Urban Sketching: Express Your World in a New Perspective
About Me
A course by Lapin , Urban Sketcher
About the video: About Me
Overview
“In this lesson, I will introduce myself, I will tell you about my passion for drawing but also for dinosaurs and planes. I will explain how I turned as a freelance illustrator after working as a graphic designer in agencies. ”
In this video lesson Lapin addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Urban Sketching: Express Your World in a New Perspective. Rediscover your surroundings by creating watercolor sketches of people, places, and fisheye perspectives.
Partial transcription of the video
“Introduction My name is Lapin. I am a French illustrator living in Barcelona. I'm part of the community Urban Sketchers. I am a sketchbook artist, also called "carnettiste" in French. My specialty is to make some reportage. I am sent on location by some city's cultural center or some private commissions to show a territory through drawings. I've published about thirty books about many topics like Japan, Cuba, Istanbul, Berlin, Paris, Lisbon and Barcelona, my hometown. As far as I remember, I've always drawn. Some of my first memories are when I was four years old, sketching sitting on the f...”
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Course summary for: Urban Sketching: Express Your World in a New Perspective
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Category
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Areas
Architectural Illustration, Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Lapin
A course by Lapin
Lapin is an urban sketcher based in Barcelona, Spain. As a young boy, he remembers accompanying his father—an airplane technician—to his workplace to draw planes and imagine their stories. His three passions remain the same to this day: aviation, paleontology, and drawing.
In 18 years, he has filled over 200 sketchbooks, published 30 books, and was named the official air and space painter for the French Army in 2019. He’s a member of the Urban Sketching Community since 2008 and teaches Illustration Masters students at Elisava in Barcelona, as well as his own urban sketching workshops. His clients include the French Army, Air France, the City of Barcelona, Le Parisien Magazine, PlayStation, Heineken, Marks & Spencer, Aigle, Peugeot, Porsche, and Formula One.
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