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His sketches provide a wonderful window to the different places in Spain, capturing
the urban landscape and atmosphere. They are very dimensional, especially the
sketches of town buildings and cities.
You can also check out more of his sketches on his Flickr page.
Today he shares with us what he uses for sketching.
Qn: Can you give our readers an introduction of yourself?
I am an architect working freelance. I have also been teaching Landscaping at
university for some years and now I am involved in a research study on the evolution
and shape of cities from existing old collections of sketches and drawings. I am
enjoying this last work very much as I love drawing cities myself! I also do illustration
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works.
I belong to a generation that only started to work with computers at the end of our
studies, so I did lots of handmade drawing in my first years at university, including
outdoor sketching. I was happy to discover Urban Sketchers many years later.
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Qn: Let's look at the pencil wrap first. Can you tell us the tools you have
there and their characteristics? Looks like colour pencils and crayons?
Do you use them together in a same drawing?
I do not normally use pencils or crayons alone, except if I am using a sketchbook not
suitable for water techniques. I normally use them for putting a stress in some parts
of a previously watercolored drawing.
The crayons are Caran DAche Neocolor II water soluble wax pastels. You can get
intense colors with them, what I only use on the papers surface locally.
The pencils, on the other hand, are Derwent Studio. They are not greasy at all and
non-watercolour; and provide light and subtle tones.
Both of them belong to big boxes so I only bring with me the ones I think I am going
to need.
Qn: For the coloured pencil artworks, what do you use to protect the
surface?
I use pencil in a rather sketchy manner, it is not a careful and soft work of layers, so I
do not use any protection on them.
Qn: That's a nice pencil wrap. Where did you buy it? Is it leather?
It is textile, very lightweight and occupies little space in the bag. I bought it at a
beautiful local store where you can find anything you need for traveling: maps, books,
guides also drawing items. It is called Mapas y Compaa
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Qn: This looks like your watercolour setup. Can you give us a quick
rundown of the items shown above?
On the left part there is the ink equipment I first use on my drawings: pens and
fountain pens, then on the right the watercolour set, brush and waterbrushes. There
is also a pack of tissues for cleaning the brushes and a couple of pencils.
Qn: You seem to have a lot of drawing tools. Which are your favourites?
Definitely, ink pens and watercolour. You can produce loose, quick and clean sketches
with them, but at the same time you can suggest detail and give some information on
textures, colours and atmosphere.
Qn: What watercolour brush is that? The hair looks quite big. Isn't it
challenging to work on small areas with that brush? Do you use other
brushes?
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Qn: What are these pens that you use? What's the difference between
them?
What I enjoy most is drawing with line, I start straight with ink and afterwards I use
colour in an economic form to put the accent only in some places of the drawing.
I love textures done with ink and also hatching, and I use pigment waterproof pens
for that purpose. I can use different numbers in the same sketch, mainly 0.2 and 0.4.
Nowadays I am happy with the Pigma Micron pens I am using, although I have also
used Staedtler ones before.
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For everyday sketches (mainly people sketches) with no colour I use a Lamy Safari
fountain pen. There is also an Uni Posca white ink pen that is useful in some
situations for the shines (sea waves, metal details) and a Deleter Neopiko marker with
brush tip. Drawing quick portraits with this last one is great fun!
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Qn: Do you sketch and colour while standing up? Isn't that very difficult?
I really appreciate the freedom of choosing a vantage point even where there is no
room for setting a portable chair.
I like sketching in crowded places, and in them looking above parked cars, or having
the chance to move a bit if something or somebody suddenly blocks your view, is
definitely not a minor point.
The condition is having a light gear and avoiding too big sketchbooks, the rest is just a
matter of balance. I have a side pack hanging from my shoulder containing everything
I need.
Qn: Who else do you think we should feature for the interview? Why?
I have always been interested in Rolf Schroeters work. I love his drawings but I am
also very interested in his creative way of mixing different media, and I would
definitely love to learn more about his way of choosing materials and tools.
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You can check out more art from Luiz Ruis at http://www.luisrpadron.blogspot.com
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