Saturday 2 February 2013

The big, big pencil drawings of Chris LaPorte

Who says size doesn't matter? Chris LaPorte spent 1,200 Hours and used over 100 Pencils to create this monumental work: City Band.
 
One Man, 1,200 Hours, and Over 100 Pencils: City Band, A Monumental Drawing by Chris LaPorte murals drawing

One Man, 1,200 Hours, and Over 100 Pencils: City Band, A Monumental Drawing by Chris LaPorte murals drawing

One Man, 1,200 Hours, and Over 100 Pencils: City Band, A Monumental Drawing by Chris LaPorte murals drawing
 
City Band began when LaPorte discovered an 80-year-old photograph of his grandfather’s high school marching band while rummaging through his mother’s basement. The photograph is somewhat blurry and damaged with age, but he decided to use the piece as inspiration for a drawing that now spans 13 x 26 feet. In this respect it isn't photorealistic; the ratio of photo to drawing is 1/540 meaning that the quality of the original image was so poor in relation to the scale of the canvas that the vast majority of details came from the artist’s head as he worked.
 
One Man, 1,200 Hours, and Over 100 Pencils: City Band, A Monumental Drawing by Chris LaPorte murals drawing
 
There's a nice little video (below) about the piece. The artist's website is here.
  

 
 
My thanks to Chrissi Broughton for bringing his work to my attention

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