Friday, April 27, 2012

Symposium Participant: Luis E. Aparicio (Puerto Rico)

Hello all!  I'm really excited on attending the Symposium at the neighboring Dominican Republic; I'll be going with my wife and sketching partner Briseida M. Fernández.  I'm an architect and professor, teaching design studios and representation courses in the Graduate School of Landscape Architecture at the Polytechnic University of PR as well as in the Department of Industrial Design at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico.

After years of working mostly with digital media I have fallen in love again with sketching.  I've been sketching almost daily for the last year and a half, enjoying the process and trying to capture the energy of the subjects.  I almost invariably sketch on location, and like experimenting with different media such as graphite, ink, watercolor, markers, colored pencils, charcoal and sometimes even with unorthodox media such as coffee and wine.

My first language is Spanish, but I speak fluent English as well, so I'd gladly serve as a translator for any of you while in Santo Domingo.

¡Hasta luego!
Luis

blog: www.sketchfullyyours.com
email: leap@leaparicio.com









Posted by Apa at 4:29 PM

15 comments:

  1. Lynne the PencilApril 28, 2012 at 6:26 AM

    Hi Luis - it's great to hear that you have come back to the sketchbook! Looking forward to meeting you and Briseida in Santo Domingo x

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  2. ThorApril 28, 2012 at 8:27 AM

    Hey Luis,

    I enjoyed the fact that you sketched the castle from my neck of the woods, Orlando. I'm Thor and I'll be teaching a workshop called "Capturing the Event." I'd love to get several Santo Domingo papers to look for any local events going on that week. Curious about nightlife after the days workshops as well. Would like to meet you the first day to see if you can find anything. Since I don't speak Spanish, you're help would be invaluable.If you're interested, let me know.

    Thor
    analogartistdigitalworld.com

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    1. Orling DominguezMay 6, 2012 at 8:30 PM

      Thor, remind me around June to look for events for July. It is still too early to know what will be going on in those symposium nights, when days get closer I'll make sure to have you a list of events, but just to let you know, there are several bars around the colonial zone with live music for sure, like Casa de Teatro (http://casadeteatro.com/)

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  3. Scott RenkApril 28, 2012 at 4:55 PM

    Hello Luis,
    fantastic work, really looking forward to meeting and drawing with you as. I will be sure to try some coffee and wine drawings as well. Thank you so much for the translator offer.
    cheers,
    $(@TT

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  4. Apa April 28, 2012 at 9:37 PM

    Thank you guys, I can't wait! Thor, of course I'd like to, let me see if I can find anything going those days. Nighttime hangout would be awesome too, hope my wife is up to it (she probably will...).

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  5. ThorApril 29, 2012 at 10:51 AM

    Great Luis! Look forward to meeting you.

    Thor
    analogartistdigitalworld.com

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  6. John WrightApril 29, 2012 at 5:50 PM

    Great work Luis, I can't imagine I'll be keeping up with Thor in the evenings after sketching all day, but I'll give it a good try. The symposium is going to be awesome. As I ses the quality of work, like yours. I'm glad I'm not an instructor as I would be very intimidated.

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    1. Apa May 1, 2012 at 3:45 AM

      Thanks John. At least we should try to meet to have one cold "Presidente" (fantastic local beer) after the long day.

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  7. Jorge RoyanApril 30, 2012 at 11:26 AM

    Hola, Luis.
    Buen trabajo!
    (Recien me doy cuenta que habra que organizar un sindicato de traductores:-)
    Saludos, y nos vemos alli.
    Jorge Royan

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    1. Apa May 1, 2012 at 3:55 AM

      ¡Gracias Jorge! Cierto, aunque hay varios talleres que tienen instructores que hablan inglés y español, pienso que posiblemente en algo podemos ayudar a los compañeros que no dominen alguno de los idiomas.

      Muchos saludos, hasta luego.

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    2. Orling DominguezMay 6, 2012 at 8:26 PM

      Jorge y Luis un sindicato de traductores no me vendría nada mal para organizarme un poco aquí :-) De antemano les doy las gracias por ello.

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  8. Liz SteelMay 1, 2012 at 4:41 AM

    hi Luis - looking forward to meeting you and your wife. I love hearing about architects getting back to drawing... it is all about who we are. Love your work!

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    1. Apa May 4, 2012 at 4:05 AM

      Thank you so much Liz! We will meet right from the start, as we'll be taking your workshop Thursday morning. I can't wait, your sketches and lettering are stunning... I'm so thrilled!

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  9. Orling DominguezMay 6, 2012 at 8:25 PM

    Hola Luis, los traductores voluntarios son más que bienvenidos :-) Serán de gran ayuda eso seguro.
    El Castillo de Magic Kingdom, ¡fantástico! Que bueno que nos visitan de nuestro país vecino Puerto Rico, contando los días para la llegad del simposio y bocetar todos juntos en la Plaza de España. Hasta entonces...

    Les tomo la palabra tanto a ti Luis como a Jorge. :-)

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    1. Apa May 10, 2012 at 8:02 AM

      Hola, ¡muchas gracias! Pues por supuesto que puedes contar conmigo y me atrevo a afirmar que mi esposa también ayudaría en lo que necesiten.

      Estoy super entusiasmado y loco por llegar, sé que será una experiencia fenomenal.

      ¡Hasta luego!

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