Tag Archives: Lexington grey ink

Urban sheep

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Ed Mostly

A flock of sheep on the steep field in front of Lansdown Crescent on the Northern slopes of Bath. An odd but lovely urban sight, a very faint echo of the times when drover’s roads criss-crossed the UK, bringing flocks of sheep into many city-centre markets. … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, Bath, buildings, coloured paper, from life, Lexington grey, sketching, urban, white pen | Tagged Bath, coloured paper, Curved Air, drover's roads, flock of sheep, fountain pen sketching, Lansdown Crescent, Lexington grey ink, medieval Bath, Noodlers brown ink, sheep in city, sketching sheep, urban sheep, White Rotring pen | 2 Comments

From a moving vehicle

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Ed Mostly

A collection of fast drive-by sketches; trees seen from a train, and vehicles from a car. The trees were glimpsed for a few seconds as we shot past, so a brush-pen was ideal for quickly capturing their individual shapes and key lines, with … Continue reading →

Posted in collections, coloured paper, from life, inks, journeys, monochrome, sketching, technique, trains, travel, urban, vehicles | Tagged drive-by sketches, individual trees, Lexington grey ink, sketching from a vehicle, sketching on coloured paper, sketching on the move, sketching trees, sketching vehicles, The Temptations, tree shapes | 2 Comments

Digital art

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Lots more fingers and toes, all drawn late in the evening when there’s nothing else around to sketch. Strange to see my hands age so dramatically as the drawings become more detailed, with more lines and shading… (A range of pens and inks, … Continue reading →

Posted in body, collections, coloured paper, from life, hands, night, self-portrait | Tagged brush pen, drawing feet, drawing hands, drawing own hand, fingers, fingers and toes, Lexington grey ink, Queens of the Stone Age, self-portrait, white gelly roll pen | 2 Comments

At the fair

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Pencil, white Gelly Roll pen, water-brush with dilute Lexington grey ink, gouache, A5 – 20 minutes pencil drawing at the fair, 20 minutes at home with the ink and gouache We’ve been away for the week (I’ll post some seaside sketches soon) and in … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, coloured paper, from life, gouache, park, pencil, trees, urban, vehicles | Tagged Beatles, brown paper, fairground, flags, helter skelter, Led Zeppelin, Lexington grey ink, pencil drawing, white gelly roll pen | 2 Comments

Hyacinth’s decline

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Bamboo dip-pen pen with dilute Lexington grey ink, water-brush with acrylic ink, A4 – two hours This is probably the last drawing there’ll be of the hyacinth that I’ve been documenting since Christmas. Although the leaves have now collapsed under their own weight and … Continue reading →

Posted in botany, death, dip pen, flowers, from life, inks, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome | Tagged bamboo dip pen, Beatles, brown acrylic ink, decline, dying flower, hyacinth, leaf shadows, Lexington grey ink, long leaves | Leave a comment

Topkapi #2

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Water-brush, dilute Lexington grey ink, watercolour, gouache, A5 – 30 minutes Back in the Harem section of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, this time looking through to the Black Eunuch’s Courtyard, with direct sun on the columns beyond. One of … Continue reading →

Posted in buildings, coloured paper, from life, grisaille, inks, Istanbul, Lexington grey, museum, people, sketching, travel, urban | Tagged Andy Williams and Pearl Bailey, Black Eunuchs courtyard, decorative tiles, gateway, gold gouache, grey ink, Lexington grey ink, passers by, portraits, Topkapi | Leave a comment

Hyacinth revisitted

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Bamboo dip-pen pen and water-brush, dilute Lexington grey ink, watercolour, A4 – 20 minutes each Once the hyacinth that I drew a few weeks ago was in full bloom the fragrance/smell became too much, so it went outside. It survived the recent … Continue reading →

Posted in botany, dip pen, flowers, from life, grisaille, inks, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome | Tagged bamboo dip pen, blue flower, Dick van Dyke, flowering bulb, grey ink, hyacinth, Lexington grey ink, long green leaves | 1 Comment

High contrast faces

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Water-brush with Lexington grey ink, A6 – 10 minutes I was watching a Word War Two history documentary and was struck by a very high contrast photo of a group of men. I copied nine of the faces using ink-brush, … Continue reading →