Church

92-2817-9 – Girona

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Barcelona Sants to Girona

Back to Spain with this post – on our second day we went to Girona (a medieval city founded by the Romans over 2,000 years ago and a fantastic place to visit). My first sketch was done on the train – but it didn’t turn out too well! When we arrived, we sat in Independence Square for coffee. I couldn’t find out anything about the fountain (with a boy sitting on a turtle) that I sketched – it’s called “The Turtle Boy” (“El Nen de la Tortuga”) – but the statue in the middle of the square is by Antoni Parera. The second sketch was done in front of Basilica de Sant Feliu (church of St. Felix) where we sat to eat our lunch. The baroque façade was built in the 13th-18th centuries.

Child of the turtle
Basilica de Santa Feliu

Thu-15-Aug-2024

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

83-2607 – Holy Rosary Parish Church

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I did so many sketches on our trip to Angeles City with #UskManila…so here is another one. After sketching at #PamintuanMansion we visited the local church. This church was first built in 1877, but was damaged in the 2019 Luzon earthquake and is currently undergoing restoration. I did this sketch very quickly…probably too quickly as I made lots of mistakes!

Sat-24-Feb-2024

75-2411 – St. Peter and St. Paul Bardwell

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On Friday we had just about enough time for a very quick walk to the local church in Bardwell and a do sketch from the churchyard. As we were sketching a kindly gentleman came and had a look at what we were doing and told us that his family have been living in the village since the 17th Century! I used my nice new (expensive) squirrel paint brush to do this – it holds so much water and paint…it’s fantastic.

Fri-7-Jul-2023

73-2361 – Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Sagay

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Here is another sketch from our Camiguin ’Visita Igesia’. This was the first church we visited – and it’s supposed to be the oldest church on the island, being established in 1882. I forgot to scan and post this sketch because I had thought it needed more work… but it’s too late for that now.

Fri-7-Apr-2023

73-2362 – San Roque Parish Cartarman

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I am going back to some unfinished sketches that have been languishing in my sketchbook. On good Friday (7th April) when we were in Camiguin we went round and did a ‘Visita Iglesia’ (Spanish for church visit) a practice in the Philippines of visiting and praying in at least seven churches during Holy Week. We didn’t make it to that many – but managed three. This was the second one we went to.

Fri-7-Apr-2023

1723 – Things to remember

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On Friday I cycled to Makati to do my annual report at immigration (a bit too late this year) and on the way back stopped to sketch this (the church is “Our Lady of the Abandoned Parish”, Mandaluyong). I learnt a few lessons from this day: 1. Cycle more often (my bum hurt afterwards) 2. Head off earlier (by the time I was sketching it was noon and really hot) 3. Make sure my ink pen is full (it ran out after only a few lines…so I did the watercolour on the spot and most of the ink work at home) 4. Make sure my brush pen is working (I was using an old Pentel one and found it was blocked up…so I squished the water out into the palette and dipped the brush in that). Phew!

Fri-14-May-2021

1345 – Angel observing silence

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Here is the second sketch I did last Sunday while killing time, waiting for a laptop to be repaired. In the middle of the Greenhills shopping area is a small chapel with pews inside and chairs outside in a covered area. The service had finished by the time I sat down in the covered area. The stone angel I could see was, I think, a font.

Sun-23-Feb-2020

1137 – Window view

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Yesterday I decided to go out and find some windows to draw for the #WorldWatercolorMonth prompt. Strictly speaking the biggest of these four ‘windows’ is a door, but you have to have some flexibility. I drew this at the Our Lady of Divine Providence Roman Catholic Church.

Sat-6-July-2019