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Who Wants to Kiss… full time-lapse video (192)

July 11, 2023

Do you remember my first post mentioning when I recorded the video of (Who Wants to Kiss)? Well, today I’m going to show you the result of the session 👀 09/06/2023, Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪 Who Wants to Kiss “Who wants to kiss… (searches for the mouth)” is an artwork with which I broke a couple of regular practices from my comfort zone. For example, I normally draw in a couple of sessions using pencil. Then, I draw on top of that outline with ink, this normally is a very quick stage. After that, sometimes I add more details and hatchings to give the drawing more depth and texture. Finally, I paint, generally in two sessions of watercolours: first giving the colour, and then the shadows. That is how I did for A Wizard Without a Shadow or Mitte. Instead, today’s artwork was a huge challenge because I did all of that process in one day. Actually, in just 6 hours. Questions Could I have done it in more hours? Yes. Was it stressful to do it in such a short time? Not at all! My point is the following: I do not do things because I feel that I must do them for someone else. Seen from that perspective, I didn’t have the obligation of finishing the drawing. I simply chose to do it. You might also ask my dear reader, how did you know that you were going to finish it in such a short time? I didn’t. I simply did what I felt in that time frame, the result was going to be good in either case because it was just an experimentation. It is also a nice exercise for your mind: one wants to add more details here and there, put some more textures to gain more depth. But I stopped myself and said: this is it. This is what we have got and that is how it should be. A nice collaboration Another practice I regularly do is to edit my own videos. However, this time that task was in hands of a lovely friend. She edited the video with mastery, synchronising the music with the evolvement of the drawing quite perfectly. Thanks Koromoto Music and Carolina Lares Jaffe! The video They say one image says more than thousand words, so I’ll stop writing and I’ll leave you with the video of Who Wants To Kiss. I hope you’ll enjoy it and don’t forget to like, comment and suscribe for supporting my work 🥰 But tell me dear reader… What do you think of Who Wants to Kiss?Do you often leave your comfort zone? Good evening 🎥🖼️

Lufo Art en el Berlin Workstadt (185)

July 4, 2023

Hoy es el glorioso día en que Lufo Art empezó a tener un stand permanente en la tienda Berlin Workstadt. Siga leyendo estimada lectora, para saber cómo fue este primer día y conocer quién fue mi primer cliente… 04/07/2023, Berlín, Alemania 🇩🇪 Lufo Art en el Berlin Workstadt El post de hoy es una actualización de el anuncio que hice hace un par de días. Esta mañana fui a montar mi stand en el Berlin Workstadt de Berlín y ya está todo listo. Fue un día largo, con muchas idas y venidas. Era la primera vez que montaba mis cosas en este espacio, así que tuve que probar muchas cosas antes de decidirme por algo. Bárbara de Colección Emma fue la primera artista del Workstadt en aparecer esta mañana. Ella es chilena y arquitecta, y dedica toda su creatividad a hacer ropa increíble con telas recicladas y de diferentes tipos. Bárbara se enamoró de mis dibujos y fue mi primera compradora 🥰🫶🏻 Al mediodía almorcé con G., con quien estoy preparando algo muy bonito para una nueva instalación 👀. Justo después del agradable almuerzo en Hamburger Bahnhof junto al río, volví de nuevo al Berlin Workstadt, donde permanecí hasta unos minutos después de las 20:00. A pesar del largo día, volví a casa con la gran satisfacción de tener el stand ya montado. Mañana será otro día ajetreado, tengo que comprar algunas cosas para embellecer aún más mi lugar… Espero que les guste la configuración actual del stand. Si estás en Berlín, ¡pasen a saludar! Pero dígame estimada lectora… ¿También fue este martes un glorioso día para usted?¿Qué almorzó? Buenas noches 🥗🪩 Lufo

Lufo Art at the Berlin Workstadt (185)

July 4, 2023

Today is the glorious day in which Lufo Art started to have a permanent stand at the Berlin Workstadt shop. Keep reading to know how did it go and to find out about my first client! 04/07/2023, Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪 Lufo Art at the Berlin Workstadt Today’s post is an update of the announcement I made a couple of days ago. This morning I went to set up my stand at the Berlin Workstadt and it’s all ready to go. It has been a long day, with a lot of comings and goings. It was my first time setting up my stuff in this space, so I needed to try a lot of things before I settled on something. Barbara from Emma Collection was the first artist to appear this morning. She is Chilean and an architect, and dedicates all her creativity to making amazing clothes with recycled and different kinds of fabrics. Barbara fell in love with my drawings, and she was my first buyer! 🥰🫶🏻 At noon, I had lunch with G., with whom I am preparing something very nice for a new installation 👀. Right after the nice lunch at Hamburger Bahnhof by the river, I head back to the Berlin Workstadt, where I stayed until a few minutes after 8 p.m. Despite the long day, I returned home with the great satisfaction of having the stand already set up. Tomorrow will be another busy day, I have to buy some things to make my place even more beautiful… I hope you like the current stand set-up. If you are in Berlin, come and say hello! But tell me dear reader… Was this Tuesday also glorious for you?What did you have for lunch? Good evening 🥗🪩 Lufo

34 in Toulouse (183)

July 2, 2023

Do you want to know my dear reader how I celebrated my first 34 years of life in Toulouse?In today’s post I’ll tell you about this beautiful city in France, and what does “switcheó” mean 👀 34 en Toulouse 01/07/2019, Toulouse, France 🇳🇱 Since it’s my birthday time, I’ll remember another place I visited a couple of years ago: Toulouse. I arrived to that city because of something as random as choosing a place for the price of the air tickets, as I had mentioned I do in yesterday’s post. I liked the city: not too big and not too small by European standards, still with a certain charm of the historical centre, nice riverbanks, and with a fresh air of a young city… not because the city is young of course, but because there are a lot of young people. I remember getting a fairly central room in a hotel with few stars and a lot of surprises, where I stayed between 28/06 and 02/07/2019. The hotel was close to a local market which I visited several times, and where I bought fresh fruits that I brought with me during my walks. Human scale If there is one thing I did in Toulouse, it was walking, lots and lots of walking. The city seemed to me to have the perfect human scale to be explored on foot. Although it was summer, the temperature was still acceptable so as not to die of dehydration under the sun. On one of these walks I discovered a giant park, full of people, in a sort of electronic music festival. It was wonderful, I bought a beer and sat on the grass listening to the music, with absolutely no worries ahead of me. The night of my birthday, I went to the Concorde bar, a place with those little round French tables as small as characteristic. There I drank a good beer and made this little drawing that I am sharing with you today. In the drawing you can read “Something did clap and it switcheó”. “Switcheó”, a very streetwise and informal Spanish adaptation of “switching”, is an expression that C. taught me in 2017. “Switcheó” is the action of suddenly changing our mood, for example from anger to joy, or whatever, but fast. This expression is very much connected with the drawing “Ants 01“, but that will be a story for another day… But tell me dear reader… Have you visited Toulouse?What do you think of the little tables where you can’t even fit a peanut plate?Good evening 🍺🥜 Lufo

34 en Toulouse (183)

July 2, 2023

¿Quiere saber como festejé mis 34 años en Toulouse mi estimada lectora? Pues siga leyendo, que además de hablarle sobre esta bella ciudad de Francia le contaré de donde viene el “switcheo” (acción y/o efecto de “switchear”) 👀 34 en Toulouse 01/07/2019, Toulouse, Francia 🇳🇱 Ya que estamos en la época de mi cumpleaños voy a recordar otro de los lugares que visité hace un par de años atrás: Toulouse. Llegué a esa ciudad por algo tan aleatorio como elegir un lugar por el precio de los billetes aéreos, tal como les había contado en el post de ayer que suelo hacer para estas fechas. La ciudad me gustó: ni muy grande ni muy pequeña para el estándar europeo, todavía con un cierto encanto de centro histórico, bonitas márgenes del río, y con un aire fresco de ciudad joven… No digo ciudad joven porque la ciudad sea nueva claro está, sino porque vi mucha población joven. Recuerdo haber conseguido una habitación bastante céntrica en un hotel de pocas estrellas y muchas sorpresas, donde estuve entre el 28/06 y el 02/07 de 2019. El hotel estaba cerca de un mercado local que visité en varias ocasiones, y donde compré frutas frescas que me acompañaron en mis caminatas. Escala humana Si hay algo que hice en Toulouse fue caminar, caminar muchísimo. La ciudad me pareció de una escala humana perfecta para ser recorrida a pie. Si bien era verano, la temperatura era todavía aceptable para no morir deshidratado bajo el sol. En una de esas caminatas descubrí un parque gigante, lleno de gente, en una suerte de festival de música electrónica. Fue maravilloso, me compré una cerveza y me senté en el pasto a escuchar la música. En ese momento ninguna preocupación se cruzaba por mi mente. La noche de mi cumpleaños me fui al bar Concorde, que también estaba cerca de mi hotel. El sitio tenía esas mesitas francesas redondas tan características como pequeñas. Allí me tomé una buena cerveza e hice este pequeño dibujo que hoy les comparto. En el dibujo se puede leer “Algo hizo clap! y se switcheó”. El “switcheó” es una expresión que me enseñó C. en 2017. Switchear es la acción de cambiar, súbita y repentinamente nuestro estado de ánimo, de enojo o alegría, o lo que sea, pero rápido. El “switcheo” está muy conectado con el dibujo “Ants 01“, pero eso será historia para otro día… Pero dígame estimada lectora… ¿Visitó Toulouse?¿Qué opinión le merecen las mesitas en las que no entran ni el plato del maní?Buenas noches 🍺🥜 Lufo

Happy 38th Birthday: celebrating in Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland 🇵🇱

Felices 38 años (182)

July 1, 2023

El post de hoy es sobre mis felices primeros 38 años 🫶🏻🍰🎁 … Pero también sobre una maravillosa noticia para Lufo Art! 👀👇🏻 01/07/2023, Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Polonia 🇵🇱 Cambio de planes Hoy tenía pensado hacer un post mucho más extenso, preparado y bonito. Pero la verdad es que son las 22:42, ya estoy un poco cansado, y mañana voy al Mauerpark, así que tengo que ser breve si quiero descansar bien. Me limitaré a comentarles las buenas nuevas, que ampliaré a gusto y placer a partir del próximo martes. ¡Las grandes noticias! Hoy tengo dos grandes novedades para ustedes: 1 – Felices 38 años Hoy se cumplen 38 años desde el día que llegué a esta tierra, así que ¡Felices 38 años para mi! 38 años no suenan a mucho, pero ¡qué cantidad de cosas que pasaron! … Y uso “felices” en serio, porque si la huesuda me viniera a visitar esta noche se llevaría a un Lucas feliz y satisfecho de haber intentado todo cuánto pudo y quiso… y más también! 2 – Lufo Art ahora tiene un espacio físico A partir de hoy, Lufo Art tiene un espacio físico, mezcla de atelier, galería y comercio. El sitio se llama Berlin Workstadt, y está ubicado en la excelente posición de Brunnenstraße 26, muy cerquita de la parada Rosenthaler Platz. Allí estaré, a partir del próximo martes 04/07, no solamente con una exposición permanente y vendiendo mis dibujos durante la semana, sino que también produciendo más material y dedicándome de lleno a todo ello. Mucho amor A partir del momento que comuniqué estas dos novedades en Instagram esta mañana, recibí TANTO, pero tanto amor, saludos, mensajes, fotos y llamadas, que todavía tengo varias conversaciones sin responder. A todos y todas, GRACIAS INMENSAS. La alegría que siento mi estimada lectora no tiene nombre… Comenzar con el espacio físico el día de mi cumpleaños es más que significativo, cruce usted los dedos para que las cosas marchen bien! Tengo un espacio físico para vender mi arte nada más y nada menos que en Berlín… mi sueño…! Mañana le cuento sobre mi último día en Kostrzyn nad Odrą y un poco más sobre el nuevo espacio físcio. Por ahora le dejo un dibujo que hice en Rehfelde, un pueblo minúsculo donde comí hoy volviendo de Polonia. Pero dígame estimada lectora… ¿Qué es lo que más le gusta recibir para su cumpleaños?¿Se da una vueltita a visitarme a la galería? Buenas noches 🖼🎂 Lufo

Happy 38th Birthday (182)

July 1, 2023

Happy 38th Birthday Lucas!!!! 🫶🏻🍰🎁 … But in today’s post there is much more than my happy 38th birthday my dear reader. Keep reading to find out about the great news for Lufo Art! 01/07/2023, Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland 🇵🇱 Change of plans Today I had planned to make a much more extensive, prepared and beautiful post. But the truth is that it’s 22:42, I’m already a bit tired, and tomorrow I’m going to Mauerpark, so I have to be brief if I want to have a good rest. I will limit the post to tell you the good news, which I will expand on at my leisure and pleasure from next Tuesday onwards. The big news! There are two big news: 1 – Happy 38th Birthday Today, the earth has made 38 turns around the sun since the day I arrived on this earth. So, Happy 38th Birthday to me! 38 years doesn’t sound like a lot, but what a lot of things happened! And when I say “happy” I mean it, because if the reaper would come to visit me tonight she would take with her a happy and satisfied Lucas. A Lucas that have tried everything he could and wanted… and more too! 2 – Lufo Art has now a physical shop As of today, Lufo Art has a physical space, a mixture of gallery, shop and workshop. The place is called Berlin Workstadt, and is located in the excellent position of Brunnenstraße 26, very close to the Rosenthaler Platz stop. From next Tuesday 04/07 on, I will be there, not only with a permanent exhibition and selling my drawings during the week, but also producing more material and dedicating myself fully to it. Lots of love From the moment I communicated these two news on my Instagram this morning, I received SO much love, greetings, messages, photos and calls, that I still have several unanswered conversations. To all of you, IMMENSE THANKS! The joy I feel my dear reader has no name…. To start with a physical space on my birthday is more than significant. Cross your fingers that things go well! And then I think: I have a physical space to sell my art, in Berlin, no less…. my dream…! Tomorrow I will tell you about my last day in Kostrzyn nad Odrą and a bit more about the new space. For now, I leave you a drawing I made in Rehfelde, a tiny village where I ate today coming back from Poland. But tell me dear reader… What is the best gift you could receive for your birthday?Will you come to visit me in the gallery? Good evening 🖼🎂 Lufo

Half a kilo of strawberries (181)

June 30, 2023

Hello dear reader, do you want to know how I ended up eating half a kilo of strawberries by myself? In today’s post I’ll tell you about it and some other experiences in Kostrzyn nad Odrą, while the adventure in Poland continues. 30/06/2023, Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland 🇵🇱 Everything starts with a good breakfast Today has been a very calm but also a very productive day. I started with a wonderful breakfast: the hotel I’m staying in has a bar and a bakery downstairs. The breakfast is included and served in there. I can say that is as good as the ones I have during my creative breakfasts in Berlin. In fact, for a moment I thought about bringing my drawing stuff and spending a few hours doing some art. Actually, I missed yesterday’s weekly meeting because I was here. However, for the sake of art and friendship N., T. and M. met in Friedrischain even though I wasn’t present, well done guys! In any case, this morning I thought about drawing but didn’t do it. The deadline for submitting the article I mentioned yesterday is very close, so I concentrated on that instead of the drawing. It was a good choice: I wrote for a couple of hours and then left my hotel around 12. The fishermen But, as I still felt like drawing, I went for a walk to get to know Kostrzyn a bit better and with my sketchbook at hand. I headed west, as if I would be going back to Germany. As I was crossing one of the branches of the Oder, I saw two fishermen on the river bank. I immediately stood up and started to draw them. They stood very still (as all fishermen usually do when fishing) and thanks to that I drew them calmly. However, when I wanted to take a picture of the drawing and the scene, one of them caught something. He quickly got up to catch his prey and right after both of them started to prepare their things to leave the place. So, as you can see in the photo, I never got the same picture again Küstriner Polenmarkt I also knew that in Kostrzyn there is a big flea market. That was actually my destination point. After leaving the fishermen I walked a little further and found it on my left. I won’t say that what I found was super interesting. I was expecting to see more handicrafts or “local” stuff. But what I found was mostly cigarettes, industrial clothes and shoes, and a few places to eat. I read some reviews about the market before I went, and they were pretty accurate: half of the stalls are empty, and there are hardly any people (especially compared to the markets I do). It seems that the pandemic had a big impact and the market has never recovered since then. In any case, I bought some very fresh and juicy strawberries, a T-shirt and decided to have lunch there. Before the food arrived, I took my sketchbook and made another quick drawing of the market. Once I had my food, I ate very slowly, reading (again) Jules Verne’s “A Trip to the Moon”. By the moment I’m writing these lines, all strawberries are gone 😜 But tell me dear reader… What makes a strawberry more attractive: red or green?Have you read any of Verne’s books? Good evening 🍓🌝 Lufo

Kostrzyn nad Odrą (180)

June 29, 2023

Greetings from Kostrzyn nad Odrą my dear reader! In today’s post I’ll tell you how come I’m in Poland and I’ll give you some spoilers about the BIG THINGS coming up for Lufo Art starting from July 1st 😏👀 29/06/2023, Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland 🇵🇱 The travel to Kostrzyn nad Odrą This morning I got up at 6 am, prepared my backpack and headed this way. It took me just over 2 hours to get here: U7 to Neukölln, S42 to Südkreuz, regional train RE26 to Küstrin-Kietz, and finally a short bus to Kostrzyn nad Odrą. You will probably never choose Kostrzyn nad Odrą as a tourist destination. Maybe that’s why I came here. Or not. Maybe I only came because Kostrzyn is the first town after the German border on this route, which is very convenient when you have the Deutschland ticket, valid for the whole country. In fact, last year – more or less during the same dates – I made almost the same trip. I also did it with the Germany-wide ticket, it was only 9 euros at that time!. Instead of Kostrzyn, in 2022 I went to Frankfurt am Oder, crossed the border to Poland by walking across the bridge between the two countries, and stayed in Słubice. The tradition for my birthday and New Year’s Eve Travelling on this date has a special meaning for me: it is part of my tradition of celebrating both my birthday (01/07) and New Year’s Eve in a different place every year. I have been doing it since 2011 (at least). I have managed to keep it up even during the pandemic. One day I’ll do the full list to share it with you… Why did I choose this place? I’ll be honest: because of the hotel. Sometimes I choose randomly according to the price of tickets. Other times I choose to visit friends and go to their cities, like that time when I went to the small town of Lappeenranta in Finland to visit E. ( https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xd3a4-0x27 ). But this time, I chose according to the distance of the accommodation to Berlin: I looked for options within a certain travel time because I want to be in the Mauerpark on Sunday. I found this wonderful hotel and without even taking a look to Wikipedia about this place, I booked it. During the trip (and also for almost the rest of the day 😅 ), I’ve been working on a new article. I’m writing about an artefact I’ve been working on since 2021. Unfortunately, I can’t reveal more details until the article is submitted and accepted. Tests for the new article Big things big BIG THINGS are coming up for Lufo Art starting July 1st. Do you want to know what it is? Ok, I’ll give you a hint and you complete the sentence: I’ll _ _ _ _ a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for _ _ _ _ _ _ _ my drawings But tell me dear reader… How do you choose your destinies?Do you have traditions? Good night 🚆🦦 Lufo

Primo classificato - Receiving the certificate

Primo classificato (176)

June 25, 2023

29/05/2016, Avellino, Italy 🇮🇹 I guess this is the closing post related to the urban sketchers contest organised by the FAI (Fondo per l’Ambiente Italiano) in Avellino. Here are all the previous entries: In today’s pictures you can see how the prints were set up inside the auditorium used as a showroom. I didn’t really do much: all the prints were A3 modules so I stuck one under the other with tape, and then hung each column made by 5 drawings each with two clips from above. However, the result was quite nice: an organic and at the same structured composition, with a lot of colours and contrasts. Among all those drawings I can see many stories related to the time and place where each of them was made. The last picture shows the moment when I received the certificate for winning the 1st place in the competition. I also remember the heat of blushing because I had to give a little speech to the public 😅 But tell me dear reader… Should I rebuild that drawing wall digitally?Do you like to give speeches in front of an audience? Good night 🎤🎙️ NFT You can collect this post as NFT using Lens, check it out 👉🏻 here 👈🏻

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