PuertoGaleraSketch

98-2944 – White beach

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Here is the first of my beach sketches done on our little holiday in Puerto Galera. On our first day we went to ‘white beach’, which is one of the most popular beaches in the area – and it supposedly has white powdery sand (though I have been to beaches with whiter sand and I don’t really care what colour the sand is!). This is the first sketch in a newly made sketchbook – this time using 300gsm Baohong Hot Pressed paper (quite expensive but 100% cotton and acid free) and using a “spineless” method to bind it (inspired by a cheap sketchbook that a friend showed me), which makes it easier to fold the pages out completely flat.

Sun-29-Dec-2024

97-2943 – Changing light

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Here is a sketch of the place we stayed in the Dulangan part of Puerto Galera (called home of sunrise). We were right on the beach…there is a hint of the sea outside the window. The interior of the place was mostly white, but somehow as the sun went down all the colours changed (hence the title of this). I also got the scale of the stuff on the kitchen island wrong…the bottles are far too large! I am ever my own worst critic.

Sat-28-Dec-2024