Here is the second sketch I did with #UskManila on Saturday 11 May, at our 13th anniversary #SketchWalk at the Chinese Garden in Rizal Park. This one was done very quickly (and is kind of unfinished) just before we tucked into the pot luck picnic.
Sat-11-May-2024
On Saturday 11 May, we had the 13th anniversary for #UskManila and celebrated with a #SketchWalk at the Chinese Garden in Rizal Park (I’ve been sketching with #UrbanSketchersManila since 2016, so that’s 8 years for me). We had a little picnic too with everyone bringing something to eat (we brought home-made chocolate biscuits and vegetarian sausages). According to the plaque on this statue, Confucius was born in September 551 BC and is considered one of the world’s greatest teachers. The statue was put up in 2009 by the Anvil Business Club on behalf of all students and learners to honour all teachers and mentors.
Sat-11-May-2024
After doing two postcard sketches on Sunday 5th May with #UrbanSketchersQuezonCity at the Maginhawa Food Festival. I managed to find time to do another sketch. We were sitting at the back of all the food tents, so this one captures the jumble of all the boxes, water jugs and ephemera that each food stand had. I also managed to get in a few people, so I think I captured the feel of the event in this one. I only had time to do the ink work on the spot so added the colour at home…deciding to leave some areas white and focus on the contrast with the dark green trees in the background.
Sun-5-May-2024
Here is the second postcard sketch I did on Sunday 5th May when we joined #UrbanSketchersQuezonCity at the Maginhawa Food Festival. Like the previous sketch this was part of our postcard exchange with #UskSaoPaulo, Brazil and I wrote a short message on the back to my “secret sketcher”.
Sun-5-May-2024
In the afternoon on Sunday 5th we joined #UrbanSketchersQuezonCity at the Maginhawa Food Festival. This event was part of National Heritage Month and for the group, International Urban Sketchers Week. To celebrate this we did a postcard exchange with São Paulo, Brazil. Each of us received postcard-size watercolour papers provided by #Hahnemühle through @DeovirArts and then we sketched a scene from the Food Festival. On the back we each wrote a message to our “secret sketcher” from the #USkSaoPaulo group. All our cards were sent off to Brazil and, assuming the postal service works, sometime later this year we will each receive a card from our fellow sketchers. I wonder who my secret sketcher will be?
Sun-5-May-2024