Here are two sketches I did while waiting for procedures during our annual health check up at Manila Doctors Hospital. The building in my first sketch (viewed from the window of the hospital) was initially built as the Agriculture and Commerce Building in 1940 (it was designed by Filipino Architect Antonio Toledo in the late 1930s). American forces bombed the building in 1945 and it was reconstructed in 1949. It was then repurposed from the Department of Tourism to a museum in 2013.

The second sketch was done during the inevitable endless hanging around in waiting areas – and was done at two different times in two different waiting areas, hence the skewed perspective.

Sat-5-Oct-2024