ArtInThePark2025

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

100-3027 – Ayala bridge

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Here is one of the sketches I am selling at the #ArtInThePark art fair on Sunday 23rd March at Jaime Velasquez Park, in Makati, with #UskManila (booth number 17). I had an adventure sketching this…I looked on google maps for a spot to see the bridge from and spotted a platform along the Pasig River behind Suntrust Condominiums. However it turns out that you can’t actually access the river from there, from the bridge itself or anywhere along Lopez Street. Instead I had to walk down a small road opposite the Central Terminal station of the LRT, through an unplanned settlement and squeeze through someone’s laundry and gown rental business, to end up on this huge paved walkway…without another soul in sight (except for a guard dog and a guy called Marlon, who kindly let me sketch there).

Thu-13-Mar-2025

100-3025 – Quezon bridge

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This is an early post of one of the sketches I am putting up for sale at #ArtInThePark (it’s a redo of one I did in January 2024 – see sketch No.82-2578). I don’t usually advertise and don’t often sell my sketches, but I thought I would have another go this year. The art fair will be held on Sunday 23rd March at Jaime Velasquez Park, Salcedo Village, Makati from 10am to 10pm. Our booth (#UrbanSketchersManila) is number 17 along Leviste street.

Sun-9-Mar-2025