Here is my last sketch from our #PistaSaUskQC (Urban Sketchers Festival) event on the weekend. I did a little composition talk on Sunday morning and pointed out this view as an example of layering and having objects in the foreground, middle-ground and background, to get depth (in a scene without much perspective). I thought I’d better have a go at sketching it too…I’m not sure it really worked as the red jumps into the foreground!
Sun-15-Oct-2023
I did this sketch on the second day of our #PistaSaUskQC (Urban Sketchers Festival) event on the weekend, after doing a little composition talk. I had thought it was overcast and not too hot – I was wrong, it was sweltering, so I drew this as quickly as I could. The statue of Manuel Quezon (president of the Philippines from 1935-44), by Jose “Al” Rabino Giroy – was put up in 2017, and replaced another by Tolentino.
Sun-15-Oct-2023
Here is the third sketch I did during our #PistaSaUskQC (Urban Sketchers Festival) event on the weekend. In the afternoon my sketching friend @ReuelGarzon was slated to do a sketching demonstration – so I joined him in front of our booth. What caught my eye for this sketch was the sweeping curve of the tents (though I didn’t manage to capture this as well as I wanted), contrasting against the green trees. It’s also a bit more splashy than usual, because I forgot to bring my smaller squirrel brush!
Sat-14-Oct-2023
This is the second sketch I did during our #PistaSaUskQC (Urban Sketchers Festival) event on the weekend. I was a bit more satisfied with this one – but don’t look too closely at the young woman on the left, as it looks like I only sketched half a person!
Sat-14-Oct-2023
Here is my first sketch from the #PistaSaUskQC (Urban Sketchers Festival) event on the weekend. We were in Quezon Memorial Circle to celebrate the 84th year of the founding of Quezon City and had a little booth set up. We had a sketching demo in the afternoon but before that got a bit soaked in the rain. I did this one in a bit of a rush…the ice cream seller didn’t stay in one place very long…and I wasn’t very satisfied with the result.
Sata-14-Oct-2023