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Self-taught artist Carl Lavia, who goes by the nickname "Sketch," has been drawing intricate cities and architecturally-minded illustrations since he was the age of five. Although his early works were imaginative renderings of fictionalized cities, his practice has grown into immensely detailed depictions of large cities from an aerial point of view. Lavia uses ink and archival paper to produce each drawing, which appear like maps from a distance, but have a loose, almost Impressionist style when viewed up close.

In 2016 Lavia paired with photographer Lorna Le Bredonchel to form the project "#69Cities," which aims to create a portrait of the whole United Kingdom through large-scale drawings of its 69 cities. It takes approximately 2-4 months for Lavia to create each drawing in the expansive project, with Le Bredonchel documenting the entire process from his wall-sized sketches to their time exploring each city by foot.

So far the duo has traveled to Birmingham and Manchester, England as well as Edinburgh, Dundee, Stirling, and Perth, Scotland. The completed Perth drawing will be on display at the Perth Museum and Art Gallery at the end of his month, and be on view through January 2020. When completed, Lavia and Le Bredonchel hope to develop an app that will allow visitors to explore each drawing in an immersive 3D landscape. You can follow along with the pair's upcoming travels and future drawings on their website, Instagram, and Twitter.

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Large-Scale Drawings of the United Kingdom's 69 Cities by Carl Lavia

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Self-taught artist Carl Lavia, who goes by the nickname "Sketch," has been drawing intricate cities and architecturally-minded illustrations since he was the age of five. Although his early works were imaginative renderings of fictionalized cities, his practice has grown into immensely detailed depi

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Stick and ink version

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Minty Sainsbury is a London based Artist specialising in architectural pencil drawings. Shop limited edition signed prints on her online store.

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How to Draw A City in One Point Perspective | Step By Step

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How to Draw in 2-Point Perspective: Narrated

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UBS "Stephen Wiltshire"  - Amazing Drawing

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Local Plymouth Artist

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Street Photographers to inspire your own shots and editing

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Street Photographers to inspire your own shots and editing

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Higher level students might draw links between theirphots and those by others in their sketchbook...

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How do you feel about the City? Is it a place of wonder or a place of squalor?!

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How do you feel about the City? Is it a place of wonder or a place of squalor?!

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Photomontage is often used as a means of expressing political dissent.

It was first used as a technique by the dadaists in 1915 in their protests against the First World War. It was later adopted by the surrealists who exploited the possibilities photomontage offered by using free association to bring together widely disparate images, to reflect the workings of the unconscious mind.

In 1923 the Russian constructivist Aleksander Rodchenko began experimenting with photomontage as a way of creating striking socially engaged imagery concerned with the placement and movement of objects in space.

Other key exponents of the medium are John Heartfield, the German artist who reconstructed images from the media to protest against Germany's Fascist regime and Peter Kennard; whose photomontages explored issues such as economic inequality, police brutality and the nuclear arms race between the 1970s and the 1990s.

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Tate glossary definition for photomontage: A collage constructed from photographs

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the Giacomo Costa Site...the official web site. Here all the informations, works and photos. Sito ufficiale con tutte le informazioni, le opere e le foto.

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Sketch out key bits in pencil, then pen and coloured washes

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Sketch out key bits in pencil, then pen and coloured washes

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What colours could I focus on?

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large scale drawings - get free

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Fineliners, inks, charcoal, graphite - take your pick!

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AT ANY POINT IN THIS PROJECT, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING VISUALLY INTERESTING, CHOOSE YOUR MEDIA AND HAVE A GO

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AT ANY POINT IN THIS PROJECT, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING VISUALLY INTERESTING, CHOOSE YOUR MEDIA AND HAVE A GO