I did this sketch when we had a day in Bonifacio Global City (BGC), doing some shopping and buying books. We had lunch at North Park and I drew this during the 20 minute wait for our food. I think I need to keep practicing doing quick faces!
Sun-14-Sep-2025
It was my duty/pleasure/turn to drive into town with my wife on the day I sketched this…plus I knew I would be travelling (and be away for a while) soon. We drove to the Taguig Comelec Office (a branch of the Commission on Elections in the Philippines, which deals with voter registration and certification), which is peculiarly housed (temporarily I assume – or at least it looks temporary), in a parking structure near Vista Mall. In fact the whole structure looks like it is not used by the mall but by the local government. Anyway the whole process was over very quickly so I finished this sketch at home. I think speed helped and this is one of my better sketches of the backs of peoples heads (a common subject for me)!
Fri-15-Aug-2025
Here is another sketch done in a crowd – this time waiting in a corridor for my wife’s medical records to be released. I sketched the heads on the left first, followed by a bundle of legs below them – I’m not sure if they meet up properly!
Wed-6-Aug-2025
I did this sketch while we were waiting for our brunch at a nice little café (@idlehandscoffee) and saying goodbye to our daughter who was heading back down south to London. I had a lovely 3 cheese grilled sandwich. The waitress took a photo of my sketch and my daughter said I should make more effort to “shamelessly promote” my artwork!
Sun-1-Jun-2025
I had missed doing a sketch, the day before this, because of the long drive up from Brighton, but made up for it by doing two sketches on our first day in Manchester…this is the second one. We started our day with a visit to #FredAldous (my current favourite art supplies shop, where I bought new palette) and ended with a nice cup of tea in this cafe (@mala_mcr), which is described as an all-wooden, pop-up style, outside-inside bar, with a surrealist design ethic.
Mon-26-May-2025
This sketch was done on our last full day in Hove/Brighton starting with a visit to Art in the Park (in St. Anne’s Well Gardens, Hove). Then lunch from Pompoko…where there was nowhere to sit so we sat in the park – and I sketched this (I used washi tape to mask the edges for a change). The rest of day involved visits to “Artists Open Houses” – part of Brighton Festival, which was very inspiring. When we stopped for a break at Pelicano Coffee Co. in the Lanes we also had a go at doing one minute sketch of each other…and I’ve added these to this post.
Sat-24-May-2025
We spent the first part of our holiday in Suffolk visiting family. This sketch was done when we had a barbecue in the garden of my sisters house – when we had delicious and freakishly meaty, veggie sausages and burger patties.
Sat-17-May-2025
This is my first sketch done in the UK on our holiday. When we arrived we decided to wait to collect our hire car (so that we could drop it off at an appropriate time of day in 3 weeks), even though the arrival process in UK was smooth and fast. We felt freezing cold when we finally ventured out to get the car (despite it being springtime). At Caffè Nero, where I sketched this, everyone seemed to be wearing black overcoats!
Thu-15-May-2025
Here is some more people sketching done at the Medical Center Taguig – this time for me to get my ears unblocked. Hospital waiting areas are great spots to surreptitiously draw people … especially when you have to wait for ages.
Wed-30-Apr-2025