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What skills do you need to be a good urban sketcher?Exact a regular practice (a daily practice for me). I thinkthat the best skills are curiosity and patience. Curiosity tolook for an original point of view and the patience to spend15 minutes to an hour and a half sketching a subject.``````What is the best equipment to take with you?My equipment is very compact and light, as I’m carrying itall the time in my rucksack. I carry a folding stool, a case on``````my belt with my inkpens, watercolours, brush pens andcolour pencils. The most important things are a couple ofsketchbooks: a small one to scribble in on the subway, anda larger one for more elaborate work.``````I get put off by people watching me sketch. Have youfound a way around this?You can’t avoid people looking at what you’re doing whilesketching outdoors. In the subway, I’m used to hiding my``````Your use of narrative is engaging. Do you decide the storyline beforehand or afterwards?Your use of narrative is engaging. Do you decide the storyline beforehand or afterwards?I already have a part of my storyline in mind before starting, but I like to keep some places for unexpected I already have a part of my storyline in mind before starting, but I like to keep some places for unexpectedmeetings and discover things during my process. Even if I plan to sketch a spot I have in mind, I could fi nish the meetings and discover things during my process. Even if I plan to sketch a spot I have in mind, I could fi nish theday with some totally different drawings, and that’s part of the fun, to go with the fl ow and get inspired.day with some totally different drawings, and that’s part of the fun, to go with the fl ow and get inspired.``````ABOVELe Louvre,inkpen,watercolour,colour pencils andgouache, 21x15cm >THE CITYSketchingYOUR QUESTIONS``````FRENCH URBAN SKETCHER LAPIN EXPLAINS HOW TO BRING NARRATIVE INTO YOUR DRAWINGS``````Artists & Illustrators 6565 Your Questions.indd 65 08/06/2016 12:15