Meet Lydia Wood and John Donohue, two sketchers drawn to food establishments. Wood has drawn more than 300 London pubs and aspires to immortalize the more than 3,000 across the city. Donohue is on a quest to draw every restaurant in New York, Paris, London and beyond.
Drawings to save animals Here’s a great initiative that underscores the value of reportage as a communication and marketing tool. Wildlife artist Delphine Zigoni, 11 other sketchers from USk Paris and journalist Marianne Lagrange recently teamed up to document the life of laboratory animals. They partenered with White Rabbit, a French association that finds homes for the animals when the laboratories […]
Lapin’s sketchbook reportage is sought out by municipalities, museums and even the French military. How did he launch his career as an independent reportage artist and urban sketcher? In this new Artist Talk exclusive for On the Spot members, Lapin talks about his career and the strategies behind his success.
Uganda’s landscape and wildlife in watercolor and pencil “I traveled to Uganda to make one of my dreams a reality: to witness the mountain gorillas.” —Joan León Hot off the press! Barcelona-based sketcher Joan León, the author of Ilustrando Sudamérica*, takes us to a whole new continent in Cuaderno de Uganda ($16.77 on Etsy), a publication he released last […]
