SketchHabit

121-3524 – Thinking of David

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I was thinking of David Hockney when I went for a walk to get some exercise. In this part of Acacia Estates, where we live, it looks like DMCI the developers are planning to build even more housing. As soon as I saw this digger (in my favourite colour) I thought I should sketch it. I cleaned by TWSBI pen to do this one but the ink still seemed to come out grey!

I have been a fan of David Hockney’s work since I was a teenager – I remember my school art teacher took us to a showing of “A Bigger Splash” a 1973 biographical documentary film about his breakup with his then-partner Peter Schlesinger. I have followed his work ever since then….so sad that he passed away, but what a legacy he has left!

Sat-13-Jun-2026

121-3523 – Invasion

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According to a couple of Google image searches this is a Lanzones (Lansium Domesticum) tree – a type of mahogany tree. Lanzones fruits are round like large grapes, but with a tough skin and juicy segments inside. It appeared on our balcony, out of nowhere a few years ago, then killed off the bamboo that use to grow in the same pot, and is now huge. Apparently fruit eating birds (like a Bulbul) probably ate the fruit from a nearby tree or garbage bin, then perched on our railing and crapped out the seeds into the pot! I pruned it a few days after this sketch to make it a bit more manageable (lopping the crown completely off)…by some miracle I didn’t kill it, and it is now starting to grow new shoots below where I cut off the trunk.

Fri-12-Jun-2026

121-3520 – 1934 Cadillac V16

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After lunch, on this day, some of us went to the Presidential Car Museum (for the nth time). This car was used by President Manuel Quezon and General Douglas MacArthur. A few visitors to the museum seemed more interested with my sketching than looking at the cars…someone commented that it was so nice to see elders getting out and enjoying their passion…that made me feel really old!

Sun-7-Jun-2026

121-3515-19 – People sketching at the skate park

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Intensely staring at his phone

I decided to just do quick sketches of people when I joined @UskQuezonCity for our sketch-walk. The first one of three separate people was done when I arrived early and went to get coffee. In the skate park perhaps I should have tried more to capture the action?

At the skate-park

Anyway, the last one was done from a shady spot below the park, of the sketchers using umbrellas to keep the sun off – it was roasting hot with all the heat radiating off the concrete.

Discussing the grind
More hanging around
Umbrellas

Sun-7-Jun-2026

121-3514 – Mother and daughter

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Here is another sketch of my mum – this time with my sister by her side. She was sitting in a slightly different spot from normal, giving her a view out the window into the garden. I struggled with this one a bit and it took me quite a while to get it to a state that I am ok with.

Sat-6-Jun-2026

121-3512 – Eating the fruit

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My wife bought loads of fruit at the market then a few days later headed to Davao leaving me to have to quickly eat a massive pile of fruit before it went off. This sketch includes the remains of a dragon fruit…and some tomato juice which I regularly drink with a dash of Worcestershire sauce in it!

Wed-3-Jun-2026