old man sketch

While my guitar gently weeps

Sketch: Pacino

Byaheng Quiapo-Batibot

Byaheng Quiapo-Batibot
watercolour and ink on paper

Pong Pagong and Kiko Matsing.
My childhood friends
I saw them on my way to Recto last weekend.
I tried to say hello.
They didn't even recognize me.

My Desk

sepia girls

watercolour on canvas
6x6 inches

experiment on colours

blue and orange kids

more from the Baras trip

Baras Rizal

The Blue Bicycle

Combining my two passions-
bicycles and painting.

Mga Batang Holen

Kids

"A View From Above"
Watercolour on paper

Another Fire Scene

fiery obsession

Manila Fire

Why am i painting fires?
I wanna find out how dark i can get
with watercolours without ruining the paper.
So far, I couldn't get anywhere as dark as I want them to be.
Watercolour is a very tricky medium.
It's dark enough when wet.
But when it dries, it gets way lighter.
I need more practice.

disaster inspired

The Fisherman

Watercolour on paper
8x5.5 inches
Inspired by agentgerard's photograph

Sidecar ni ate

The Burning

Watercolour on paper
8x10 inches
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Vermeer's Milkmaid

Watercolour on paper
8x10 inches
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Sofia

the wine bottle

dagat

Kalbo

architexture

ink and water

The Patient's Patience

An old man waiting at a Manila Hospital.
He was staring into nothing, not moving.
So i did a quick sketch of him.
Finished the piece with some loose ink drawing
and a few watercolour washes.

Mother and Child in ink

My wife Lisa and our baby Rain.
Also from the same hospital scene.
A quick unfinished pencil sketch
topped with ink and watercolour.

Under The Sun's Warmth

Yeb, 6 and Kydlat, 4. My nephew and son.
From a black and white 135m photo of them.

Red Tie

watercolour studies

I use to love watercolours when I was in college.
But then the more i studied it, the more scared i got.
So I stayed away from it and drifted towards oils.

I haven't touched watercolours for many years.
Until now.


This is Rain. My 6 month old daughter.
She's the reason I'm trying to get back to watercolours.
I have to rediscover my long lost love for it
because I couldn't find time to do oils since she was born.

And I'm having fun so far!

More to come...


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1 month old Rain

some quick sketches

I couldn't find time to paint oils for the past many months.
So back to sketching I go.