Barcelona, Spain [RESULTS]

November 21st 2009 - Our 5th Anniversary SketchCrawl!!!
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Barcelona, Spain [RESULTS]

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Hi everybody!

This time we decided to sketch around ¨El Parq de la Ciutadela¨, it's the second park in size in the city and hosts the Zoo, the Zoology and the Geologic Museums of Barcelona amongst other interesting spots.
Some of us (JasonLi, Victor ¨Swasky¨, Jordi & Teresa) met at 11am next to the Zoology Museum entrance and went into it to start sketching.
Here are the first drawings, that I inked and coloured with markers later on at home.
Some Stag Beetles
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The Shell's Room with Jordi sketching along
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The sun came out and we decided to went outside for the next sketches.
Inspired by the always wonderful water colours of Enrique Flores ¨4ojos¨ from Madrid (http://www.4ojos.com/blog/?p=2299) I pushed myself to work straight on with that media (and with no previous pencil) and see what I could come up with, that one is my view of the band stand and obviously I'm miles away from Enrique :wink:
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My take on the Cascade Fountain (which is a French-style fountain designed jointly by Fontsere and Gaudi and recently restored)
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To take a break of the water colours I also did a pencil detail of the fountain
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To that point, Jordi and Teresa had to leave but Carmen, Aurelie and Lapin joined us. Already lunchtime we went to ¨La Rambla del Born¨ to get a snack and go back to the park with renewed energies.
That's another water colour of one of the islands in the middle of the small lake
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After a while, people started to leave as the sun was hiding, Lapin and I went back to the Zoology Museum for a bit more sketching
The main room interior on the 2nd floor
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And Lapin sketching some animal skeletons
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We finally left the Museum and went for a drink, after that Lapin took me to an incredible shop right next to calle Ferran called El Ingenio http://www.el-ingenio.com/ a place for theatre goods, jugglings and traditional bigheads and giants founded in 1838 and run by the third generation of the family. After my last sketch of some Bighead masks I left home.
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Thanks everybody that came along, although I did miss some of my fellow SketchCrawlers...I'm always happy to meet new people and to see the group growing,
Looking forward to see everyone else's results!
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Ooooh! Great results Cesar! I'm a little envious that I missed out on hanging out with you guys. However, I did manage to get one more Sketchcrawler to come out with me, and have head promises from other artists for 'Next Time' LOL. Keep up the good work! :clap:
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The way to Barcelona, around La Ciutadella and the way back

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Lot of fun and time share with a great bunch of people. Than you to all of you.
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Liked the faces one and the lion spouting water! great sketches!

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hi !
my participation to this "half sketchcrawl" I participate to in barcelona. I join only at 2pm…
the fountain of the park:
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carmen, victor and cesar, sketching in the park, sitting down a palm tree:
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few sketches in the zoology museum:
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the amazing shop "el ingenio" and the traditional "cabezudos":
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and finishing the day, a beer in the typical "shilling" bar before the way back home by metro:
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great day, see you for the next edition!!!
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Not much to add that wasn't already said -- looks like I missed out on the giant-head store (and the beer)! :)

From the museum of natural science:

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At the park:

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See you all next time!

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I'm a big fan of anything related to natural history so the location and motifs here appeal to me very much.Yay for skeletons and bugs and kudos to all Barcelona sketchers.
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Strong line work all round here!
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Lapín y amigos dándolo todo en Barcelona. Me encanta. Enhorabuena. :thumbup:
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¡Saludos, Barcelona!
Vaya nivelazo que marcáis... enhorabuena, los dibujos son magníficos. Y la idea de ir al Museu de Ciències Naturals, inmejorable. Felicitaciones de nuevo desde el incipiente grupo de Málaga.
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So many pictures! compliments to the crawlers of Barcelona!
Lapin, I find your style really interesting. :thumbup:
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I'm deeply impressed with all the good sketches here!
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You picked a great place to sketch...such a variety of subjects!!! Super sketches everyone...I'm impressed!
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Thanks to all of you!!!
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Post by kumi matsukawa »

eclecticbox, Bravo!!! I love both approaches: your original style and Enrique style.The light in the Shell's room is amazing; so lovely watercolor of the Cascade Fountain.

Swasky, Love your line drawings, especially those people's facial expressions.

lapin, All of your sketches are so elegant! So beautiful lines and subtle yet rich color.

jasonli , Really love your line drawings! Very impressive lines :thumbup:

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