Here is my last sketch from our #PistaSaUskQC (Urban Sketchers Festival) event on the weekend. I did a little composition talk on Sunday morning and pointed out this view as an example of layering and having objects in the foreground, middle-ground and background, to get depth (in a scene without much perspective). I thought I’d better have a go at sketching it too…I’m not sure it really worked as the red jumps into the foreground!
Sun-15-Oct-2023
Here is another sketch going back to the #Sketchtober2023 prompts (Day 9 – ‘Pet’). We have two Siamese cats (I think they are seal points) – named after Tintin characters. Captain Haddock is the oldest (they are brothers)…he’s kind of lethargic and never stops eating. The other is General Tapioca – I’ve rarely sketched him as he is a bit more skittish and doesn’t stay in one place for long…and when he does he is hiding somewhere!
Wed-11-Oct-2023
I did this sketch on the second day of our #PistaSaUskQC (Urban Sketchers Festival) event on the weekend, after doing a little composition talk. I had thought it was overcast and not too hot – I was wrong, it was sweltering, so I drew this as quickly as I could. The statue of Manuel Quezon (president of the Philippines from 1935-44), by Jose “Al” Rabino Giroy – was put up in 2017, and replaced another by Tolentino.
Sun-15-Oct-2023
Here is the third sketch I did during our #PistaSaUskQC (Urban Sketchers Festival) event on the weekend. In the afternoon my sketching friend @ReuelGarzon was slated to do a sketching demonstration – so I joined him in front of our booth. What caught my eye for this sketch was the sweeping curve of the tents (though I didn’t manage to capture this as well as I wanted), contrasting against the green trees. It’s also a bit more splashy than usual, because I forgot to bring my smaller squirrel brush!
Sat-14-Oct-2023
This is the second sketch I did during our #PistaSaUskQC (Urban Sketchers Festival) event on the weekend. I was a bit more satisfied with this one – but don’t look too closely at the young woman on the left, as it looks like I only sketched half a person!
Sat-14-Oct-2023
Here is my first sketch from the #PistaSaUskQC (Urban Sketchers Festival) event on the weekend. We were in Quezon Memorial Circle to celebrate the 84th year of the founding of Quezon City and had a little booth set up. We had a sketching demo in the afternoon but before that got a bit soaked in the rain. I did this one in a bit of a rush…the ice cream seller didn’t stay in one place very long…and I wasn’t very satisfied with the result.
Sata-14-Oct-2023
I am not planning to make a habit of this, but just by chance I am killing two birds with one sketch again, following the day 2 prompts of #Inktober2023 (spider) and of #UskQuezonCity #Sketchtober2023 (plant). Spider plants (technically Chlorophytum comosum), are one of the few things we manage to grow…though I should water them a lot less!
Tue-3-Oct-2023
I am posting out of order as usual, and with this sketch I am making a tenuous link to both the first day of #Inktober (prompt of “dream”) and #Sketchtober2023 from #UskQuezonCity (prompt of “chair”). Killing two birds with one sketch as they (don’t) say. The most tenuous link is to the prompt of dream – on the stool is the next book I am going to read – part two of a series, the first of which was called “The Dreaming Void”.
Mon-2-Oct-2023
It often seems to be the way that my last sketch is the one I am most satisfied with and this was the case again with #UskQuezonCity at #MiraNilaHeritageHouse last Sunday. I did this one standing up near the restaurant they have in the compound…my ink lines being wobblier than usual as my hands were tired!
Sun-24-Sep-2023