I am travelling again – but this time for Christmas holidays and flying from a different airport. Clark is a long drive from Manila but the airline provided a free shuttle bus and once you get there, there are no queues!
Sun-17-Dec-2017
Airport
#557 – Saying goodbye
In Viet Tri we finished our workshop and meetings earlier than planned, so I arrived at the airport in Hanoi with a 10 hour wait for my flight back home (at 01:25!)…I managed this sketch, but for the rest of the time I was working and reading.
Sat-1-Dec-2017
#554 – Sole passenger
I am travelling for work to Hanoi again and took my usual late night flight. When I arrived at the gate there was only one other person there. Despite the uniformly drab design of the airport, I managed to find a bit of colour.
Wed-29-Nov-2017
#545 – Waiting area
I am travelling again – just for a few days to Hanoi. Here is a sketch done late at night at the airport on my way. Someone decided to really relax while waiting at the departure gate.
Wed-15-Nov-2017
#524 – Night outside
For my flight back to the Philippines I had to go through Ho Chi Minh and had several hours to wait there. It was close to midnight by the time I sat down at the gate – so instead of nodding off and missing the flight, I drew this to keep me alert! And yes the guy in the foreground really did have a big stomach like that.
Mon-16-Oct-2017
#504 – Teapots and gate change
Another sketch on my way home – this one was done at the airport in Hong Kong. I was settled in a nice spot to do a sketch and just about to start when there was a gate change and I had to walk across the whole airport…I still had time to do this sketch at the new gate though…a display cabinet with teapots in it.
Wed-20-Sept-2017
#503 – Superman is heartwarming at T3
Here is my last sketch in the UK for a while – as ever at the airport. To explain the title… which is a combination of things that occurred to me while drawing: the guy on the far right was wearing a superman outfit and someone came up to me and said how “heartwarming it was to see someone making something wonderful of a place like this”… I do love sketching in public, especially when people say things like that!
Tue-19-Sept-2017
#488 – Lights on tarmac
Off to the UK to drop my daughter at University…taking a horribly early morning flight from Manila. I’ve drawn in airports so many times recently …but here is another one. It was dark outside and there were lots of reflections on the wet tarmac.
Fri-01-Sep-2017
#483 – Jetstar orange and cutout figures
After being back in the Philippines for only a few days, I had to fly to Hanoi for a day to attend a meeting. It’s pretty exhausting doing all this travel, but what to do. I drew this on the way back at the airport in Hanoi – trying just to use black and white and one colour…easy in an airport!
Mon-21-Aug-2017