Last weekend we joined #UskManila for a sketch-walk in Cavite, where we sketched at two ‘shrines’ – actually old houses (but with a mausoleum in the back garden). The first was the house of Baldomero, who was the cousin of the first president of the Philippines (Emilio Aguinaldo) and fought against the Spanish and the Americans in the Philippine revolutionary forces. We had an interesting tour of the house (on the left), which was built in 1906.
Sat-26-Aug-2023
I’d promised myself that I would try drawing people playing basketball, at the court in the development where we live – and here is my first attempt. I thought it would be a good way to practice drawing figures in motion. It was a lot harder than I’d imagined as they just don’t stay still – an obvious flaw in my plan!
Thu-24-Aug-2023
Now that I look at this sketch I can see that my perspective is not quite right. Never mind, I enjoyed sketching and painting the bright colours of various cleaning products, even if it was really hot and sweaty while I sat in our smallest bathroom and drew this.
Mon-21-Aug-2023
I sketched this while half watching TV one evening – some of our collection of art themed books. This includes an ancient book called Artists Materials which my parents bought me when I was a teen as well as a ‘History of art from Giotto to Cézanne’…essential reading for my history of art course, in my last few years at school.
Tue-22-Aug-2023
Here is a quick sketch I did while waiting to pick up our car from Honda after a long check up and multiple (expensive) repairs. These displays are in the front of the showroom. I added the colour when at home.
Wed-16-Aug-2023
Despite having sketched the swimming pool where we live, many times, sometimes I just have to go outside and get some fresh air and sketch something.
Mon-14-Aug-2023
Here is my last sketch from my sketch-walk with #UskManila at Manila Metropolitan Theatre. I went for a slightly more splashy approach in this one – that’s the sculpture of eve again, above the reception. Ladies refers to the ladies bathrooms…which that door leads to, with “ladies” written out in fancy wrought iron-work, like all the balustrades in the theatre.
Sat-29-Jul-2023
Here is another sketch from the #UskManila sketch-walk at the Manila Metropolitan Theatre. This is the sculpture at one end of the foyer….at the time I drew it I didn’t realise it was supposed to be Eve…should have been obvious seeing she’s holding an apple!
Sat-29-Jul-2023
Here is my second sketch from the #UskManila sketch-walk at Manila Metropolitan Theatre. The two-storey lobby or foyer has bronze sculptures of Adam and Eve at each end (the one in my sketch is Adam), done by Italian artist Francesco Ricardo Monti. On the wall above is a reproduction of a mural by national artist Fernando Amorsolo which I think is called The History of Music (according to Wikipedia the original is in the GSIS Museum).
Sat-29-July-2023