Sketching Barcelona: Secrets of an Urban Sketcher

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A visual diary of Barcelona, a real treat for sketchers and lovers of the city. Inspiration is everywhere, in allinstances of city life. In this visual diary of Barcelona, a real treat forsketchers and lovers of the Catalan capital, urban sketcher Lapin creates agraphic narrative of his metropolitan surroundings to communicate a highlyexpressive and deeply personal vision of the city. Using vintage accounting books that he finds inflea markets, Lapin, armed with nothing more than a sketchbook, a fine linerpen, watercolor paints and his folding stool, depicts the images and phenomenaof everyday city life busy streets, bustling cafes, iconic monuments,graffiti-splashed walls, sidewalks thick with people. A sketching techniquethat pays meticulous attention to detail, his particular use of color andstriking und humorous perspective distortions define Lapin's journalistic-likevisual style. Telling evocative stories through his drawings, he also providesa fresh look at some of the urban transformations the city is currently undergoing,including green hubs and squares, parks and gardens. The artist defines himselfas a mobile illustrator, a kind of modern-day itinerant urban explorer anddocumentarian who immerses himself in his environment (in this case, Barcelona)and records what he sees. The result is a graphic reportage of the city'sculture, from its emblematic architecture down to the ornamental concrete slabsused to pave many of its sidewalks and nearly everything else in between. AUTHOR: Lapin is a French illustrator, an artist, a French urban sketcher based in Barcelona. He can be defined as a mobile illustrator who carries his sketchbook and his compact sketching gear to the street, to a bar, to a metro, to Istanbul or Tokyo. Sketching is a way for him to record every second of his life and feel alive. He can sketch sitting on a floor for hours or just having a beer in his hand or just during one metro stop. Lapin already filled around 160 sketchbooks for the last thirteen years and he particularly appreciates sketching on vintage accounting books from the 70s, which he finds in flea markets. According to Lapin a good sketchbook must contain two things; some doodles of dinosaurs and vintage cars. Besides capturing his life in his sketchbooks, he also teaches the art of sketching during workshops in universities, in art schools and participates exhibitions around Europe. Lapin has published several sketchbooks about Cuba, Japan, Istanbul, Paris, Barcelona and Carcassonne. SELLING POINTS: . A subjective and enriching view on theMediterranean Spanish city by renowned urban sketcher Lapin. . Lapin offers again a treat and a witness of his talent to the urban sketcher's community and visitors ofthe city alike. . The authordepicts the images and phenomena of Barcelona's everyday city life, includingsecret spots and the transformations the city is currently undergoing.

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Lapin is a French illustrator, an artist, a French urban sketcher based in Barcelona. He can be defined as a mobile illustrator who carries his sketchbook and his compact sketching gear to the street, to a bar, to a metro, to Istanbul or Tokyo. Sketching is a way for him to record every second of his life and feel alive. He can sketch sitting on a floor for hours or just having a beer in his hand or just during one metro stop. Lapin already filled around 160 sketchbooks for the last thirteen years and he particularly appreciates sketching on vintage accounting books from the 70s, which he finds in flea markets. According to Lapin a good sketchbook must contain two things; some doodles of dinosaurs and vintage cars. Besides capturing his life in his sketchbooks, he also teaches the art of sketching during workshops in universities, in art schools and participates exhibitions around Europe. Lapin has published several sketchbooks about Cuba, Japan, Istanbul, Paris, Barcelona and Carcassonne.