Not so twins

Here are a couple of brothers recently born.

The big one is a collection of spread pages from my sketchbooks containing drawings made from life between 2007 and 2011, most of them already published here.

The second one (on the left side) is the facsimile of a tiny sketchbook (on the right side) that was always inside my pocket from may 20 to july 3 of 2011.

I used it for making quick portraits of the people around me...

...most of them on the bus or the underground, none of them yet published online.


Here are a couple of videos of both books:



And for those interested on having a copy, they are on sale at my new shop online.

Drawing with Inma

A couple of weeks ago Inma Serrano came to Barcelona for a little trip.
They were 4 days of intensive drawing and a lot of fun.
Sometimes I feel very grateful to urban sketching for allowing me to know people like her.

This is a panoramic view of Barcelona from the Palau Nacional de Montjuïc.


It got dark while we were drawing the Casa Milà.


Inside the Sagrada Familia...


...and over the Sagrada Familia.


Some of the drawings Inma made on thes days can be seen here.

More from Teruel

Here are some (not so) forgotten pages I made in Teruel (I told something about this trip on a previous post).  When I'll grow up I'll post twice a month. Seems I'm yet unable to do it.

London

Seventeen years after, last august I came back to London.

I loved it so much, as always (and now it's possible to eat!!)

Covent Garden. This drawing took me more or less the time of two shows, a juggler and an acrobat. I finished when a magician was about to start.

I don't know if Norman Foster had in mind a couple of fishes doing synchronized swimming when he designed the Millenium Bridge, but this idea came to my mind at the first sight.

The Royal Courts of Justice is one of those buildings as Neuchswanstein Castle or Milan's Duomo that, apart of their architectural value, seem to be a –fantasy– film set. It's because of this that I love them.

Back from Lisbon

It's hard for me to express my thoughts and feelings about the 2nd Urban Sketchers Symposium that took place in Lisbon on july 21 to 23. Words can hardly give an approximate idea of the experience. Drawing on such a marvelous place as Lisbon, learning from masters as Frank Ching, Melanie Reim, Joao Catarino and many others, knowing new people, meeting for the first time people known on the web or meeting again old friends, made this days absolutely unforgettable.

Here are some of the drawings I made on those days, most on them on the workshops.


On the leftside the Elevador de Santa Justa, my first drawing in Lisbon the day before the party started. On the rightside a drawing made at Largo de Saõ Paulo on the first workshop with Filipe Leal de Faria and Marc Taro Holmes.


Drawing made at Largo Luis de Camões on the workshop of Nina Johansson and José Louro.


This is Largo do Chiado drawn at the workshop by Pedro Cabral and Frank Ching.


A scene taken at Largo do Rossio on the workshop by Melanie Reim and Ângela Luzia. This is the only workshop I was absolutely sure I didn't want to miss when I booked my schedule. I guess I'll work on Melanie's thoughts for months.


Rua da Bica, workshops called "Contrastes" (easy to guess) by Asnee Tasna and João Catarino.

Here are also some portraits of the fellow sketchers I met on those days.

Farewell Lisbon!