The art of urban sketching : drawing on location around the world / Gabriel Campanario.

By:

Campanario, Gabriel

Material type: Text

9781592537259
1592537251

Other title:

Drawing on location around the world

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DDC classification:

741 CAM

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Contents:

Section I. Becoming an urban sketcher : What is urban sketching? ; Tools for your portable studio ; Style and technique -- Section II. See the world, one drawing at a time : Seattle ; Victoria ; San Francisco ; Davis ; Los Angeles ; San Diego ; San Antonio ; Kansas City ; Toronto ; Montreal ; New York City ; Washington DC ; Norfolk ; Orlando ; Santo Domingo ; São Paulo ; Buenos Aires ; Johannesburg ; Nouakchott ; Marrakech ; Málaga ; Córdoba ; Lisbon ; Barcelona ; Blois ; Rennes ; Paris ; Liège ; London ; Sheffield ; Dublin ; Glasgow ; Aarhus ; Stockholm ; Moscow ; Berlin ; Stuttgart ; Kandern ; Venice ; Rome ; Naples ; Istanbul ; Tel Aviv ; Al Ain ; Pune ; Bangkok ; Penang ; Singapore ; Jakarta ; Semarang ; Hong Kong ; Seoul ; Tokyo ; Auckland ; Sydney -- Section III: Drawing inspiration : Skylines, cityscapes, and panoramas ; Buildings and architecture ; Industry and construction sites ; Harbors and waterfronts ; Monuments, cars, and urban furniture ; Through the seasons ; Events, news, and performances ; Subways, buses, and airports ; Cafés, restaurants, and bars ; People in action ; Parks and museums ; Night sketching.

Summary: A collection of over five hundred city and town illustrations drawn on location from artists from around the world, includes tips on drawing urban environments.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	741 CAM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100468108

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The Art of Urban Sketching is both a comprehensive guide and a showcase of location drawings by artists around the world who draw the cities where they live and travel.

See the world, one drawing at a time ...--Preliminary page.

A collection of over five hundred city and town illustrations drawn on location from artists from around the world, includes tips on drawing urban environments.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Gabriel Campanario is a staff artist at The Seattle Times and the founder of Urban Sketchers (www.urbansketchers.org), a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering the art of on-location drawing. Campanarios newspaper column, Seattle Sketcher, was awarded first place for blog writing in The Best of the West journalism contest. The blog and weekly print column, which combine location sketches and written stories, have quickly become popular in the Seattle area, where Campanario has been featured in TV and radio appearances. A native Spaniard, Campanario moved to the U.S. in 1998 and has lived near Seattle with his wife and two children since 2006. His journalism career spans two decades, working for newspapers in Barcelona, Lisbon, California, and Virginia. Campanario has a masters degree in journalism from the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain.