Showing posts with label USkIlocos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USkIlocos. Show all posts

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Multitasking: Sketching at Work

After five years of being a full-time artist, I’m back in the retail industry. As a family man, setting aside my art to work on a full time job to provide and make ends meet, pay bills, and save money is the most practical option for me right now.


After five years of being a full-time artist, I’m back in the retail industry. As a family man, setting aside my art to work on a full time job to provide and make ends meet, pay bills, and save money is the most practical option for me right now.

The only challenge is that working on my art has become quite a struggle. So to ease the itch while enduring an 11-hour shift, I do on-location sketches of the things around me during off-peak hours perhaps to ease the loneliness and boredom.

I guess one of the perks of being an urban sketcher.

Kiosks Lower Ground

SM City Laoag City

Ink on paper

A5 2025

Friday, March 18, 2016

Daan A Plaza Iti San Nicolas (The Old Plaza of San Nicolas)


SAN NICOLAS OLD PLAZA
SAN NICOLAS, ILOCOS NORTE
by Marvin Xavier Vea

Itay napalabas nga bigat, kalpasan tay kakaisuna nga klasek nga 8-9 ket gagangay nga awan klasekon ken nawayway nga oras a maka drawingak, nakapanunutak nga inkam i iskets garud tay malablabsak nu mapank agbasa MMSU Batac agapu LAOAG, tay napintas nga SAN NICOLAS OLD PLAZA . Nakitak tay statwa ni RIZAL idiay nga nagbalin a subjektok tay iskets ko ket kabayatan na detoy a nkapanunutak , Inawis ko met dgitay padak nga Urban Sketchers ILOCOS.

Translation:

After my 8-9 class this morning, and since its obviously my free time to draw, I thought of joining our simple sketchwalk to a place I usually pass by going home from school, none other than thebeautiful San Nicolas Old Plaza located along the National Road. The Rizal Statue was my chosen subject during our activity. I invited my fellow sketchers of USk Ilocos to join us in our activity.


Marvin Vea during our mini sketchwalk
held at San Nicolas Old Park

Kabayatan na tay inwayat mi nga sangkabatit nga actibidades. nag iskets met dgitay kakadwak nga ni KHERVIN GALLANDEZ, baro nga kakadwa mi, JOANN PEDRO KEN NI JANICE PUOD, Napilik kas subject tay ubra maestrok nga iskets ket tay istatua ni Rizal jay plasa ti san nicolas kase kaaduan nga ili pay ket haan nga mapukaw nga ada lata istatua na kada tunggal plasa iti ili ken napintas gamin iddiay nakaiplastaran na ken langa na isu nga mayat nga idrawing kadetuy sketspad ko nga baro ken nalapad. Intul-tuloy mi nag-ubra bayat t pudot iti tyiempo na ingana nalpas mi.

Translation:

(We started the small sketch activity and my fellow sketchers also came to participate, Khervin John Gallandez, and new members Joann Pedro, and Janice Puod. I have chosen the statue of Rizal because the location of the statue fits perfectly to the place. It was also a good subject for my new and wide sketchpad. Despite the scorching heat, we continued our activity until we eventually finished our artworks.)



Wednesday, January 27, 2016

The Travel Journal: Panagbisita Iddiay Burgos, Ilocos Sur (A Visit to Burgos, Ilocos Sur)


Quick sketch of few butchers while they're preparing to cook pork meat for a gathering.
The Travel Journal
Burgos, Ilocos Sur

We traveled to Burgos, Ilocos Sur last February to attend a christening.  Due to a limited time and few errands, I still managed to do a quick random sketches. I would say pocket sized journals are very handy every time I want to do on-the-go sketches.


Quick sketch inside the Starex Van while going home to Laoag.
The Travel Diary
Sketching Inside A Van

It was also my second time to sketch while inside a moving vehicle and this time, inside a moving van. This was the scene inside the car with my relatives while we were on our way going home to Laoag.