Barcelona, Spain
Lapin
Lapin is a French artist based in Barcelona. He participates in the Urban Sketchers community and was named Painter of Air and Space in 2019. He likes to travel light, and carries a notebook, a few markers, a miniature watercolor box and a folding chair in his backpack. The street is his studio. His in situ drawings describe the places he visits and the people he meets. His medium of choice: old accounting ledgers found at flea markets. Lapin has published numerous reportage notebooks, including Patrouille de France, Aviateurs, Avions, Carnet d'Inventions, Août en Val d'Aubois, Made in China, Cuba, year 56 of the revolution, Ouessant, Paris je t'aime and Qatar.
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Workshop Language: English (Lapin also speaks French, Spanish, and some German)
Drawing a car is often intimidating. Yet it's an omnipresent theme in our urban landscapes. First, we'll draw a "portrait" of a car, showing the importance of the distance from which we stand in terms of its perception, and create a detailed drawing by sitting less than a meter away from the vehicle, giving it a "fisheye" vision. Then we'll integrate the car into an urban environment, using it as a foreground and playing with reflections on the car body. By the end of the workshop, participants will no longer be afraid to sketch a car, yet may find themselves on the brink of becoming addicted to this enjoyable exercise.
Key skills:
Participants will be able to create a rich, dynamic composition of multiple planes using minimalist materials. By taking the risk of drawing directly with a fine felt-tip pen without any prior construction, you'll gain confidence and integrate mistakes as part of the process of sketching on the spot. Finally, we'll work on color harmony with a reduced watercolor palette to intuitively capture the essence of an urban scene.
Suggested material:
- Several black waterproof fineliners (uni.pin 0.2 and 0.5) and colored ones (sepia, gray, blue, red, orange, etc.)
- A watercolor kit with at least the following 3 colors: yellow ochre, crimson alizarin and cobalt blue
- A brush
- White gelly roll 10
- A5 or larger notebook, satin or smooth pages
- Folding chair highly recommended
