After the Stabilo Boss launching event (on Sunday 21 April), we hung out for a while at the SM North EDSA mall – which I didn’t realise is so huge! We wandered around the ‘Sky Garden’ trying to find a haven of peace that wasn’t too crowded and ended up at Starbucks. Outside another noisy event was going on, so I sketched the crowds .
Sat-20-Apr-2024
On Sunday 21 April we went to a Stabilo Boss launching event (at SM North EDSA) for their Nature Colour marker pens, with #UskQuezonCity. I always thought Stabilo only made highlighter pens! I started this sketch while Millie (@cmdjdraws) gave an introduction to #UrbanSketching and then continued when Don Tantiado (@don_candrawlines) did a demo using the markers (that’s his drawing on the screen in my sketch). The second sketch (bit of a disaster) is what I drew (coloured with Stabilo Boss markers), when Don gave us an exercise to draw the person next to us.
Sat-20-Apr-2024
This is the sketch I did at the Dia del Libro event with the Instituto Cervantes and Enrique Flores on Saturday 20th April in Ayala Triangle Gardens, Makati. During the ‘show and tell’ of our efforts, Enrique commented that few of us had captured the feel of the event or included people, although the gardens were crowded, and lastly that having sketched as a group for some time (that is #UrbanSketchersQuezonCity), a lot of us are starting to sketch in the same style. All fair points but I enjoyed the sketching all the same.
Sat-20-Apr-2024
Here are the last two sketches I did at the @PensNBrushesArt life drawing session on Friday 19th April. The two models put on some headgear (kind of crowns made from sticks and dried plants) and did some 20 minute couples poses. These were done using a mixture of #Derwent water soluble graphite sketching pencils and watercolour pencils, watercolour and ink. The last one is the sketch I was most satisfied with from the whole session.
Fri-19-Apr-2024
Here is another sketch of the musicians playing during the interlude of the life drawing session with @PensNBrushesArt on Friday 19th April. This was done in a few minutes in ink.
Fri-19-Apr-2024
More life drawing from the @PensNBrushesArt life drawing session on Friday 19th April. These are all 20 minute poses done using a mixture of #Derwent water soluble graphite sketching pencils and watercolour pencils, watercolour and ink.
Fri-19-Apr-2024
More life drawing from the @PensNBrushesArt life drawing session on Friday 19th April. These poses varied from 2 to 5 minutes each and were done using a mixture of #Derwent graphite sketching pencils and ink.
Fri-19-Apr-2024
Here are some more sketches I did at the @PensNBrushesArt life drawing session on Friday 19th April. These poses were 2 minutes each and were done using #Derwent sketching pencils. I didn’t catch the name of the model, but think I may have drawn her before.
Fri-19-Apr-2024
Finally I am moving on to posting some sketches done at the @PensNBrushesArt life drawing session on Friday 19th April. I haven’t been to life drawing for years – partly because of the pandemic, and partly because of the lack of sessions here in the Philippines. The session included two musicians who played for us (in the rather tiny studio) before the poses and as an interlude while the models switched over and rested. I was itching to get on with the drawing, so instead of waiting for the models I drew the musicians to start off (so not really an interlude in this one). This sketch was done in a few minutes with ink and oil pastel.
Fri-19-Apr-2024