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Carl Lavia and Lorna Le Bredonchel are creating large-scale ink-sketches of every single UK city
A Portrait of the Uk - #69cities project
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"Drawing is taking a line for a walk" - Paul Klee.
In 2016 sketch artist, Carl Lavia, and photographer, Lorna Le Bredonchel, began their epic 69 cities walk - the aim, to create a portrait of the whole UK through large-scale sketches of all 69 cities.
Current city - Aberdeen.
Completed cities:
Birmingham
Manchester
Dundee
Edinburgh
Stirling
Perth
Inverness
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Here is where it all began - in 2016 the sketch of the entire city of Birmingham went on display at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. The sketch is now on loan to The Central Library of Birmingham.
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The sketch of the entire city of Inverness was completed in 2019 and is currently on show in the Inverness Museum and Art Gallery.
Exhibitions officer Cathy Shankland was among the first to take a look - "It's lovely to have it here," she said. "I think it is going to take a long time before it reveals all its secrets."
We know you miss it, so we are in negotiations to place the Manchester sketch back on public display.
The sketch covers an area as far north as Manchester Piccadilly station, as far east as Oxford road, as far south as Mancunian Way, and as far west as MediaCity, Old Trafford - every backstreet alley, every rivulet of the River Irwell, every edifice big or small......inked.
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We are currently sketching the entire city of Aberdeen - the galleries may be closed but our art is still beating!.
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Latest Exhibitions
The city of Perth
The sketch of the city of Perth, Scotland went on show at the Perth Museum and Art Gallery in October 2018. Completed using a mix of Technical and BIC pens on archival paper, mounted onto Dibond.
The giant Perth Sketch is a unique interpretation of Perth City Centre and the surrounding area, intricately detailing well-known landmarks and buildings and providing a rare perspective of the city. The giant 3m x 1m sketch looks like an aerial map from a distance, but close up you’ll see every intricate energetic hand-drawn mark and line creating the urban landscape.
The city of Edinburgh
The sketch of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, went on show in the Central Library in September 2017. Completed using a mix of technical and Bic pens on archival paper.
The sketch features a fantastic variety of architecture and attractions that span Edinburgh, this piece provides a grand new perspective.
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The city of Dundee
The sketch of the city of Dundee, Scotland, went on show at the McManus Art Gallery and Museum in January 2018. Completed using a mix of technical and Bic pen on archival paper mounted onto Foamex.
As well as iconic buildings of the city, the large-scale sketch includes enchanting details, such as trains traveling from Dundee's new railway station, RRS Discovery and HMS Unicorn docked in the port, and buses driving down busy streets.
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The city of Inverness
The sketch of the city of Inverness, Scotland, was completed in May 2019 using technical ink pens on archival paper - on show now at the Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
Exhibitions officer Cathy Shankland was among the first to take a look.
"It's lovely to have it here," she said. "I think it is going to take a long time before it reveals all its secrets."
The city of Aberdeen
Currently, we are at the pencil stage of working on the sketch of the entire city of Aberdeen - we shall begin inking using technical inks in a few month's time. Stay tuned for updates of when/where it will be placed on public display.
Press articles here
The city of Birmingham
It all began here, the very first sketch in the #69cities of the UK project. The city of Birmingham, completed in October 2016 using a mix of technical and BIC pens mounted onto Foamex - on show at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
and is now on permanent display in the Central Library of Birmingham
Press articles here
The city of Manchester
The sketch of the city of Manchester, completed using a mix of technical pens, one of our first large-scale works measuring 2x2-meters, Went on show in Manchester's Central Library in May 2017
The sketch covers an area as far north as Manchester Piccadilly station, as far east as Oxford road, as far south as Mancunian Way, and as far west as MediaCity, Old Trafford - every backstreet alley, every rivulet of the River Irwell, every edifice big or small......inked.
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