Tag Archives: fountain pen sketches

Gothic horror

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Ed Mostly

Here’s the amazing C15th statue of George and the Dragon in Stockholm’s Storkyrkan. It’s huge, gruesome (body parts are scattered on the ground beneath the dragon) and made of wood and deer antlers (the spiky bits on the dragon). That’s the … Continue reading →

Posted in church, sculpture, Stockholm, urban, urban sketching | Tagged Band of Horses, fountain pen sketches, sketch in Storkyrkan, sketch of dragon, statue of George and the dragon, Stockholm sketching, urban sketching | Leave a comment

Magnolias

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Ed Mostly

Three attempts to catch the rich lusciousness of magnolias blooming in Bath’s Botanical Gardens. For the first and last ones I used fountain pen for the initial drawing, for the second one brush-pen and white roller-ball. The white paper and Payne’s Grey … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, botany, brush pen, coloured paper, comparisons, flowers, garden, urban sketching, white pen | Tagged Bath Botanical Gardens, fountain pen sketches, sketches of flowers, sketches of magnolias, sketching in Bath, The Apples in Stereo, urban sketching | Leave a comment

More illustrations

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Ed Mostly

An antique phone, a g-clamp, and nine leather jackets; all from life, and all illustrating a particular story in Barry’s book. It’s interesting to be using fountain-pen for these, as almost all my daily sketching is now done using brush-pens. Pen-lines have … Continue reading →

Posted in Barry's book, clothing, domestic, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome, technique | Tagged Barry's book, domestic sketching, drawing of antique telephone, drawing of g-clamp, drawing of leather jackets, fountain pen sketches, ink drawing illustrations, Joe Loss, lexington grey shadows, monochrome | 2 Comments

Six corners

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Ed Mostly

The same busy corner of a kitchen work-top, sketched on six different evenings, in fountain-pen, brush-pen and pencil. It could probably make a very dull time-lapse; sauce, wine and oil bottles slowly moving around the pepper grinder! Lexington grey in fountain-pen, … Continue reading →

Posted in brush pen, coloured paper, domestic, ink brush, interiors, kitchen, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome, objects | Tagged brush-pen sketching, domestic sketching, fountain pen sketches, ink brush sketching, kitchen sketches, monochrome, sketches of bottles and jars, Supergrass | 2 Comments

A dog’s life

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Ed Mostly

Queenie doesn’t spend all her time snoozing, but it’s easier to draw her when she is… Lexington grey in fountain pen and water-brush, white gouache, A5 – 20 minutes

Posted in animals, coloured paper, dogs, domestic, Lexington grey, monochrome, pets | Tagged Badly Drawn Boy, drawings of sleeping dog, fountain pen sketches, sketches of a dog, sketches of Jack Russell | Leave a comment

Car Parklife

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Ed Mostly

I think a key part of urban sketching is depicting the stuff of everyday life, no matter how banal. So here are three quick views from the car while parked at motorway services during the trip to Scotland and back. That’s it, nothing to add! … Continue reading →

Posted in cars, coloured ink, coloured paper, holiday, journeys, Lexington grey, pencil, travel, urban sketching, vehicles, waiting | Tagged drawing cars, fountain pen sketches, line drawings of cars, motorway services, sketches from a car, sketches of car parks, sketching the banal, sketching while waiting, sketching with ink and pencil, Talking Heads, urban sketching | 3 Comments

Livestock

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Ed Mostly

More rural sketching: haughty llamas, inquisitive young bulls and nervous Blue-faced Leicesters, all seen last week in Galloway, South-West Scotland. I’ve sketched sheep and cattle before, but never llamas. Their faces reminded me of camels and kangaroos, with pursed lips and striking eye-lashes, and they … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, coloured paper, farm, Galloway, line drawing, pencil, rural | Tagged blue-faced Leicesters, farm sketches, fountain pen sketches, Four Tops, llama faces, pencil sketches of animals from life, rural sketching, sketch of cattle, sketch of llama, sketch of sheep, sketches of animals | 2 Comments

Toys again

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Ed Mostly

Toys and models are ever-reliable subjects for a quick drawing. You can arrange them how you like, getting a range of angles rarely available in the real world. They’ve also removed any unnecessary details, doing most of the simplification needed for a sketch! Lexington … Continue reading →

Posted in airplane, animals, bikes, coloured paper, inks, line drawing, objects, toys | Tagged Chemical Brothers, fountain pen sketches, sketch of motorbike, sketch of toy puma, sketches of model plane, sketches of toys | 2 Comments

Stone faces

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Ed Mostly

Twelve of the fifty stone heads that gaze down on an original Magna Carta in the Chapter House at Salisbury Cathedral. They were carved in the 13th century, seem to be based on individuals, and capture a range of expressions that … Continue reading →

Posted in collections, coloured ink, Cordoba, death, faces, monument, sculpture | Tagged fountain pen sketches, Manolete's grave, medieval portraits, Salisbury Chapter House carvings, sketches in cathedrals, sketches of sculptures, sketches of stone carvings, The Only Ones, tomb of Bishop of Wells | Leave a comment

Back in the city

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Ed Mostly

“Hey, I am just a city boy, I’m really not the country kind, I miss the city streets and the neon lights. See the train comin’ round the bend…” The first sketch is a passenger on a train back to the city (Bath, not … Continue reading →