Here are my last two sketches done with Urban Sketchers QC in Taal. The first of these was done in a random street – with the Basilica still visible in the background. The second of these was done at the end of the day after the Latag (show and tell or throw down – when the Mayor came!) while we waited for our Pancit Lomi before heading home.

Sat-21-Feb-2026

Here is the second sketch I did with Urban Sketchers QC on the “Banaag Sketching Heritage Tour” in Taal. After breakfast we wandered up to the huge church in the town and sat in the shelter of a gazebo near the town hall to sketch out of the sun. I’ve sketched a similar view before in 2023 – see sketch No.2371) For a change I made a video of myself sketching this…just but holding up my phone and filming a few clips then joining them together. It’s a bit shaky and was distracting me a bit while I sketched, but it was fun to do.

Sat-21-Feb-2026

Here is the first sketch I did with #UskMnl at Gota de Leche towards the end of November. I found a shady spot away from too many huge red ants…but could barely see the building. Gota de leche means ‘drop of milk’ in Spanish. It’s a charity founded in 1906 that provides milk and other nutritional supplements to indigent Filipino children and their mothers.

Sat-22-Nov-2025

I arrived early at the Guhit Cavite Exhibition event (at De La Salle University Dasmariñas). Waze first told me it would take 2 hours to get there, but then it took only just over an hour, so I took the opportunity to sketch in the little garden opposite the conference centre. I had to fight off an army of mozzies as I drew this. A plaque at the bottom of this statue says “in Memoriam Dra. Encarnacion Mangubat-Reyes” …I guess she was a doctor who worked at the university, but I couldn’t find anything on the internet about her.

Mon-15-Sep-2025