Urban Sketching: Express Your World in a New Perspective
Outdoor Views: Guidelines of the Curvilinear Perspective
A course by Lapin , Urban Sketcher
About the video: Outdoor Views: Guidelines of the Curvilinear Perspective
Overview
“In this lesson, I will apply the guidelines of a cylindrical perspective to the panorama in front of me. ”
In this video lesson Lapin addresses the topic: Outdoor Views: Guidelines of the Curvilinear Perspective, 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
“Outdoor views: guidelines of the curvilinear perspective Now that we are outdoors, I'll sketch in front of you the guidelines to understand the curvilinear perspective. I will start with my eye level, which is my horizon. This line will remain horizontal. What I aim to sketch is 180 degrees, so, it means all that I can see, what I can witness from one side to another. I want to show to the spectators all the scene around me. For this, I will build two vanishing points on the two extremities of this horizon line. The other horizontal of the street in front of me will become curved. The line ...”
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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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