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Pencil selfies

Posted on October 27, 2019 by Ed Mostly

The latest batch of quick late evening mirror selfies from my daily drawing habit. All done using the blackest and least smudgy pencil that I’ve found, the Staedtler Mars Lumograph Black. It’s high carbon and low (no?) graphite so the … Continue reading →

Posted in daily drawing, pencil, self-portrait | Tagged daily drawing, Mars Lumograph Black, pencil selfies, Self Portrait Sundays, sketching self from life, Visage | 2 Comments

Six left hands

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Ed Mostly

All the lines were done in brush-pen, loaded with various water-proof inks; Noodlers Brown 41 (the first four), Noodlers Lexington grey (the fifth), and Carbon black (the last). The warm brown ink suits the subject best, merging with the colour wash at times, … Continue reading →

Posted in body, brush pen, coloured paper, hands, ink brush, inks, Lexington grey, seasonal, self-portrait | Tagged brush-pen sketching, ink brush sketching, kuretake ink-brush sketches, Noodlers ink for sketching, sketches of hands, sketching at home, Visage | 5 Comments