Category Archives: urban

Sequentialistical (Sequentialicious?)

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Ed Mostly

Various attempts to sketch sequences of time passing, in most of my favourite media… Preparing a hot-air balloon for launch in Bath’s Victoria Park. The passengers help with the spreading out of the balloon, and help to hold it open … Continue reading →

Posted in bamboo dip pen, Bath, cars, clouds, fude pen, gouache, journeys, landscape, sequential, urban, urban sketching | Tagged fude pen sketches, hot air balloon launch sketch, motorway sketches, sketch of hot air balloon, sketches from moving car, sketches of clouds, sketching in Bath, The Kinks, urban sketching | 4 Comments

Twenty seven mile view

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Ed Mostly

Looking many many miles West from the top of Liverpool’s Anglican cathedral; across the city centre and docks, across the Mersey to Birkenhead, right across the top of the Wirral peninsula, then across the Dee estuary, past an offshore wind … Continue reading →

Posted in fude pen, panorama, street scene, urban, urban sketching | Tagged Liverpool Anglican cathedral, Liverpool rooftops, sketch of horizon, sketch of Liverpool, sketch panorama, The Who, urban sketching | 8 Comments

Wet Welsh weekend

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Ed Mostly

Instead of walking along the Mendips (sketched here, and here) last weekend we went walking in Crickhowell, South Wales, on the edge of the Brecon Beacons. Here’s a quick sketch from the ruined castle shortly after we arrived, rain threatening… … Continue reading →

Posted in gouache, graveyard, journeys, pencil, trains, urban, urban sketching, Wales | Tagged Brecon Beacons, gouache sketch, graveyard sketch, Northside, sketch of Pen y Fan, sketches of Crickhowell, urban sketching | 2 Comments

Homage to Catalonia #2

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Ed Mostly

After enjoying the coolth and peace of the hills it was down to the heat, busy-ness and concentrated loveliness of Girona. Here’s the view from our tiny apartment, looking down the shallow river that runs through town, occupied by noisy … Continue reading →

Posted in Duke Confucius, gouache, people watching, Spain, statues, urban, urban sketching, white pen | Tagged Duke Confucius pen, fude pen sketch, sketch of tourists, sketching in Girona, Urban Sketchers Girona, urban sketching, Wimple Winch | 1 Comment

Sketchers sketching sketchers sketching

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Ed Mostly

Had a great day sketching with Gary Yeung (visiting the UK from Hong Kong) and Jim (visiting central Bath from Oldfield Park); we met for a similar sketchcrawl last year, posted here. Three sketchers sketching their immediate environment together led … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, cafe, dogs, Duke Confucius, figures, fude pen, GIF, urban, urban sketching | Tagged cafe sketching, Duke Confucius, fude pen sketching, Gary Yeung, Sketch-testing, sketching in Bath, urban sketching, Velvet Underground and Nico | 3 Comments

It’s been a while…

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Ed Mostly

Sorry for the lack of posts, mostly due to end of school year busy-ness and the ease of using Facebook instead; apologies! So here are a few recent sketches, all exploring the fun you can have with the mother/daddy of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, Duke Confucius, opaque watercolour, park, people watching, sketching, street scene, urban, urban sketching | Tagged Duke Confucius fude sketch, sketch of Bath Abbey, sketch of crowds, sketch of ice-cream van, sketch of world cup watchers, sketching in Bath, street scene sketch, The Small Faces, urban sketching | 2 Comments

Back to front with gouache

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Ed Mostly

Maru Godas’ work and the arrival of sunshine have inspired me to give gouache another chance. I’m enjoying exploring its flexible sketchy possibilities, love the physical presence that opaque colour has on the paper, and it’s speeded up some aspects of … Continue reading →