Tag Archives: The Clash

Lockdown #2: people (and birds)

Posted on May 16, 2020 by Ed Mostly

Given social distancing I’m having to be more resourceful to sketch my favourite subject… Here’s a 2m distanced supermarket queue, neighbours sat outside their front doors on VE day, a man doing tai-chi in the park, three Zooming sketchers watching … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, dip pen, figures, line drawing, park, people watching, urban, urban sketching | Tagged lockdown sketching, sketching in Bath, tai chi sketch, The Clash, urban sketching, Zoom portraits | 5 Comments

London Calling #2

Posted on February 16, 2020 by Ed Mostly

The second of three posts collecting sketches from recent trip to London. This time, mostly museums… To the Museum of London to pay homage to a sacred relic, Paul Simenon’s bass guitar, as smashed on the cover of London Calling. … Continue reading →

Posted in Duke Confucius, fude pen, museum, urban, urban sketching | Tagged British Museum sketch, museum sketching, sketch of netsuke, The Clash, urban sketching | Leave a comment

Guns, drawn

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Ed Mostly

Two original pistols from World War One. They could have faced each other in combat on a battlefield, now meeting in peacetime(ish) one hundred years later on a table in Shropshire, while I drew them with a bamboo dip-pen. A … Continue reading →

Posted in bamboo dip pen, collections, coloured ink, objects, weapons | Tagged Remembrance through objects, sketch of Luger pistol, sketch of pistols, sketches of guns, The Clash, world war one weapons | 2 Comments

Small sketch notes

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Ed Mostly

I love using the big square wood-bound sketch-book with bamboo dip-pen, but it doesn’t work for an everyday carry. So I’ve been carrying a much much smaller notebook (£1 from Muji) for daily sketches. It’s shirt-pocket sized and works really well … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, fude pen, kit, line drawing, people watching, sketchbooks, street scene, urban, urban sketching | Tagged Fude de mannen, Muji sketchbook, sketching people in town, smaller sketchbook, The Clash, urban sketching | 6 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 →

Posted in Bath, brush pen, buildings, cafe, figures, ink brush, Manchester Symposium, people watching, shoppers, street scene, urban, urban sketching | Tagged Bath, brush-pen sketching, ink brush sketching, Kuretake #8, Lexington grey, Manchester Symposium, Picnic cafe, sketch of busy street, sketching in Bath, The Clash, urban sketching | 4 Comments

Edding 30 marker pen

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Ed Mostly

I’ve used marker pens before, reloaded with different inks, with some mixed results. I tried a new one when I went to London last week. The bold lines were great for very fast sketches, and the ink is water-based (so doesn’t ‘bleed through’ the page), fast drying and … Continue reading →