Tag Archives: Lexington grey

Barry’s book

Posted on September 24, 2016 by Ed Mostly

My friend Barry is writing a book about his recent experience of learning to use a wheelchair and the wider impact this has had on his life. He’s kindly asked me to illustrate the reflections and anecdotes; some are positive, … Continue reading →

Posted in Barry's book, Bath, illustration, Lexington grey, monochrome, street scene, urban, urban sketching, waiting | Tagged fountain pen sketching, John Barry, Lexington grey, monochrome, sketch at bus stop, sketches of wheelchairs, sketching in Bath, urban sketching | 4 Comments

Improving a brush-pen

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Ed Mostly

My favourite media for urban sketching is brush-pen (Inktense pencils a close second), and my favourite brush-pen is the Kuretake #8. It’s the cheapest (direct from Japan here), has great ink-flow (the Pentel is very dry), the brush is springy (firmer than … Continue reading →

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Bath Half

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Ed Mostly

Sunday was the annual Bath half-marathon, with great weather helping over twelve thousand runners pace the streets. It’s an amazing and moving spectacle, with a huge variety of people running for lots of different causes, some very personal and some very … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, brush pen, figures, ink brush, Lexington grey, people watching, street scene, urban, urban sketching | Tagged Bath half-marathon, brush-pen sketching, John Gregory, Kuretake #8, Lexington grey, sketch of marathon, sketching in Bath, sketching runners, urban sketching | Leave a comment

Perfect View

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Ed Mostly

Read from top left to bottom right, six quick pencil and ink-wash sketches on grey paper (white sky and colour added at home) made while walking up Perfect View, dodging occasional passing cars and dog-walkers. The road looks rural, but is in … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, brush pen, comparisons, figures, journeys, Lexington grey, pencil, sequential, street scene, urban, urban sketching | Tagged dilute ink wash shadows, ink brush sketching, James Newton Howard, Lexington grey, Perfect View Bath, sequential sketch, sketch of walking up raod, sketching in Bath, streetview, urban sketching | 4 Comments

Turn the other cheek

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Ed Mostly

Left and right profiles of the same model skull, sketched on two consecutive evenings using a thick white pen for initial lines, then dilute grey ink to add form/shadows, and water-colour for background. This skull’s been a favourite and familiar subject since I started … Continue reading →

Posted in death, faces, Lexington grey, monochrome, skulls, white pen | Tagged Lexington grey, memento mori, memento vivere, model skull, Sakura white pen, shade and form, sketch of skull, The Clash, white pen sketch | 2 Comments

Busy-ness

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Ed Mostly

A busy double-page sketch of a busy view, from upstairs at Picnic Cafe, this time looking down Upper Borough Walls; a typical Saturday afternoon in Bath, shoppers strolling and checking phones, seagulls soaring and me sketching. (The red phone boxes have been converted into … Continue reading →

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A pair of pistols

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Ed Mostly

The one on the left’s a replica black-powder revolver (each of the six chambers has to be hand-loaded), and the one on the right’s a Magnum (as favoured by this chap). I’ve sketched guns a couple of times before, but always deactivated … Continue reading →

Posted in coloured paper, Lexington grey, line drawing, objects, weapons, white pen | Tagged Dave and Ansel Collins, defining sketching, drawing of Magnum revolver, drawing of pistols, fountain pen sketching, Lexington grey, sketch of guns | 5 Comments

Rising tide

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Ed Mostly

From a visit to Aberporth a couple of years ago, trying out an inflatable canoe (it’s great!). I paddled around the headland to an inaccessible cove near the missile testing range, and sketched the beached canoe as the tide came in… … Continue reading →

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Return to Arnos Vale…

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Ed Mostly

After our sketchcrawl I returned for another go at sketching the old crematorium oven. I tried an oblique angle this time and used the acetate grid to get the angles right before starting with the ink (see below). I entered the … Continue reading →

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Feather and tea

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Ed Mostly

A couple of sketches done using found/improvised resources during a trip to Grinda, the Stockholm island where I drew the 38 boats. The first was drawn using a dip-nib cut into the tip of a swan’s feather that I found (a bottle lid with … Continue reading →