Here is the first sketch I did when we arrived in Bantayan Island. It’s a pretty terrible reproduction as the scanner app on my phone didn’t get the colours right – I’ll replace it on my WordPress blog with a proper scan when I get home. We are staying at a quiet and secluded little AirBnb cottage – apparently a converted boat house – the owners of which live in one of two houses, which are directly on the beach front (one of them is in my sketch).
Fri-29-Dec-2023
Here is the second sketch I did on the way to Bantayan Island. After our flight to Cebu, we hired a car and drove north for a few hours to Hagnaya Port where we were to catch a ferry. While we waited for a fixer to sort out tickets (should have done it ourselves as we were ripped off a bit), we found this spot for lunch. Being a vegetarian, pizza is often the only option I can have from a menu…after this trip I think I’ll have a pizza free month.
Thu-28-Dec-2023
Here is my first sketch done on our little New Year holiday to Bantayan Island. Naturally I took the opportunity to sketch in the airport on departure – with three of the four people in this sketch trying different ways of sleeping (either laid out on the seats, with your head tipped back or by hugging your backpack and using it as a pillow). You can tell by the windows at the back, that it was still dark outside by the time we caught our flight.
Thu-28-Dec-2023
Here (at last) is the final sketch of our UK holiday, done at the airport in Dubai, during our brief layover on the way back to the Philippines. I sketched this very quickly using my #Lamy pen (my Sailor pen had run out of ink) and then added the colour at home. Airports are one of my favourite places to practice sketching people. Funnily enough the guy in the centre ended up sitting next to me…and then was next to me when we collected our baggage!
Mon-24-Jul-2023