Tag Archives: urban sketching

Wet Welsh weekend

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Ed Mostly

Instead of walking along the Mendips (sketched here, and here) last weekend we went walking in Crickhowell, South Wales, on the edge of the Brecon Beacons. Here’s a quick sketch from the ruined castle shortly after we arrived, rain threatening… … Continue reading →

Posted in gouache, graveyard, journeys, pencil, trains, urban, urban sketching, Wales | Tagged Brecon Beacons, gouache sketch, graveyard sketch, Northside, sketch of Pen y Fan, sketches of Crickhowell, urban sketching | 2 Comments

Homage to Catalonia #2

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Ed Mostly

After enjoying the coolth and peace of the hills it was down to the heat, busy-ness and concentrated loveliness of Girona. Here’s the view from our tiny apartment, looking down the shallow river that runs through town, occupied by noisy … Continue reading →

Posted in Duke Confucius, gouache, people watching, Spain, statues, urban, urban sketching, white pen | Tagged Duke Confucius pen, fude pen sketch, sketch of tourists, sketching in Girona, Urban Sketchers Girona, urban sketching, Wimple Winch | 1 Comment

Homage to Catalonia #1

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Ed Mostly

Back from a wonderful time in Catalunya, initially in the hills of the Collsacabra near Tavertet, then in Girona city where I enjoyed meeting up with the local Urban Sketchers group. I was mostly using a new larger sketchbook (it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in airport, cars, gouache, holiday, Spain, urban sketching | Tagged airport sketch, drawing of Romanesque church, gouache sketches, L'Avenc, Leftfield, sketches of cliffs, sketches of clouds, sketching in Catalonia, urban sketching | 9 Comments

Sketchers sketching sketchers sketching

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Ed Mostly

Had a great day sketching with Gary Yeung (visiting the UK from Hong Kong) and Jim (visiting central Bath from Oldfield Park); we met for a similar sketchcrawl last year, posted here. Three sketchers sketching their immediate environment together led … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, cafe, dogs, Duke Confucius, figures, fude pen, GIF, urban, urban sketching | Tagged cafe sketching, Duke Confucius, fude pen sketching, Gary Yeung, Sketch-testing, sketching in Bath, urban sketching, Velvet Underground and Nico | 3 Comments

It’s been a while…

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Ed Mostly

Sorry for the lack of posts, mostly due to end of school year busy-ness and the ease of using Facebook instead; apologies! So here are a few recent sketches, all exploring the fun you can have with the mother/daddy of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, Duke Confucius, opaque watercolour, park, people watching, sketching, street scene, urban, urban sketching | Tagged Duke Confucius fude sketch, sketch of Bath Abbey, sketch of crowds, sketch of ice-cream van, sketch of world cup watchers, sketching in Bath, street scene sketch, The Small Faces, urban sketching | 2 Comments

Back to front with gouache

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Ed Mostly

Maru Godas’ work and the arrival of sunshine have inspired me to give gouache another chance. I’m enjoying exploring its flexible sketchy possibilities, love the physical presence that opaque colour has on the paper, and it’s speeded up some aspects of … Continue reading →

Posted in coloured paper, drawing buildings, gouache, palettes, pencil, sketching, technique, urban, urban sketching, white marker pen | Tagged Amerigo Gazaway, gouache and ink drawing, gouache sketches, Maru Godas, Schmincke gouache, sketching palette, urban sketching, white sketching pens | 10 Comments

French Collection 2

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Ed Mostly

Various sketches from a trip to Southern France at Easter, mostly bamboo dip-pen and watercolour, with some correction pen and ink-brush for variety. I was busy posting these on Facebook at the time, but forgot to put them here… (And … Continue reading →

Posted in airplane, airport, brush pen, buildings, France, holiday, landscape, panorama, travel, urban, urban sketching, white pen | Tagged airport sketches, panoramic sketch, sketching in France, sketching on a plane, The Chambers Brothers, urban sketching | 2 Comments

Outskirts

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Ed Mostly

Sketchy distant views of the skies and countryside around Bath, seen from the city at various times of day. Gouache/watercolour

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Dip pen hack movie!

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Ed Mostly

Zowee, New York Urban Sketcher Jeffrey Levine has made a short video showing how I modified my bamboo dip-pen. He’s improved my hack by using a Dremel to make the notches, and I think the picture wire he uses might … Continue reading →

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Seven year sketch

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Ed Mostly

In March 2011 I read my wife’s copy of Danny Gregory’s ‘Creative License’ and started doing a drawing from life every day; this was one of my better decisions… Some days the drawings are tiny brief scraps, my hand on … Continue reading →