Here is a quick sketch I did at the airport in Puerto Princesa before heading back to Manila. It’s quite a fancy airport but we sat right at the front, so I just sketched one of the waiting planes.
Mon-17-Nov-2025
110-3287 – Puerto Princesa airport
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107-3215-16 – Fight with the ceiling – look up please
Here are a couple of sketches I did while I had hours to kill in Erbil Airport. I was sketching to stay awake. Sleepiness is my excuse for struggling with the white on grey ceiling pattern, in the first one, which I fought to correct after I mucked it up. One sketch was not enough for the hours I had to kill, so I did the second one at the gate.
Fri-22-Aug-2025
107-3211 – Doha reflections
Here is another sketch done on the way to Erbil – my four hour stop in Doha gave me plenty of time to sketch. I did this one while I talked to my wife on the phone.
Sat-16-Aug-2025
107-3210 – Reds at Rice-Noodle Express
Here is a sketch done on my way to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq – at the airport in Manila. As always I am a little trepidatious about visiting a new country with only limited understanding of the culture and situation – so sketching is a good way to take my mind off it and relax. When choosing a subject to sketch my eye is always attracted to bright colours…this little noodle shop being no exception!
Sat-16-Aug-2025
106-3159 – Reflections in Incheon
I had just enough time to do a quick sketch on our way back home – and I could’t help but think what a pleasant clean and spacious airport it was in South Korea – we certainly experienced the opposite when we arrived at NAIA terminal 1.
Sun-15-Jun-2025
106-3158 – Goodbye Calgary
Here is my last sketch in Canada – and the first sketch in a new Sketchbook (still using Umae hot press paper). I missed sketching the day before this as we were too busy with shopping, visiting the Esker Gallery and packing. With a midday flight it was an easy start to the day, but WestJet still insist that each bag weighs 23k or less, despite us having far less weight overall…so again we were those unfortunate people you see frantically repackaging in front of the check-in desk! That grey blob on the plane, splashed onto my painting from another sketch!
Sat-14-Jun-2025
105-3146 – Heathrow Terminal 4
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
104-3119 – Coffee on arrival – everyone in black coats
This is my first sketch done in the UK on our holiday. When we arrived we decided to wait to collect our hire car (so that we could drop it off at an appropriate time of day in 3 weeks), even though the arrival process in UK was smooth and fast. We felt freezing cold when we finally ventured out to get the car (despite it being springtime). At Caffè Nero, where I sketched this, everyone seemed to be wearing black overcoats!
Thu-15-May-2025
104-3118 – Snack at Ka Tunying’s
Finally I am starting to post my sketches done on our holiday to the UK. We arrived at the airport in Metro Manila 4 hours(!) before our flight, anticipating a long process. I wasn’t far off – we had to queue for more than an hour to check in. Then, of course, our flight transiting through BKK was delayed and we had a mad dash to the gate in Bangkok. This sketch was done in the airport when we had something to eat before departing.
Wed-14-May-2025