On Saturday I joined Urban Sketchers Philippines for our monthly sketch-walk at Manila City hall. This is my first effort – the tower is part of the City Hall building designed by Antonio Toledo during the 1930s and is the largest clock tower in the Philippines. To the left is a bit of the Andres Bonifacio Shrine (or monument). I cycled all the way there and back (32k in total), so was pretty tired out by the end of the day!
Sat-24-Feb-2018
This is what I get up to if I have a bit more time to sketch…I enjoyed putting in the detail in this one. On the weekend I met for lunch in the old quarter with a friend from my time living in Bhutan. On my way home I passed this little corner of peace and quiet next to the busy Hoan Kiem lake. King Le Thai To is a Vietnamese hero who fought off the Chinese in the north in the 15th Century. Behind the little temple is a stone tablet carved with a poem he wrote (the original of which is somewhere in the mountains). It includes the lines “Sounding gales, clamoring cranes, shake fear amongst the enemy”.
Sun-8-Oct-2017
A very quick pen and ink sketch, coloured with watercolour, in Phnom Penh.