QuezonCitySketch

98-2962 – Benitez Hall

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This is the second sketch I did with #UskQuezonCity at the University of the Philippines sunken garden on Sunday 12 Jan during our first #SketchWalk of the year. This building (used by the College of Law and designed by Filipino architect Juan M. Arellano) is one of the first academic buildings constructed at UP and was built “in anticipation of the official transfer of the University of the Philippines from its original location at Calle Isaac Peral, which is now known as the United Nations Avenue”.

Sun-12-Jan-2025

98-2961 – Guys watching guys at UP sunken garden

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On Sunday 12 January we joined our first #SketchWalk of the year with #UskQuezonCity at the University of the Philippines sunken garden. The sunken garden is a large green basin-shaped area at the Diliman campus, surrounded by large trees and is popular as a venue for sports and outside events. I did this first sketch of a group of young guys quite quickly…after 15 minutes they all got up and left together, so I had to be fast.

Sun-12-Jan-2025

94-2854 – Family take out

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I forgot to post this sketch which was done at the Gyud Food Market at UP (University of the Philippines), last month. We were at UP to visit #StickerCon where we bought some stickers ….of course! Afterwards we went for a snack and a chat with friends at the food market (we bought our dinner from the shop in the background – yummy pad Thai).

Sat-28-Sep-2024

87-2694 – Food festival

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After doing two postcard sketches on Sunday 5th May with #UrbanSketchersQuezonCity at the Maginhawa Food Festival. I managed to find time to do another sketch. We were sitting at the back of all the food tents, so this one captures the jumble of all the boxes, water jugs and ephemera that each food stand had. I also managed to get in a few people, so I think I captured the feel of the event in this one. I only had time to do the ink work on the spot so added the colour at home…deciding to leave some areas white and focus on the contrast with the dark green trees in the background.

Sun-5-May-2024

87-2693 – Maginhawa crowds

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Here is the second postcard sketch I did on Sunday 5th May when we joined #UrbanSketchersQuezonCity at the Maginhawa Food Festival. Like the previous sketch this was part of our postcard exchange with #UskSaoPaulo, Brazil and I wrote a short message on the back to my “secret sketcher”.

Sun-5-May-2024

87-2692 – The mighty mango

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In the afternoon on Sunday 5th we joined #UrbanSketchersQuezonCity at the Maginhawa Food Festival. This event was part of National Heritage Month and for the group, International Urban Sketchers Week. To celebrate this we did a postcard exchange with São Paulo, Brazil. Each of us received postcard-size watercolour papers provided by #Hahnemühle through @DeovirArts and then we sketched a scene from the Food Festival. On the back we each wrote a message to our “secret sketcher” from the #USkSaoPaulo group. All our cards were sent off to Brazil and, assuming the postal service works, sometime later this year we will each receive a card from our fellow sketchers. I wonder who my secret sketcher will be?

Sun-5-May-2024

87-2691 – Pino pipino

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This is the first sketch in a new sketchbook – No.87 – (going back to using Clairefontaine Aquapad 300gsm cold pressed paper), done at the Pino restaurant on Malingap Street in Quezon City. I did this one as we arrived early for the #UskQuezonCity #SketchWalk at the Maginhawa Food Festival. The restaurant has a separate menu (called Pipino – which means cucumber) for vegetarian food.

Sun-5-May-2024