River

#615 – Pasig river, in Makati

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Today I made my “annual appearance” at the immigration office – foreigners resident in the Philippines have to show up at the beginning of the year to prove they are still here. On my way back I stopped along Pasig River (which today wasn’t as smelly as it was last year) and drew this. The odd shaped building is part of Acqua Private Residences – the big blocks rising around it – which are shrouded in green mesh while under construction. To the left are lot of little higgledy-piggledy houses, which frankly look a lot nicer!

Fri-9-Feb-2018

#473 – Captains reception

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Here I am still posting sketching from our China holiday…I hope I’ll catch up soon. This one was done while we were still on our cruise up the Yangtze river…on the first evening all the passengers were invited the the Captain’s reception…where he made a speech and we got free champagne. There were about 400 passengers on the cruise of which only 4 spoke English (that was us)….but they were still kind enough to translate everything into English…just for us!

Mon-7-Aug-2017

#472 – Pathway

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Here is another sketch I did of the pathway to the ‘tribe of the three gorges’ – this time just sploshing about the watercolour paint. At the top left was a tiny little pagoda on the peak of the ridge…I’m not sure if the pathway went that far though!

Mon-7-Aug-2017

#471 – The tribe of the three gorges

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This sketch was done during our Yangtze river cruise, when the cruise ship stopped to let people off for a day excursion. We didn’t go on the trip and just relaxed on the ship. This was the lovely view we had from the little balcony we had outside our cabin…who could ask for more? The buildings were sheltering a pathway which took hundreds of tourists up to a local village.

Mon-7-Aug-2017

#454 – River view

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This is the other sketch I did at the San Rafael River Adventure. Without thinking I picked a scene with far too much going on and no real focus…even if the sketch failed somewhat at least I have this ingrained in my failing memory now.

Sat-22-July-2017

#394 – Smelly river

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This view is of what I think is MacArthur Bridge, over the Pasig River. Unfortunately the river really pongs, so after a few minutes we moved on, as the smell was a bit overpowering. I finished this off today with a few ink lines from my trust UniPin pen which I find will draw on anything. I used a water-soluble graphite pencil to do the initial drawing.

Sat-20-May-2017

Day 039 – Pasig River park

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Today I biked along part of Pasig River on my way to Makati. I stopped off at a park at the University of Makati to draw this. The river is a deep, dark glossy blue, almost black….because, sadly, it resembles an open sewer. This drawing doesn’t convey the smell of course… thank goodness.