dessiner montréal

il y a d'abord  eu la découverte de la page «drink and draw montreal». il s'agit d'un blog sur l'univers du sketch, manière urban sketcher, à montréal. on y trouve quelques actualités sur le sujet et aussi quelques portraits/entrevues.

il y a un certain plaisir à voir notre ville dessinée avec style. voir et lire l'entrevue et les dessins de marc taro holmes.

«A few years back I decided it was time to really learn to draw. Instead of going back to school, I went to life drawing. A lot. Like, two or three times a week. For a few years. That’s about a thousand drawings a year. I was just doing a ton of 5, 10 and 20 minute figure drawings.

That isn’t really plein air, but it’s the same issues. Working on your toes, drawing under an urgent time limit. Drawing from perception, rather than imagination. Learning to harness traditional materials to do all sorts of things you can’t do digitally. Once you start drawing from life, the complexity of drawing really opens up. Drawing from imagination is by definition refining a formula. You’re doing the ‘style’ you do, and just getting better and better at it.»

il a aussi participé au symposium urban sketcher à lisbonne l'été dernier dont j'ai parlé dans quelques billets. intéressant à lire.

à surveiller, la sortie du livre «the art of urban sketching».