Tag: urbansketcher

Primo classificato - Receiving the certificate

Primo classificato (176)

29/05/2016, Avellino, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น 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…
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19,35 m2 of dreams 02

19.35 m2 of dreams (175)

02/06/2016, Salerno, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น In yesterday’s story I talked about the exhibition in Avellino. Today I show you what the prints looked like when they were all together: a 19,35 m2 (13,02 x 1,485 m) collection of drawings made in Italy in the period 2011-2016. Among those drawings I can clearly see my evolution: the…
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Originals and copies

Originals and copies (174)

04/06/2016, Salerno, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น 2016 was the year I started doing public exhibitions with my drawings. One of these presentations was in Avellino, after the competition for urban sketchers that I have mentioned before here and here. The theme of the exhibition was the celebration of the 5 years since my first trip to Italy, and…
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A coffee in Amsterdam (II) - 01

A coffee in Amsterdam II (168)

22/12/2015, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ . You may remember that coffee in Amsterdam I had before going to Leiden [link to 61]. It was the same trip where I drew a selfie and had a Christmas night with a happy ending [link to 81] ๐Ÿ‘€ Today’s drawing is another chapter of that trip. It’s actually…
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Intensity IV: A microphone for the Queen

Intensity IV: A microphone for the Queen (167)

04/05/2015, London, United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง This is another episode of the trip to London, Paris and Milan that I made in 2015. Here are the previous stories: Today’s drawing seems a bit funny to me. I was trying to portray the ridiculous hat of the famous Royal Guard. Don’t you think the guards look like…
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Selfie in Amsterdam

Selfie in Amsterdam (165)

22/12/2015, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ If you ever see me waiting in an airport or at a bus station you will most likely see me either drawing or reading. I can’t be in activities that involve permanently fixing my eyes on a screen, like watching a movie, I just don’t feel comfortable. I’ve tried to…
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A world of perspectives II

A world of perspectives II (164)

13/06/2023, Berlin, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Last Sunday I talked about how well the markets are going. Well, to continue this tailwind, yesterday I received an invitation to make a new market. So today I met up with two friends who helped me define my real chances of accepting or not. Because yes, I can’t do it…
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intensity III

Intensity III: The Tower of London (163)

03/05/2015, London, United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง This is the 3rd sketch from the trip I made to London in 2015 (1st [link to 153], 2nd [link to 154]). Today’s scene portraits a spot of the city where the old and the modern architecture meet: The Tower of London. The Tower of London served as a castle,…
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A world of perspectives (162)

11/06/2023, Berlin, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Salue, chรจre lectrice! Another amazing day at the Mauerpark is over. Today’s experience has filled me with great numbers and feedback from my customers. I have sold out of several motifs and drawing sizes, so this week I will need to replenish my stock quite urgently. At some point during the…
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And if I become very tiny?

And if I become very tiny? (159)

Ink and pencils 11/03/2016, Salerno, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Do you remember, dear reader, those days when I used to teach drawing in Italy? [link to 068]. Today’s drawing is another exercise I used to give. In this case, the focus was to think of everyday things as something different. With that aim, I used to invite…
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