I couldn’t resist doing another sketch (in the shade of the trees in Rizal Park) when I headed home from the Independence Day celebrations. This sculpture caught my eye so I did a quick sketch and added the colour at home. According to the plaque about 7,500 Filipino combat troops fought in the Korean War. The sculpture (by Juan Sajid Imao) is supposed to show two Filipino soldiers helping a wounded Korean comrade.
Wed-12-June-2024
Here is the second sketch I did on Independence Day in the Philippines, with #UskManila at our sketch-walk at the #RizalPark Kilometre Zero area. I stood in the sun to do this, so only did the ink work on the spot and added the colour at home. I positioned myself so that I could include some key symbols of the Philippines – a carabao – the national animal of the Philippines (the bronze sculpture is by Jose M Mendoza according to Wikipedia), the flag and the Rizal Monument.
Wed-12-June-2024
For Independence Day in the Philippines, I joined #UskManila at a sketch-walk at the #RizalParkLuneta, Kilometre Zero area. I didn’t know but a Kilometre Zero marker denotes “a particular location (usually in the nation’s capital city) from which distances are traditionally measured”. A plaque on the side that faced me says “the First Philippine Republic …, was an achievement we owe, largely, to Masonry and the Masons”…another thing I didn’t know! My sketch shows the people who were watching the flag raising ceremony that was going on over the road at the Rizal Monument.
Wed-12-June-2024