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
A week ago I joined #UskManila for a sketchwalk at Manila Metropolitan Theatre. The MET is a lovely art deco building designed by Juan Arellano and inaugurated in December 1931. It was heavily damaged during the Battle of Manila in 1945 and since then has had various uses, including being virtually abandoned at times. Over the last few years it has been under restoration and had a formal reopening in December 2021. There are two courtyards at the back and I managed to do this sketch in two stages in between the rain.
Sat-29-Jul-2023