Tag Archives: The Flaming Lips

toys R me

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Here are four Britain’s cowboy figures, three views of a horse, and various robots enjoying some ‘circle time’. Toy figures are great sketching subjects; they’ve already been simplified as part of their miniaturisation, helping you see the key shapes and structures, … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, collections, coloured paper, line drawing, monochrome, objects, technique, toys | Tagged Bad Blue Heron, Britains cowboys, brown ink sketch, drawing horses, drawing toys, fountain pen sketches, Noodlers Brown 41, sketches of robots, sketching model horse, The Flaming Lips, waterproof ink for sketching | 6 Comments

Birds flying, pigs not

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Swifts and seagulls flying over our house at dusk. I wanted to work out the seagulls’ odd wing angles (forward and up, and back and down?) as they’re ubiquitous in Bath at the moment, and very hard to get right; so I did … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, Bath, Birds, coloured paper, from life, line drawing, monochrome, sketching | Tagged birds in flight, pencil sketch, piglets, pigs, seagulls, sketching from photos, soaring, Stowford Manor, swifts, The Flaming Lips | Leave a comment