Kaupunkipiirtäjän opas / An Urban Sketcher’s Guide to Helsinki, Stockholm, Tallinn, Turku & Porvoo
Location
Finland, Sweden, Estonia
Author, Translator
T.K. Justin Ng, Oona Juutinen
Year
2017
ISBN
978-952-240-350-6
179 Pages
235mm x 190mm
Publisher
Kustannusosakeyhtiö Nemo / Otava
Structured as a travel guide and filled with drawings from my sketchbooks, this book brings visitors on a tour of these cities while also showing a more intimate side of the sites that travel magazines often ignore. Short lessons on drawing en-plein air in Northern Europe’s cold climate encourage readers to join me in exploring these cities through drawing.
For those who have travelled to these cities, I hope you can share the nostalgia I feel when I revisit my sketches, or see them from a different perspective. For those of you who have never visited any of these places, I hope that the book gives you a glimpse of their beauty.
Lähde katsomaan kaupunkia piirtäjän silmin! Arkkitehtiopiskelijan taidokkaat piirrokset näyttävät pääkaupungin kauneimmat puolet Suomenlinnasta Senaatintoriin ja Temppeliaukion kirkosta Torniin. Kuvillaan ja kartoillaan kanadalainen Justin Ng avaa paikkojen taustoja ja kertoo kokemuksiaan suomalaisesta elämänmenosta. Kaupunkipiirtäminen on hauska harrastus, jossa alkuun pääsemiseen riittää kynä ja paperi. Ng antaa runsaasti vinkkejä värinkäyttöön, perspektiivin hahmottamiseen ja esimerkiksi pakkasessa piirtämiseen. Upeasti kuvitetusta kirjasta voi nauttia myös kauniina matkaoppaana. Helsingin ohella Ng on vanginnut piirroksiinsa näkymiä lähikaupungeista Porvoosta, Turusta, Tukholmasta ja Tallinnasta.
Reviews:
”Kauniiden kuvien ja kaupunkihistoriaa avaavien tarinoiden ohella kirja on nimenomaan opas piirtämiseen. Ng antaa useita vinkkejä aloittelevalle kaupunkipiirtäjälle niin oikean piirustuspaikan kuin työvälineiden valitsemisessa.”
-Marjo Rämö, Uusimaa 6.3.2017
4 Responses to “Kaupunkipiirtäjän opas / An Urban Sketcher’s Guide. Helsinki, Stockholm, Tallinn, Turku & Porvoo”
Hello, I am interested in buying this lovely book with drawings of Helsinki – I am aware of the event taking place at the FIKA cafe on Saturday but will not be able to attend.
How can I purchase a copy? What is the price please?
Congratulations on what looks to be a special creation.
My Mother is Finnish and I would like to get her a copy of this book. The purchase web site if unilingual Finnish–I don’t speak a word. Can you explain to me in English how to get this book to me here in Victoria, BC.
Robert Brown
Professor Emeritus, UofW, Math/Actsci
Sorry for the late reply, had some issues on the website over the last few days.
There are language options at the very top of the website in the form of flags. Once the website is in English, select the 25.80 Euro book and add that to your cart. Alternatively, I am in Vancouver for the next few months, I could mail it to you from here if you give me an extra month.
Hello, I am interested in buying this lovely book with drawings of Helsinki – I am aware of the event taking place at the FIKA cafe on Saturday but will not be able to attend.
How can I purchase a copy? What is the price please?
Congratulations on what looks to be a special creation.
Hi Anne,
Sorry for the late reply. The book can be purchased here: https://www.booky.fi/search.php?search=kaupunkipiirt#!product_id=9789522403506
Thanks in advance!
Justin
My Mother is Finnish and I would like to get her a copy of this book. The purchase web site if unilingual Finnish–I don’t speak a word. Can you explain to me in English how to get this book to me here in Victoria, BC.
Robert Brown
Professor Emeritus, UofW, Math/Actsci
Hi Robert,
Sorry for the late reply, had some issues on the website over the last few days.
There are language options at the very top of the website in the form of flags. Once the website is in English, select the 25.80 Euro book and add that to your cart. Alternatively, I am in Vancouver for the next few months, I could mail it to you from here if you give me an extra month.
Thanks,
Justin