Carlos Felipe León, La RATP, Ink and Marker on Paper, 10 X 6 1/2"

Ink and marker on Paper

A beautiful multi-panel sketch highlighting fellow passengers on a Paris train. Drawn in the moment in bold chunky markers, this lively sketch captures the wonderfully modern contradiction of a city's moving masses. Each figure seems wholly absorbed in quietude and introspection, even while hurtling through a tunnel on a train with strangers.

"I do use a brushstroke like a chisel, whether it's defining plane changes and facial features or the very clear plane changes in architecture. It's very satisfying to chisel, big blocks, which is the way that I like to attack something is by making big, bold decisions first." -CFL