92-2800 – Five guys ice cream

Image | August 11, 2024August 27, 2024 | Art-Chap-Enjoin

Here is the first sketch I did on the day after we arrived in Manchester. We had planned to go hot air ballooning early in the morning but it didn’t push through because of poor weather in York. Instead we just hung out at our daughters house, filled the rental car with a ‘big shop’ and went out for a little walk (in a little park near the university of Manchester where I sketched this woman snoozing) and a milk shake. My milk shake was banana and peanut butter flavour…so thick it was like ice cream.

Thu-1-Aug-2024

91-2785 – Loungers

Image | July 28, 2024September 7, 2024 | Art-Chap-Enjoin

This sketch was started in “Edmundo Lounge” in Bury St. Edmunds where we had lunch on the third full day of our holiday. We drove to Bury to do some shopping for camping gear, in anticipation of the next leg of our trip, when we will camp at the Womad (World of Music Arts and Dance) festival in Wiltshire. I finished off the sketch at home.

Mon-22-Jul-2024

90-2778 – Established before I was born

Image | July 18, 2024October 27, 2024 | Art-Chap-Enjoin

Here is a quick little sketch I did when we visited SM Aura shopping mall to buy #Pasalubong to take to the UK on our upcoming holiday. Buying pasalubong is the Filipino tradition of travellers bringing gifts from their destination to people back home (so we are kind of doing that in reverse). We had a snack and coffee at the #CoffeeBeanAndTeaLeaf having failed to find a single speck of vegetarian food at the food court, even though they have recently refurbished it (grumble, grumble).

Sun-14-Jul-2024

90-2771 – Cosmic Kapitolyo

Image | July 14, 2024 | Art-Chap-Enjoin

This sketch was done while we waited for dinner at a new vegetarian restaurant (for us) that we went out to for my wife’s birthday. The waiter told us that they opened during the pandemic…they have another branch in Makati, Barangay Poblacion. The food was great, served quickly and the place has a nice atmosphere. It was strange though that there didn’t seem to be a single sign on the road to tell you the place was there – we had to ask someone in order to find it.

Sun-7-Jul-2024

90-2770 – Minor basilica and archdiocesan shrine

Image | July 13, 2024 | Art-Chap-Enjoin

This sketch was done at the local Saint Anne Parish church, where we cycled to last Sunday morning. The first church on this site was built in 1609 but after several earthquakes the present one was started in 1883. I sketched here way back on 12 May 2016, when I first began sketching regularly (see post No.40 on my blog). That time I managed to get the whole tower in…my current small format sketchbook tends to make me focus on details…that’s my excuse anyway.

Sun-7-Jul-2024

90-2769 – Elephant ears with breakfast

Image | July 11, 2024 | Art-Chap-Enjoin

This little sketch was done outside the #BrewHilde coffee shop down the road from us, when we went out for a walk and breakfast on my wife’s birthday morning. I’ve sketched here many times before, but this time these plants caught my eye – they are commonly knows as elephant-ear plants but the scientific name is Colocasia.

Sat-6-Jul-2024

90-2767 – JP Pining

Image | July 8, 2024 | Art-Chap-Enjoin

Here is the sketch I did at Starbucks (at “The Rise” in Makati), while waiting for my wife who was applying for a Spanish Schengen visa. The big mural on the wall attracted my eye (there was one behind me too). It’s by a Filipino artist called JP Pining, who is described on Facebook as having “an eye for bold graphics and eclectic candy colours”. Someone sat in front of me so I had to guess at the colour in one part…I only found out later I could see the artwork on line.

Thu-4-Jul-2024

90-2763-66 – Ayala Museum

Image | July 7, 2024 | Art-Chap-Enjoin

These are the sketches I did at the #AyalaMuseum when I visited the #WorldsWithinWorlds exhibition (in which some friends were participating). I only took a small bag and watercolour palette, planning to use only water brushes (the museum is strict on what you can take in). I did these sketches standing up while crowds of people concentrated on taking photos of themselves or the exhibits. The models of the ships were huge…I drew the Spanish galleon twice as my first attempt didn’t really capture it.

Sun-30-Jun-2024

90-2748-56 – CBK hydropower

Image | July 2, 2024 | Art-Chap-Enjoin

These are the sketches I did when I joined #UskManila on a trip to the CBK Power Company’s hydropower plants. We had been invited by them with the idea that they will use our sketches in their calendar. We started the trip by meeting up to get on a bus at McDonald’s Alabang at 5am…and then I got home at close to midnight…so it was a long but enjoyable day! CBK’s three facilities are spread around Laguna and we visited all of them including going into the power house and on a cable car down into the valley in the last one (Botocan). Each sketch is done in ink with watercolour on simple cartridge paper. I have tried to give a caption to each sketch.