Here is the first sketch I did with #UskManila at the Amplify Arts & Music Festival, marking the #AyalaMuseum 50th anniversary. The festival celebrated Filipino creativity with live performances, lectures and the museum’s collection of exhibits. Our group had some live sketching going on – plus there was a sketch exchange. I decided to do this first sketch before the crowds filled the lobby area. This display includes several objects from different parts of the Philippines. In my sketch you can see an 18th Century “Retablo Altar” (a devotional altar), from Leyte Province, in front of which is a 19th century Nuestra Señora del Rosario (our lady of the rosary). In the glass case in the foreground is Nuestra Señora Inmacuada (our lady of immaculate conception).

Sat-19-Oct-2024