Here is a quick sketch done after work – just catching glimpses of the swimming pool and the cafe. I had to rush this one so that I could go and do some shopping.
Tue-9-Aug-2022
2144 – Glimpses
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2142 – In need of fresh air
I spend far too long in front of a computer screen during the day (for work), so if I can, I like to go out before it gets dark and sketch some greenery and take in some fresh air. It’s been raining a lot during my normal sketching time, so I sat under a gazebo (which they call a cabana here) to draw and paint this.
Mon-8-Aug-2022
2141 – Companion
I am skipping ahead one day to post this because it’s international cat day today. This is our Siamese cat Captain Haddock. he’s not a lap cat, but prefers to be around you, so he always sits on the couch when I do and sleeps on the end of the bed. This sketch didn’t turn out at all like I wanted…his head is a lot bigger of course! For me every day is a cat day!
Sun-7-Aug-2022
2139 – Friday snapshot
Here are a few little sketches summarising my Friday. Firstly I took my wife to buy a bus ticket (I parked outside a Budget Tapa King joint while I waited for her), then we did a little shopping and I bought a new mouse. When we got home a new paintbrush that I’d ordered was waiting for me. I use water brushes a fair bit, but I’ve given up with the Pentel ones which block up or start leaking so easily. This is a new Kuretake one.
Fri-5-Aug-2022
2135 – Look up
Here is another sketch done at Eagle Point Resort. The dining area has an elaborate (but clearly fake) candelabra. The dark beams are wooden, but the huge ones are concrete, painted (rather well) to look like timber.
Sun-31-Jul-2022
2131 – Black bag
Here is a quick evening sketch done while chatting to my friend @TheArtofBeingPresent. This bag (which my wife keeps some of her sewing projects in) is made out of woven plastic strips and despite being pitch black, reflects a lot of light and colours.
Tue-26-Jul-2022
2130 – All tree
Here is the last sketch I did with #UskQuezonCity at Philippine General Hospital last Sunday. This tree is on a bit of traffic island…surrounded by hard paving and roadways. Somehow it is doing well – I think it might be a banyan tree?
Sun-24-Jul-2022
2127 – The UP Manila oblation
On Sunday I joined #UskQuezonCity for a sketch-walk at Philippines General Hospital. We were there in partnership with the Department of Emergency Medicine for their 25th anniversary. This statue is a work by Guillermo Estrella Tolentino, the first Philippine National Artist for Sculpture. Apparently the sculpture is supposed to symbolise the selfless offering of one’s self to his/her country. Currently he is in the middle of a parking area for motorbikes.
Sun-24-Jul-2022
2126 – Random objects on a marble worktop
Here is a sketch I did on Saturday while chatting to my friend @TheArtofBeingPresent. I think the title says it all – while I really like urban sketching, I am realising that I very much like to draw a focussed group of objects. I was inspired to sketch this by looking at the teacups painted by Liz Steel.
Sat-23-Jul-2022