Spain. I’ll scan and post the sketches over the next few weeks, including many attempts to capture the Holy Week parades (tall pointy hats, huge … Continue reading →

Posted in buildings, Cordoba, from life, holiday, journeys, Lexington grey, monument, people, street scene, travel, trees, urban, watercolour sketch | Tagged Afternoon shade, Cordoba, Cordoba sketches, Cordoba street scene sketch, Court of Oranges, Mezquita, Mezquita bell tower sketch, Palm trees sketch, The Legends, urban sketching | 9 Comments

Street parking

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Ed Mostly

More cars parked up on Bath streets. I didn’t use the acetate grid for these, but did have to work hard to get the relative size of the receding cars correct, to see what was there and not what I … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, cars, from life, Lexington grey, line drawing, sketching, street scene, urban, vehicles | Tagged Bath street sketch, drawing a street scene, drawing of line of cars, drawing what you see, fountain pen sketch, Public Enemy, receding cars, relative size, sketching cars, urban sketching | 10 Comments

Camden Road

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Ed Mostly

Chimney pots and windows at the back of Camden Road in Bath, sketched from the road above, while leaning on a high wall (in the foreground bottom left). It’s another view of Bath where the chaotic backs of the buildings are more interesting than the … Continue reading →