Category Archives: waiting

Night vision

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Sketching at night presents some extra challenges; cold hands, low light, and increased self-consciousness (“What’s he up to…?”). So these two were done fast by the light of street lamps; the first while waiting for a bus in Larkhall (Streetview link), … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, buildings, from life, inks, Lexington grey, monochrome, night, pencil, urban, waiting | Tagged Larkhall, night sketching, Sesame Street, Stevie Wonder, street lamps, The Star Inn, Uni Posca brush pen, white gelly roll pen | 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

Walcot Street

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Night-time view up Walcot Street while waiting for a burger at Schwartz Bros, a Bath institution. It took about 3 minutes to draw the lines on location, and 5 more at home to add the ink wash and yellow highlights … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, buildings, from life, Lexington grey, monochrome, night, urban, vehicles, waiting | Tagged night time, pedestrian, Schwartz burgers, street lamp, street scene, Walcot Street | Leave a comment

Sitting

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Three pictures of seated subjects from the same day sketching around Bath. Ceramic ‘Immortals’ at the Museum of East Asian Art, an excellent busker called Ben Powell, and a resting shopper. The last two sketches are tiny, and the black … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, from life, Lexington grey, monochrome, pencil, people, urban, waiting | Tagged Barefoot, Ben Powell, busker, guitar, Immortals, Museum of East Asian Art, musician, seated, shopper, solitary, The Strokes | Leave a comment

People watching

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Istanbullus sitting, walking, fishing, watching, on the phone, and waiting. Slowly learning to construct figure drawings out of lots and lots of curves. Fountain pen with carbon ink, Pigma 1mm black pen, water-brush with Lexington Grey ink, A5

Posted in body, brush pen, from life, Istanbul, line drawing, monochrome, people, sketching, urban, waiting | Tagged curves, figure drawing, fishing, Istanbullus, on the phone, people watching, Richard Hawley, sitting | Leave a comment

Londoners

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Ed Mostly

19 of the thousands of people I saw yesterday in a very hot London. Sketched in cafes, train stations and the passport office where I was getting my passport renewed at extremely short notice ready for a return trip to Istanbul … Continue reading →

Posted in from life, Lexington grey, monochrome, people, sketching, urban, waiting | Tagged cafe, London, pigma pens, profiles, station | 1 Comment

Public transport

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Travelling on public transport usually involves some waiting, and opportunities for a quick sketch of people at rest. It’s when a small portable sketch kit is most useful, and provides excellent practise for capturing a likeness. Here’s a selection from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, from life, journeys, kit, people, trains, urban, waiting | Tagged bin, bus, passengers, portable kit, public transport, quick sketch, station, Venice, waterbus | Leave a comment

Waiting #1

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Ed Mostly

The plane that took me to Istanbul, and below a couple of fellow passengers. Sketching helps to pass the time… Fountain pen with carbon ink, watercolour, A5