Tag Archives: gouache sketches

Landscapes at 80mph

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Ed Mostly

Six small gouache/opaque-watercolour sketches from a train heading South along the England/Wales border; each about the size of a credit card. The view was changing all the time but the sky was (relatively) consistent minute by minute, so this was … Continue reading →

Posted in clouds, gouache, landscape, sky, trains, urban sketching | Tagged Chaka Khan, cloud sketches, Fatback band, gouache sketches, sketches of sky, Sketching on a train, urban sketching | 3 Comments

Homage to Catalonia #1

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Ed Mostly

Back from a wonderful time in Catalunya, initially in the hills of the Collsacabra near Tavertet, then in Girona city where I enjoyed meeting up with the local Urban Sketchers group. I was mostly using a new larger sketchbook (it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in airport, cars, gouache, holiday, Spain, urban sketching | Tagged airport sketch, drawing of Romanesque church, gouache sketches, L'Avenc, Leftfield, sketches of cliffs, sketches of clouds, sketching in Catalonia, urban sketching | 9 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 →