Urban Sketching: Express Your World in a New Perspective
Influences
A course by Lapin , Urban Sketcher
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson, I will talk about some of my influences, from comic books to scientific expeditions of the past centuries and the importance of the Urban Sketchers community as a constant inspiration. ”
In this video lesson Lapin addresses the topic: Influences , 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
“In this lesson, i will talk about my influences, some of the authors, artists that inspired me the most. As a kid, i was definitely inspired by comic, French, bollywood comics especially. My favorite author from far is Franck Hain. This is the author of Gaston, gaston Lagaffe, also of Spirou, Marcio Pilami invented many, many characters. Looking through the page, I know why I like it so much actually. For example, here I love his rockets, the unique way he has to draw cars. Here's this old Fiat from this main character, Gaston. Very funny, but also I learned a lot, i guess. I get inspired b...”
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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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