Airport

105-3146 – Heathrow Terminal 4

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Here is my last sketch done on our UK trip for this year. They day started with getting up at 5am and driving 4 hours from Manchester to Heathrow through dreadful drizzly rain. We arrived in the nick of time to drop off the hire car and then had to repack our bags at check-in counter as one was over 23k (even though the other was well under!). Otherwise the flight was uneventful and we got food despite being told when we checked with a phone call the day before, that there would be none provided (so I ate both sandwiches and airline food). On the flight I watched “The Mercy” movie …which was much more depressing than I thought it would be!

Tue-3-Jun-2025

92-2826 – Dubai windows

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This is the last sketch from our holiday and the last one in sketchbook No.92! Our journey home was uneventful and our layover in Dubai was just long enough for me to sketch this. The teardrop shaped windows (which curve up to a peak) are covered with what seems to be an adhesive screen or mesh, which I guess is supposed to block the sunlight and keep the concourse cooler…it took me ages to copy the pattern!

Wed-21-Aug-2024

92-2825 – Leaving Barcelona

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On our last day in Barcelona a friend was kind enough to pick us up and take us to see the Tibidabo (a hill overlooking the city) and the Temple Expiatori del Sagrat Cor (the Temple of the Sacred Heart of Jesus). After that we had lunch at the “7 Portes” restaurant (where Picasso used to eat…I sat briefly in his spot) and then went to the airport where I sketched this.

Tue-20-Aug-2024

91-2782 – Bee the change in Dubai

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Here is the sketch I did while we waited for our next flight in Dubai airport (on our way to the UK from the Philippines). There are several of these ‘trees’ dotted about the place, put up, I think, by BeeTheChange.org who raise funds to support nature restoration and save pollinators. One of the hanging signs (in the shape of a bee) notes that “climate change, pesticide use and natural habitat loss has led bees and other pollinators to decline at the rapid rate of over 60% in the last 30 years!”.

Fri-19-Jul-2024

82-2573 – Flag-less poles

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Here is the second sketch I did with #UskQuezonCity at the Tandang Sora shrine last weekend. For this one I decided to sketch the buildings outside the compound. Like in my last one my choice of scene depended on finding a shady spot to sit.

Sun-21-Jan-2024

81-2561 – Last Christmas… tree in Cebu

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This is the last sketch I did on our New Year’s holiday…while waiting in the airport for our flight back to Manila. This Christmas tree was decorated with stars, fans and baubles traditionally woven from rattan or abaca (also called Manila hemp). In the front and to one side (a bit lost in my sketch) are angels blowing trumpets. This seemed like a perfect subject to finish off my Christmas and New Year sketch marathon!

Fri-5-Dec-2024

81-2549 – Airport sleeping methods

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Here is my first sketch done on our little New Year holiday to Bantayan Island. Naturally I took the opportunity to sketch in the airport on departure – with three of the four people in this sketch trying different ways of sleeping (either laid out on the seats, with your head tipped back or by hugging your backpack and using it as a pillow). You can tell by the windows at the back, that it was still dark outside by the time we caught our flight.

Thu-28-Dec-2023

76-2431 – Concourse B

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Here (at last) is the final sketch of our UK holiday, done at the airport in Dubai, during our brief layover on the way back to the Philippines. I sketched this very quickly using my #Lamy pen (my Sailor pen had run out of ink) and then added the colour at home. Airports are one of my favourite places to practice sketching people. Funnily enough the guy in the centre ended up sitting next to me…and then was next to me when we collected our baggage!

Mon-24-Jul-2023

76-2430 – Terminal 1

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Here is my last sketch from our trip to the UK, naturally done at the airport. Although our flight boarded late, there were very few places to sit in Terminal 1 of Manchester airport. We walked through the nicer part of the airport (lots of coffee bars, places to eat and seating), and then through some pokey corridors, to get to Terminal 1. Then we stood around for ages (waiting for them to open the gate) and then were finally herded into some seated areas. Despite the long wait overall we only sat down for 15 minutes before boarding, so I just did the ink-work for this sketch on the spot. I added the colour (using watercolour pencils for a change) at home.

Sun-23-Jul-2023