Urban Sketchers, the artists who portray the Madrid Metro after the boom in their drawings on the Internet

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served as a source of inspiration for the collective of street cartoonists 'Urban Sketchers' to illustrate the best angles of the emblematic Cercanías and Metro station, and portray what daily life is like in such a busy place.

This picturesque initiative is part of the project

, an idea that Metro de Madrid and a group of illustrators have developed together.

"

was formed in 2007 in the American city of Seattle at the initiative of the Barcelona cartoonist and journalist Gabriel Campanario, so that all those lovers of street drawing 'in situ' could meet and share their passion. At first it was as a way of 'drawn report' for a local newspaper. From there, the movement grew, reaching such a magnitude that it is currently present in many countries", comments the watercolor illustrator

, one of the main promoters of this artistic style in the capital.

"We have been in Madrid for about ten years, basically as a result of a 'boom' that occurred with our drawings on the Internet, which is why we began to meet periodically until we consolidated. To such an extent that we are now part of this wonderful

", says the illustrator.

Urban Sketchers artists at Príncipe Pío station.J.

BARBANCHO

The main idea of ​​the project Drawing the Madrid Metro, "in addition to meeting as a group of artists", is "to make known the

has hidden: old stations, depots, even the modernity of some stations, through our drawings, exhibitions, conferences, or the publication of a compilation book at the end of this year", adds the cartoonist

, an admirer of the different means of transport in Madrid and the main promoter of this initiative.

"The goal is to meet every 15 days this year to draw at the most significant metro stations in the city. On January 21, for example, we had a first meeting at the

, in which we were able to capture the particular aesthetics of a part of the Madrid underground that was frozen in time. Chamberí was one of the first stations,

, details Criado, who continues to explain the artistic virtues of this point.

"She has a series of advertising posters that are preserved practically as they were created in the 1920s, which is very attractive for us to be able to portray her and also to show our art to the public," says this illustrator, who every two weeks he will meet his fellow cartoonists in some other emblematic location of the capital's transport network.

Yesterday in Príncipe Pío, street artists portraying the station.J.

BARBANCHO

This group is made up of people of all ages, professions and nationalities, such as

, a Colombian cartoonist who

and who is taking advantage of his stay to accompany local cartoonists.

Among them is

, a 75-year-old artist from Madrid, who remarks that he hopes to participate in "every day only for the love of drawing and the city" in which he has always lived.

In addition to its support, Metro plans to hold an

that users of the system will be able to attend, with a selection of the drawings that this group is making this year.

An illustrator from Urban Sketchers yesterday at Príncipe Pío. JAVIER BARBANCHO

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