Buildings

84-2617 – San Augustin Church

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Here is the last sketch I did with Instituto Cervantes de Manila on 10th March. This church was completed in 1607, during the Spanish colonial period, and is the oldest stone church in the Philippines. It’s also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Sadly I couldn’t go in because a wedding was going on. The car parking attendants (who were hanging out where I sat and sketched) also told me that I would have to get special permission to sketch inside. This one is done in a newly made sketchbook which uses Claire Fontaine Goldline 300gsm paper, which I bought at #ArtCaravan. It’s taking me a while to get used to it, because it’s not hot press, like I usually use.

Sat-9-Mar-2024

83-2613 – Instituto Cervantes

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Here is the first sketch I did when I joined the “Intramural” workshop with Enrique Flores in Intramuros. I had expected bad traffic and difficulty parking (neither of which happened), so I set off really early, and ended up with time to do this sketch of the ICM building, before things began. During the workshop Enrique mentioned that your first sketch is often not so successful…so I am counting this as my duff warm up effort.

Sat-9-Mar-2024

1186 – Dream Works

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Last Wednesday I took a long cycle ride down to a part of the reclaimed area of Manila Bay that is being developed into Aseana City – to visit the bank – a ride through traffic of about 26km there and back. On the way back I stopped to draw the DreamPlay building – which is a DreamWorks inspired interactive play space with themed party rooms. I think its also part of the ‘City of Dreams’ which is a casino. It’s a pretty huge building so I was only able to draw part of it. I finished the colouring at home because it started to rain.

Wed-28-Aug-2019

1111 – Makati reflections

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We were in Makati earlier in the week to sort out some paperwork with the South African Embassy and stopped for a coffee along Ayala Avenue. I love sketching big shiny glass buildings so couldn’t resist taking a few moments to do this one. It’s always a challenge to fit a towering building onto one page.

Thu-6-June-2019

1080 – Flamenco in the background

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Here is my second sketch done at the Dia del Libro event at Ayala Triangle last Saturday, with Urban Sketchers Kyusi. Under the big arch of the Philippine Stock Exchange building there was a stage set up and while I was sketching this a flamenco guitarist was playing. The lettering is supposed to say Cervantes of course… I just ran out of space.

Sat-27-Apr-2019

1077 – Tarsier through the glass

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This drawing was done last week when I was out shopping with my daughter. We stopped in Starbucks for a break and this was the view I had out the window. I’ve drawn this tarsier sculpture by Jeffrey Figueras before (on 16-Nov last year) – the tarsier is something in between a lemur and a monkey. The sculpture is obscured by a staircase going up to part of the mall and in the background you can see some of apartments (a development called Serendra) in Global City.

Tue-23-Apr-2019