[a whole assortment of tools in a Stillman and Birn Zeta--giagantic--sketchbook]
Showing posts with label Europe 2015. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Europe 2015. Show all posts
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Airport sketchin'
Nothing better than a captive subject matter oblivious to their surroundings! Oh and a gigantic layover helps too!
[a whole assortment of tools in a Stillman and Birn Zeta--giagantic--sketchbook]
[a whole assortment of tools in a Stillman and Birn Zeta--giagantic--sketchbook]
Saturday, April 4, 2015
Sketch meet up with Lapin and Freekhand
As many artists/sketchers do, we follow the many artists on Urbansketchers.org--add in the opportunity to travel to Barcelona where some of these artists live and I had a recipe for one of the coolest artistic moments of my life to date!
Before I left on my trip to Europe, I emailed both Lapin and Miguel "Freekhand" Herranz to see if they wanted to meet up and go drawing and they said yes! We happened to have a free saturday together and with the support of my trip director I made it happen!
We met up at the Hospital St.Pau in Barcelona on a gorgeous 60 degree sunny day! I got there super early and enjoyed an espresso in the shadows of a splendid modern masterpiece of architecture.
Lapin was the first to show up and we traded some stories, and of course, we got to peek at each other's sketchbooks. I've seen a ton of his work on social media and I always thought he sketched in large ledger books--turns out--they are very small! I am envious of anyone who can sketch small-scale! (this will be a new goal for in the up coming weeks).
Next to arrive was Miguel! I've been swooning over his toned sketches for a few years now, and to meet the man behind the work was especially exciting! We chatted about materials, as well as teaching--he was amused that I teach little ones!
Eventually we got our sketchbooks out and started to sketch. I was intimidated by a few things:
1: sketching with these two great artists
2: the enormity of the structure we were sitting in front of!
Regardless, it was a super fun afternoon and I enjoyed every second of it! I look forward to meeting up with these gentleman sometime soon.
Before I left on my trip to Europe, I emailed both Lapin and Miguel "Freekhand" Herranz to see if they wanted to meet up and go drawing and they said yes! We happened to have a free saturday together and with the support of my trip director I made it happen!
We met up at the Hospital St.Pau in Barcelona on a gorgeous 60 degree sunny day! I got there super early and enjoyed an espresso in the shadows of a splendid modern masterpiece of architecture.
Lapin was the first to show up and we traded some stories, and of course, we got to peek at each other's sketchbooks. I've seen a ton of his work on social media and I always thought he sketched in large ledger books--turns out--they are very small! I am envious of anyone who can sketch small-scale! (this will be a new goal for in the up coming weeks).
Next to arrive was Miguel! I've been swooning over his toned sketches for a few years now, and to meet the man behind the work was especially exciting! We chatted about materials, as well as teaching--he was amused that I teach little ones!
Eventually we got our sketchbooks out and started to sketch. I was intimidated by a few things:
1: sketching with these two great artists
2: the enormity of the structure we were sitting in front of!
Regardless, it was a super fun afternoon and I enjoyed every second of it! I look forward to meeting up with these gentleman sometime soon.
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| my horrific attempt |
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| 5 different views from 5 different artists! |
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| Lapin and Joel's sketches matched up perfectly! |
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| Lapin's signature hat |
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| Miguel |
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| our view |
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| Miguel's artwork |
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| Lapin's artwork |
Friday, April 3, 2015
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Monday, March 30, 2015
Sennelier
We had some free time to spend in Paris on our first day so I dragged Ed to Sennelier--a very old, and famous art shop in Paris. I just had to visit since this was where Degas, Picasso and Cezanne shopped when they lived in Paris!
I couldn't walk out empty-handed, I snagged a Sennelier sketchbook, and crazy cool Pentel mechanical pencil and a Uni-pin pen. The upstairs was setup--what looked like--a urban sketchers paradise of pens and pencils! They had every type of pen, marker and pencil you could think of! Paradise!
I couldn't walk out empty-handed, I snagged a Sennelier sketchbook, and crazy cool Pentel mechanical pencil and a Uni-pin pen. The upstairs was setup--what looked like--a urban sketchers paradise of pens and pencils! They had every type of pen, marker and pencil you could think of! Paradise!
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| even Ed (teacher) was captivated! |
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