Urban Sketching: Express Your World in a New Perspective
Line and Color Techniques
A course by Lapin , Urban Sketcher
About the video: Line and Color Techniques
Overview
“In this lesson, you will learn a very intuitive technique to sketch from observation. We will use black fineliner for the contour drawing and watercolor for the volume, using only 3 pigments.”
In this video lesson Lapin addresses the topic: Line and Color Techniques, 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
“Line and colour techniques In this lesson, we will talk about line and watercolor techniques. We will only use a fine liner, watercolors and a water brush. To show you how to use this material, we will first go with a fine liner. I do not build my drawing with a pencil at all, I start first with a fine liner. It makes the drawing much more spontaneous. When you're on the street, it's about going fast to capture what's in front of you as fast as you can. About the line, you have to project first what you will draw to make a confident line. The most difficult to me is the first line I draw on...”
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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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