In this sketch (done with UskQC for at Parks and Wildlife for international urban sketchers week) I challenged myself to capture the water lilies on the lagoon. It was very difficult as the wind kept on changing the ripples and reflections. The strange thing is that the sketch even makes sense upside down!
Sun-3-May-2026
Here are the first two of my sketches done at Parks and Wildlife with UskQC for international urban sketchers week. I started with a postcard exchange sketch (which is going to @UrbanSketchersAsheville), then I had a go at sketching a group of cos players. They were all wearing black shorts with a black top with a white tie. All had brightly coloured hair and a few held a bow and arrow or a scythe. Any anyone tell me the character based on that description (not my sketch which was done very quickly)?
Sun-3-May-2026
These are the sketches I did at Workshop 2B “Many Views, One Story: Community Sketching Experience” with Maria Regina Tuazon, during the #UskQuezonCity Tagpuan Sa QC event. The workshop used a set of cards developed by Marc Taro Holmes in 2016, to encourage the group to sketch different views of the same place, arriving at a collective story (the venue was the Quezon Memorial Shrine).
We were also encouraged to write a line or two on the sketch, to tell the story of the setting, highlight particular features or overhead conversations. I picked cards suggesting I sketch the high point (first sketch in this post) and a garden feature like a fountain.
Sat-16-Mar-2024
These are the sketches I did at workshop 1A: Drawing on the Move with Genine Carvalheira during the #UskQuezonCity Tagpuan Sa QC event, with the Executive Board of Urban Sketchers (Global). The workshop was about “learning to draw with speed and confidence” – so Genine had us sketch the the back of the Quezon Heritage House in QC Memorial Circle.
After some guidance (and a demo from her) she had us do it again…this time in three minutes. The middle sketch was done when we did a little walkabout near the park. I learnt to be a bit more fluid in the way I draw….if I want to draw super-fast!
Sat-16-Mar-2024
This is a sketch that I did during the Q&A and talks on the first day of the #UskQuezonCity Tagpuan Sa QC event, with the Executive Board of Urban Sketchers (Global). We held the first session at the social hall at the back of the Quezon Heritage House in QC Memorial Circle.
Sat-16-Mar-2024
Here is another sketch done during the #UskQuezonCity Tagpuan Sa QC event, with the Executive Board of Urban Sketchers (Global) at Urban Chick in QC. I think we had been discussing drawing faces and people, so I gave it a go – there are lots more faces coming in my next post too…
Fri-15-Mar-2024
Here is my first sketch (of many) done during the #UskQuezonCity Tagpuan Sa QC (translated as “Meeting Place in Quezon City”) event. The Executive Board of Urban Sketchers (Global) were visiting for a series of events and activities. For me this kicked off with a “Drink and Draw” social evening at a little restaurant called Urban Chick along Maginhawa Street in QC. I arrived pretty early (I wasn’t sure how bad the traffic would be), so I started this sketch before the place filled up.
Fri-15-Mar-2024
Here is the second sketch I did with #UskQuezonCity at the Tandang Sora shrine last weekend. For this one I decided to sketch the buildings outside the compound. Like in my last one my choice of scene depended on finding a shady spot to sit.
Sun-21-Jan-2024
Here is my first sketch done with #UskQuezonCity at the Tandang Sora shrine on the weekend. We were there to celebrate the 212th anniversary of her birth. I sketched the same place back in October last year and learnt then that she offered shelter and medical aid to the Filipino revolutionaries. This time I had to hunt for a shady spot and ended up sketching the monument from a slightly awkward angle.
Sun-21-Jan-2024