On my trip back to the Philippines from the UK I had a 6 hour layover in Riyadh, so I decided to take my time over drawing the most complicated scene I could see. This didn’t take 6 hours of course – maybe just 1, but it kept me occupied!
Sun-30-Dec-2018
Arriving at Heathrow airport in the dark, the sun came up while I had coffee and I waited for enough light to draw. On the tarmac outside the coffee shop was a Gulf Air plane in a sea of grey tarmac. I began this with grey brush pens and then added what colour I could see, with watercolour.
Sun-30-Dec-2018
Travelling yet again, this time to the UK. At least my flight was at a humane (daylight) hour this time, so I could sketch a plane instead of a black window. This one is Thai airways . Any airline that paints their planes this colour is OK with me.
Thu-22-Nov-2018
Tired after a long day of eating, meeting and being on my best behaviour, I sketched this to stay awake at the airport in Hanoi, waiting for my homeward flight at 1:20 am. Given how late it was I think I can be forgiven for my spelling (it should say tail end)?
Thu-15-Nov-2018
Relieving the agony of checking in when Cebu Pacific airline are “enhancing” their system – which roughly translated means total chaos and long queues. At first glance Terminal 3 of NAIA is dull and grey, but touches of colour are reflected all over the place.
Tue-13-Nov-2018
What can you do to stay awake while waiting for a flight in Ho Chi Minh at 1am – why sketch of course! I had meant to add more to this one, maybe making the colours more intense, but I ran out of time as my flight was finally called. Plus all my “models” got up to leave. Behind the seats are mounds and mounds of knick-knack souvenirs – I always find this commercial avariciousness odd in a communist country.
Thu-25-Oct-2018
After hanging around at the hotel I headed to the airport in Da Nang thinking it would take me up to an hour to get there. In the end it took 10 minutes! So inevitably I had a good long while to wait before flying to Ho Chi Minh. Each strut of this huge window came out differently as I drew them – they are actually all the same shape.
Thu-25-Oct-2018
Here is my second sketch done while waiting for my flight out of Manila (surprise surprise Cebu Pacific changed the gate and we all had to move from where I’d drawn earlier). In this new spot I noticed the contrast between the dull seating and clothing of the passengers compared to the cheerful colours of the kiddie play area in the background – where painted on the wall is a boy flying a kite.
Tue-23-Oct-2018
I haven’t posted for a while as I am on the move for work. However I have some time to kill in one of the many airports I am passing through, so here is a sketch….done at an airport of course…in Manila before I left. All these people – even the guy with a child on his lap, have their legs crossed and are browsing on their phones….modern life I guess!
Tue-23-Oct-2018