We were seatmates back when we were in high school. I loved doodling back then. I even doodled on my classmates’ notebooks when I got bored. She loved my sketches back then that she made me promise to do a naked portrait of her. After a few pounds and decades later, we met again during our high school reunion. She...
I’ve always dreamed I’d get a needle-thin and reliable [doesn’t skip] fountain pen. I finally had it when I purchased the Platinum 3776 UEF. One brand, 3 tips: UEF, F and the music nib. I think am done buying pens ….for the year. I had the chance to use the pen when I did a sketch tribute for the late former Senator...
This is the first time I’ve done something like this. According Tony Perez, it is a form of crosshatching. I love it because, it is more fluid and expressive. I feel like I am not constrained by lines and technically, it does feel like doodling. Details of the swirls. A portrait of the master penman himself – one...
Perhaps this will be the last time I will draw the senator. Perhaps. She has inspired me throughout the years with these works. I’m not even sure if this is all of it. Who can forget her acerbic soundbytes? Everything in politics is politically motivated, didn’t you know? I thought you would have to be insane to go...
He actually didn’t like the caricature I did. It was a post I did on ManilaSpeak and it was based on one of the pics I saw on google. My classmate knew him and sent him the image. He asked for my contact and before I knew it, I received a request for a “re-draw”. It took several weeks before I finally had the time to do...
It was our last day in Baguio when a friend told me to meet up at The Manor. Camp John Hay celebrated its 25th year anniversary last Sept 10 and one of the limited-release items they had on their menu was the burger. This was the burger they served back when CJH was still managed by the Americans. So while waiting...
I was able to meet Thad Cabangon – Business Mirror’s publisher, during Camp John Hay’s 25th Anniversary. I couldn’t decide if I wanted to do a sketch or a caricature. I decided to do a mild caricature while I was hanging around The Manor’s garden. This is what it looked like when it was done.
And just like that I gave up. No – I didn’t ran out of ideas – I ran out of time. From juggling projects to wanting to improve my hand at painting – I chose painting over doodling. Oh well – there is always next year.
Badass. That’s what Justice Secretary Leila de Lima is projecting now. Not just in TV adverts but in the cases that she’s handling right now. Everyone thought she’d be President Noynoy Aquino’s lapdog – until she started to handle high profile plunder cases involving politicians. Only time can tell if that image is enough...
What? Wait – where did the 69th painting go? I’ll post that within the week. Well, I should be finishing it within the week. It was a beautiful Saturday when I started this painting. The sun was out and I was already done with sketching it on paper. All I needed was the time to paint and that’s exactly what I did when I...
Kailash is a friend of mine from the fountain pen group. This is actually a commissioned piece. I do enjoy painting. It calms me. I love it when everything comes together. I love the challenges that goes with each portrait and building up colors to make each image come alive. Somehow photos have a way of making the...
Lorraine’s my classmate in high school. She requested that I paint a portrait of her family and I was actually delighted with the challenge. What made this challenging was that this is my second largest painting [the first one was 3ft by 4ft]. I learned a few things again while doing this. The best paper to do this...
Taking an hour break from painting by doing another painting. In remembrance of Dada De la Cruzg. You will always be a part of our lives. Thank you for all the laughter and memories.
This is the last of a series. I also enjoyed doing this the most because I found it more expressive. This was the original photo. It was a small thumbnail that I had to blow up in photoshop and edit a bit to bring out the shadows and highlights. Yes, it’s old. Given the challenge that it was blurry and the colors...
