Urban Sketching: Express Your World in a New Perspective
Inspiration and Themes
A course by Lapin , Urban Sketcher
About the video: Inspiration and Themes
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you my favorite topics (dinosaurs, planes, or classic cars) that are excuses to practice. I will encourage you to look for inspiration in your own passions and to practice with the subjects you love. ”
In this video lesson Lapin addresses the topic: Inspiration and Themes, 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
“Inspiration themes In this lesson, we will talk about inspirations and themes. It's not easy to know where to start when you go out with your sketchbook and I will help you to decide what to sketch. Over the years, I realized that I have recurring topics, and those became my favorite ones. These passions come from my childhood. I already explained to you my fascination for dinosaurs and planes. The first page of a sketchbook is a very difficult decision and I always start with some easy topics, and to me that's dinosaurs, definitely. I was traveling in Denver and decided to go to the Natura...”
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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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