Category Archives: watercolour sketch

Father’s Day

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Ed Mostly

My father painted last year by me. I went straight in with water-colour for a change, and the facial features are pleasingly soft/blurred as they were done ‘wet on wet’. Watercolour, A4 Below is a drawing of me by my daughter. … Continue reading →

Posted in family, from life, parents, people, sketching, watercolour sketch | Tagged bald, Chicory Tip, father, father's day, Hester, mortal engines, Orbix Xaxis, parenthood | 4 Comments

Bog Island

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Bath Abbey appearing over the rooftops on a bright and breezy day, sketched while leaning on a lamp-post (sincere apologies). I was on Bog Island, named after the public toilets, or ‘bogs’, which used to be there and that were converted … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, from life, grisaille, urban, waterbrush, watercolour sketch | Tagged architecture, Bath Abbey, Bog Island, city, George Formby, Google Streetview, under-painting, water brush | Leave a comment

‘Fail better’

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Ed Mostly

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” Samuel Beckett A good description of learning to sketch, amongst other things, and my frequent attempts at drawing my left hand are an excellent example! So here’s the latest batch … Continue reading →

Posted in body, from life, hands, inks, pencil, sketching, watercolour sketch | Tagged coloured ink water-brushes, Fail better, hatching, Samuel Beckett, The Replacements | 1 Comment

Many hands

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Ed Mostly

My left hand yet again. The sketch is tiny, cartoon-like. (Pigma pen, watercolour, A6) Some of this reliable model’s previous appearances on the blog…