Tag Archives: white gelly roll pen

Digital art

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Lots more fingers and toes, all drawn late in the evening when there’s nothing else around to sketch. Strange to see my hands age so dramatically as the drawings become more detailed, with more lines and shading… (A range of pens and inks, … Continue reading →

Posted in body, collections, coloured paper, from life, hands, night, self-portrait | Tagged brush pen, drawing feet, drawing hands, drawing own hand, fingers, fingers and toes, Lexington grey ink, Queens of the Stone Age, self-portrait, white gelly roll pen | 2 Comments

Snails

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Ed Mostly

White Gelly Roll pen, Lexington grey fountain pen and water-brush,watercolour, A6 – 30 minutes Heavy day-time rain drew the garden snails out, so I collected a few and sketched them as they moved across a table. For a creature that’s proverbially slow (1 … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, botany, from life, garden, seasonal, white pen | Tagged garden snails, Lexington grey fountain pen, shells, snails, spiral, tentacles, The Go! Team, white gelly roll pen | 2 Comments

Fish and chips

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Ed Mostly

White Gelly Roll pen, Lexington grey water-brush,white gouache, A6 – 20 minutes A car park overlooking the sea in Aberporth, sketched while waiting for fish and chips, with mushy peas and curry sauce. Cars have odd curves and angles, but it’s also … Continue reading →

Posted in coloured paper, from life, holiday, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome, sea, vehicles, Wales, white pen | Tagged Aberporth, car park, cars, familiarity, seaside, Them, white gelly roll pen | Leave a comment

At the fair

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Pencil, white Gelly Roll pen, water-brush with dilute Lexington grey ink, gouache, A5 – 20 minutes pencil drawing at the fair, 20 minutes at home with the ink and gouache We’ve been away for the week (I’ll post some seaside sketches soon) and in … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, coloured paper, from life, gouache, park, pencil, trees, urban, vehicles | Tagged Beatles, brown paper, fairground, flags, helter skelter, Led Zeppelin, Lexington grey ink, pencil drawing, white gelly roll pen | 2 Comments

Saucier

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Fountain pen and water-brush with dilute Lexington grey, watercolour, white Gelly Roll pen, A6 – 25 minutes More condimentia and product placement with another late night sketch of the sauce shelf; spot the old classics (Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, Heinz ketchup, Tabasco, Kikkoman … Continue reading →

Posted in collections, food, from life, home, kitchen, Lexington grey, objects, sketching | Tagged bottles, condiments, kitchen shelf, Lea and Perrins, oils, Otis Redding, pepper grinder, sauce bottles, white gelly roll pen | 1 Comment

Spring has sprung

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Pencil, Lexington grey water-brush and fountain pen, watercolour, white Gelly Roll pen, blue Uni Posca brush pen, A5 – various times A double page spread from last weekend, when the weather was fine, the clocks went forward and everyone was out … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, botany, buildings, coloured paper, flowers, from life, park, people, seasonal, sketching, Spring, urban, waiting | Tagged Botanical Gardens, magnolia flower, Mother's day, North Parade Buildings, old couples, park bench, Spring, Uni Posca brush pen, walking sticks, white gelly roll pen | Leave a comment

Mostly absent

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Lexington grey in fountain pen and water-brush, white gelly Roll pen, and white Uni Posca brush pen , A6 – 5 minutes A very quick sketch in a Bath cafe of someone who seemed to be mostly somewhere else, focussed on looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, cafe, coloured paper, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome, people, sketching, urban, white marker pen | Tagged being present, blue paper, headphones, lap top, Linda Ronstadt, quick sketch, Stone Poneys, white gelly roll pen, white Uni Posca brush pen | Leave a comment

Black and white

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Both done with white Gelly Roll pen, white Uni Posca brush pen, and water-brush with dilute Lexington grey ink, A6 – 25 minutes each A life-cast of William Blake’s head (bought many years ago from the National Portrait Gallery when … Continue reading →

Posted in body, coloured paper, Lexington grey, line drawing, monochrome, objects, sculpture, white marker pen | Tagged accumulation of lines, black paper, contour lines, creating volume, hand, life mask, plaster cast, The Pixies, Uni Posca brush pen, white gelly roll pen, William Blake | Leave a comment

Topkapi #1

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Ed Mostly

Two sketches done a year apart in the ‘twin kiosk’ rooms in the Harem section of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. The first was done in 2012 focussing on the decorative tiles and trying to get the perspective right. The second … Continue reading →

Posted in buildings, from life, Istanbul, marker pen, travel, urban, white marker pen | Tagged Booka Shade, decorative tiles, Harem rooms, Jim, sketchtesting.co.uk, stained glass, Topkapi, twin kiosk rooms, white gelly roll pen | 2 Comments

Rear windows

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Ed Mostly

1mm Pigma pen reloaded with Lexington grey, Lexington grey water-brush, white Gelly Roll pen, watercolour, A6 – 50 minutes Revisiting Marlborough buildings, this time the higgledy-piggledy back, on an overcast afternoon. You can pick out some of the symmetry and … Continue reading →