louise

35th sketchcrawl in "la rioja"

here are some of the sketches I made here and there, eating tapas, drinking beers, and listening to good music with good friends… during the 3 days marathon in "la rioja", famous area for its red wine, that javier de blas organised there.
it was an evidence to visit the wine museum "dinastia vivanco", in which I sketched part of the biggest exposed collection of corkscrews ;) and I loved it!

more sketches of the sketchcrawl in "la rioja" on the sketchcrawl forum.

"te quiero bcn" on sale

my new book "te quiero bcn" vol.1 is now for sale on my online shop.

interview in "el periódico"

today, cristina savall, journalist for "el periódico" publishes the interview about my barcelona's book "te quiero bcn". you can read it online here (in spanish).
merci!

"1.363 M2 apunts sant lluc" exhibition

I participate to a collective exhibition of the artistic circle of sant lluc in barcelona, with few of my model sketches.
the opening will be tomorrow evening, see you there!

logroño (1)

last week, I spent 4 days in logroño (la rioja - spain), first to show my working process to the students of my good friend javier de blas at the art school "esdir", and then for the 35th sketchcrawl that javier organised there.
here are my first sketches before the sketchcrawl:

and the winners are…

louise pick up delicately five names from the hat.
congratulation to the winners to this 5th lapin-lottery: patricia, mark dodge medlin, ramya ramakrishnan, tineke and liz (as far as they were 2 "liz" participating, I have no other choice than offer the book to both of you, and sorry liz steel, you did not win again!).

I'm waiting for your addresses (send to my contact, on the right side).
the book will be for sale in the coming days on my online "boutique".
thanks to all of you for participating!

sant jordi

tomorrow, for the "sant jordi" book's festival, I will be presenting my book "the barcelona de lapin" in "plaça sant just" (gothic district, bcn) for the annual festival of artist book and small edition, from 12:00 to 20:00.
and during the all day, you are invited to participate to a sketchcrawl in the gothic district.

in the same time, from 17:00 to 18:00, I will dedicate my book "la sagrada familia de gaudi" in "la parada abracadabra" front of santa catarina market.

see you here and there!

"te quiero bcn"

limited edition poster (60x84cm)

suite hôtel

an illustration I made for the suite hotel "le domaine de l'ardoisière" in alle-sur-semois (belgium), after spending 3 days there sketching.

the barcelona de lapin ***contest***

my new book "the barcelona de lapin" is out now!
it's a compilation of the last sketches of my hometown for the last 5 years: barcelona, of its secrets and personal places, far away from the tourist cliché.
the result is a 104 pages luxury edition (offset print, hard cover, gold stamping title and round corners).
and as usual, I organise a “lapin-lottery”, and will pick up 5 names from the comments of this post, and send them a dedicate copy.
the winners are: patricia, mark dodge medlin, ramya ramakrishnan, tineke and liz(s).

soon available on my online shop and in the bookstores of barcelona, and already on sale in mitte barcelona during my exhibition there.

more pictures of the opening

©dani powell

from the flickr set mitte barcelona "read me".

thanks!

to all of you who came "reading" my exhibition for the opening, and keep in mind that you have until the 11th of may to pass by mitte barcelona artspace (c, bailen, 86, BCN) and to look at my new published sketchbook of barcelona.
some picts of the launching the other day:

©simo/tom, the colleagues from quality st.
some more picts in the next days.

d-day

opening tonight from 7:00 to 10:00pm, see you there!

exhibition "cabinet de curiosités" in mitte barcelona (c. bailen, 86, bcn),
11th of april to 11th of may 2012.

old school cool

a poster of my sketches of vintage cars and bikes: one of the goodies available at the exhibition in mitte barcelona this wednesday!
(870x170mm, impression offset quadrichromy on the both side)

vernissage

next wednesday is the opening of my exhibition in mitte barcelona, calle bailen 86. I have 31 of my sketchbooks exposed, my new book out, and some special goodies for sale.
don't miss it!

louise

is 8 month old.

work in progress

still a few days before the opening in mitte barcelona…

"the barcelona de lapin" NEW BOOK

here it is:
the cover of my last facsimile sketchbook about barcelona, my hometown for the last 5 years!
see you next week for the launching in mitte barcelona.

"Five years ago Lapin moved to the capital city of Catalunya, Barcelona.
It was love at first sight. He loved everything about Barcelona.
He followed every trace of the great artists, Gaudi, Muntaner, Antoni Tapies...
He loved the dusty old parts of it and the new shiny glamorous side. He loved the "cerveza-beer" and he loved the vermout, he loved the Guiris and he loved Castellers and calçots..
He loved the new building of the museu blau and million yeared dinosaurs inside, he loved the darkside of Edifici Colon and the cheer on the Barceloneta beach, he loved the old ones playing parchis and the young rebel voices in Plaza Catalunya, he loved the old hairdresser’s timeworn chair and he loved looking for old account books in Encants as old as that chair, he loved the sound of the rally cars passing by, he loved the graffitis and he loved that old emblem on the Plaça del Rei, he loved the tension in the Barça games and the peaceful empty streets on the Sunday mornings.
He loved walking through the city to rediscover, to draw ;in another word to live it like the way he knows.
Lapin loved Barcelona and that’s why he decided to gather every pieces and memories about it that he marked in his sketchbooks since 5 years.
This sketchbook is about Barcelona and every detail that made Barcelona so special. This is the volume I edition of the Barcelona serie and this project may be possible by giving back all the love that Barcelona had given to us."

100 pages, 210x155mm, impression offset (quadrichromy)
cover: "flexibook" with gold stamping - interior: offset paper 100g, round corners
limited edition 500 copies

poster barcelona

a detail preview of the poster I made for the launching of my new book "the barcelona de lapin" next week, stay tuned for more appetizer soon!!
original size: 60x84cm