Tag Archives: garden

Blossom

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Ed Mostly

A sprig of blackthorn blossom sketched last year. Blackthorn has vicious thorns, but produces sloes for ginning. Spring is just around the corner… Fountain pen with carbon ink, watercolour, A6

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Dead toad

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Ed Mostly

I found this toad belly up in the garden last Summer, and returned to sketch it several times it over a few weeks. The colours changed, the body grew, then shrank, and the arms moved. Looks like he/she’s playing air … Continue reading →

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