ArtInThePark

101-3052-5 – Art in the park

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Starbucks cold with Reuel and AIP

Last month I tried to sell some sketches at the #ArtInThePark art fair in Makati, with #UskManila. Unfortunately nobody was interested in buying sketches of bridges! However I had a nice time that day hanging out with my sketching friends including, Reuel (@the_uban_sketcher). My first sketch was done when the two of us decided to escape from the heat and had a coffee in Starbucks.

Art for sale

Then I sketched the #UrbanSketchersManila kiosk where we had our stuff set up and the musicians (soulful mood strings) who were set up in the middle of the park.

Soulful mood strings

Later we went for something to eat at McDonalds with Gili (@nalegili) where I sketched some of the other diners. So despite the lack of sales on my part (I think the UskManila kiosk did well otherwise), I had a lovely day!

McDo diners

Sun-23-Mar-2025

101-3050 – Binondo-Intramuros bridge

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Here is the last of the sketches I am selling at the #ArtInThePark art fair on Sunday 23rd March in Makati, with #UskManila. Having sketched two bridges built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, I thought I would have a go at a more modern one. This bridge was a joint project between the Philippines and China and was finished in 2022. Apparently the construction was quite controversial because it is close to Intramuros and San Agustin church heritage site. There is a nice park under the Intramuros end of the bridge where I sat along a stone-paved riverside pathway.

Thu-20-Mar-2025

71-2331 – Art in the park

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Today I joined #UskManila at the Art in the Park event in Jaime Velasquez Park, Salcedo Village, Makati. We started setting things up at 6:30 am – but before that we picked up my sister-in-law from the airport at about 4:30am. So with combining the early start with a very hot day sitting in a tent, made me very tired by the afternoon and ready to go home and snooze. Great to join the event though – and I even sold one sketch!

Sun-19-Mar-2023

70-2308 – Abandoned

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I did this sketch last night – its a repeat (but not a copy as I drew it from life) of a sketch I did in September last year (No.67-2192). I am doing this one so I can include it in the #ArtInTheParkPH event this March (I am framing up 3 sketches to show with #UskManila). My sketch last year was done with another sketch on the back of it, so I can’t really use it.

Sun-19-Feb-2023