These are one of my wife’s birthday gifts. They seem to be filled with heavy pellets in a squishy base. I couldn’t resist sketching them of course.
Fri-4-Sep-2026
124-3605 – Kettle bells
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124-3602 – The Filipino at his finest hour
This is the second sketch I did with Urban Sketchers Manila when we joined the car free Sunday sketch-walk event in Makati, in August. After doing my first sketch we went upstairs to have breakfast at 7-Eleven (the only place open in the building) and I decided to sketch this overhead view of the “Spirit of EDSA” sculpture. The text on the plaque says “at his finest hour”…but I was thinking it should really say at “their” finest hour – especially as the main figure in the sculpture is a woman!
Sun-30-Aug-2026
124-3601 – The spirit of EDSA
Here is the first sketch I did with Urban Sketchers Manila when we joined the car free Sunday sketch-walk event in Makati in August. It was a rainy day so we spent our time in and around the Yuchengco Museum. This sculpture by Eduardo Castrillo (in the courtyard of the RCBC building) was unveiled by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 2001 and is a tribute to the strength and unity of the Filipino people during the non-violent 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution when the father of the current president was kicked out.
Sun-30-Aug-2026
124-3600 – Bam!
This is some catnip spray that we bought in the UK to try and revive a few cat toys and attract our cats to scratch something other than our couch (which is looking hairy and battered). However they seem totally uninterested in the smell! We also bought some cat “off” – to deter them from scratching everything – we haven’t tried that yet.
Fri-28-Aug-2026
124-3599 – Half flippers
These flippers are one of my wife’s birthday presents that we brought back from the UK.
Thu-27-Aug-2026
124-3598 – Haul from Fred Aldous
These are the pencils and crayons I bought from Fred Aldous (the fantastic art shop in Manchester, which we said goodbye to, for now, because our daughter is moving). Of course I tried them out immediately afterwards.
Tue-25-Aug-2026
124-3597 – No coffee no workee
Here is a sketch I did when my wife and I had breakfast in the local coffee shop after a morning walk.
Sun-23-Aug-2026
124-3596 – Bockingford PaintOn Seawhite Jacksons Cass
Here is a sketch of the new paper I bought from my favourite shops in the UK. I’ve already started using the Cass art paper (300gsm cold press not)…but so far I don’t think I’ll be trying it again.
Sat-22-Aug-2026
124-3595 – New colours old colours and another yellow
These are the paints that I bought in the UK from Jackson’s in Hove and Cass Art in Brighton. The colours (from the left) are Aureoline (Rosa), Sap Green (Cass), undersea green (Daniel Smith), Opera pink (DS) and Lemon Yellow (Cass). From the label I thought the Aureoline was going to be browner…turns out it is just another yellow. I should have googled it beforehand.
Fri-21-Aug-2026