Tag Archives: sketching kit

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 →

Selfies, again

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Ed Mostly

The usual parade of glum and suspicious late night portraits… Sherry says the third one is how I’ll look when I’m seventy! In the second one my mouth is my third hand, holding the extra brush-pen I’m using. By the next one I’d … Continue reading →

Posted in brush pen, faces, ink brush, Inktense, self-portrait, technique | Tagged analogue selfies, Anton Karas, brush-pen sketching, Derwent Inktense pencils, monochrome, sketching kit, sketching self-portraits, Sungha Jung | 2 Comments

Daily sketch-kit updated

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Ed Mostly

A simpler kit; less is more, and much lighter in the pocket! Details here…

Posted in brush pen, ink brush, inks, kit, Lexington grey, technique, waterbrush | Tagged Can, home-made water-colour palette, ink brush sketching, Kuretake #40, minimal sketch kit, portable sketching kit, sketching kit, urban sketching kit | 5 Comments

Marker pen sketches

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Ed Mostly

A couple of late night selfies (smile!), washing up on the drying rack, sketches from a walk in the Mendips, and hands. All using my new favourite marker pen; it’s very different from using the 6B pencil, you can get some line variation in … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, boots, domestic, faces, hands, home, kit, line drawing, marker pen, monochrome, self-portrait | Tagged close up sketch of eyes, marker pen sketches, sketch of boots, sketch of washing up, sketches of cows, sketches of hands, sketching kit, sketching selfies, Supergrass | 1 Comment

New year, new page

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Ed Mostly

The most popular posts and pages on this blog are generally concerned with kit and resources, as are most of the questions that I’m asked through comments and emails. This is great as I set up the blog after realising … Continue reading →