It often seems to be the way that my last sketch is the one I am most satisfied with and this was the case again with #UskQuezonCity at #MiraNilaHeritageHouse last Sunday. I did this one standing up near the restaurant they have in the compound…my ink lines being wobblier than usual as my hands were tired!
Sun-24-Sep-2023
After spending ages on a complicated first sketch, I picked something much simpler for my second attempt with #UskQuezonCity at #MiraNilaHeritageHouse last Sunday. There are two of these (concrete) fish, one either side of the main entrance to the house. They are fairly large (about a metre high) and hollow…maybe meant for putting plants in?
Sun-24-Sep-2023
I had a lovely busy sketching session last weekend because after sketching at PICC on Saturday, I went on to sketch at Miranila House with #UskQuezonCity on Sunday. This house was built in 1929 and we had a nice long tour inside to see some of the treasures the family have accumulated over the years. I think my first choice of subject was a bit over-complicated and it took me ages to complete.
Sun-24-Sep-2023
This is the third drawing I did at the Presidential Car Museum with #Kyusisketchers last Sunday. In this one I decided to include the bust of the president who used the car – part of the display of each vehicle. This is Ramon Magsaysay (Sasakyang means vehicle or car in Tagalog) who was the 7th President of the Philippines – he was also a guerrilla leader during the Pacific War.
Sun-2-March-2018
This is the second drawing I did with #Kyusisketchers at the Presidential Car Museum last Sunday. I really enjoy these sketch-walks because its time dedicated to sketching and I can take as long as I like. Plus it helps (if you feel a bit shy) having fellow sketchers around you. This is one of the first cars you see in the museum (Aguinaldo was the first President of the Philippines and was a real revolutionary, fighting in the Philippine revolution, the Spanish-American war and the Philippine-American War) and big groups of school children visiting the museum, chose this spot for their group photos – so I was regularly surrounded during this sketch.
Sun-2-March-2019
On Sunday I joined the QC Sketchers again (#Kyusisketchers) on a sketch-walk at the Presidential Car Museum. I didn’t even know this place existed – but I think I can be excused because the guy on reception told us it only opened up in August last year. The cars are housed in a pretty fancy modern building. According to one website the building is inspired by the Philippine flag, is shaped like an equilateral triangle and has the inside divided into the eight rays of sun seen in the flag.
I started with a drawing outside – a good idea of my fellow sketch Nadja to sketch outside before it got roasting hot.
Sun-2-March-2019
This is the third sketch I did with Quezon City Sketchers last Sunday. In one of the squares of Centris Walk there was a crowd of people waiting in front of a restaurant called Romantic Baboy Unlimited Korean Grill (Baboy is Tagalog for pig or pork and I assume the restaurant focuses on pork dishes). Their mascot is a pig in a dinner jacket with a rose in it’s mouth, his arm out and his fingers snapping. I couldn’t resist sketching this – Filipinos seem to have a penchant for peculiar restaurant names!
Sun-17-Feb-2019
This is the second sketch I did with Quezon City Sketchers (#kyusisketchers) at Eton Centris Mall last Sunday. As well as the weird mushroom-like objects the open area also has these red gate-like objects – again I have no idea what purpose they serve but they are an excellent subject for sketching. As I began drawing someone kindly stood in front of the stage (set up for some valentine event maybe) and posed (unknowingly) for me.
Sun-17-Feb-2019
On Sunday I joined the Quezon City Urban Sketchers (#kyusisketchers) for a sketch-walk at the open air part of Eton Centris mall. These peculiar huge mushroom-like objects light up at night…and I guess that during the day they provide shade? Otherwise I have no idea what they are really for, though they do make excellent subjects for sketching!
Sun-17-Feb-2019