UrbanSketchersQuezonCity

80-2535 – On top of the city

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I am jumping ahead a little with this post, done after my little workshop on bookbinding with #UskQuezonCity last Sunday. We held the workshop at the @MuseoNiManuelQuezon, which is a mausoleum/museum (which I didn’t even know existed) on the ground floor of the Quezon Memorial Shrine, containing the remains and memorabilia of Manuel Quezon, the first president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. I didn’t get a chance to look round the museum but we were lucky enough to be allowed to climb up to the top of the shrine, up the few hundred steps of a narrow spiral staircase in one of the columns of the shrine. The views were fantastic.

Sun-10-Dec-2023

78-2481 – Chair and dream

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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

78-2478 – MiraNila House

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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

78-2477 – Fish at MiraNila

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After spending ages on a complicated first sketch, I picked something much simpler for my second attempt with #UskQuezonCity at #MiraNilaHeritageHouse last Sunday. There are two of these (concrete) fish, one either side of the main entrance to the house. They are fairly large (about a metre high) and hollow…maybe meant for putting plants in?

Sun-24-Sep-2023

78-2476 – Miranila through a tree

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I had a lovely busy sketching session last weekend because after sketching at PICC on Saturday, I went on to sketch at Miranila House with #UskQuezonCity on Sunday. This house was built in 1929 and we had a nice long tour inside to see some of the treasures the family have accumulated over the years. I think my first choice of subject was a bit over-complicated and it took me ages to complete.

Sun-24-Sep-2023