Inside Paoay Ruins

Inside Paoay Ruins

Watercolor 2016

Paoay will always be on the list of my most visited place for my sketches here in Ilocos Norte. been visiting the place for a couple of times but yesterday marks my first time to step inside the Paoay Ruins, which is a usual venue of their Tumba Festival during November.
#PaoayKumakaway

Few snaps after sketching inside the classic, now refurbished Paoay Ruins.

As per the tour guide, the places was an old convent during the Spanish time.

More info here:

https://withonespast.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/the-old-convent-ruins-of-paoay/

Before leaving, here's a special view outside the historical ruins which is located beside the San Agustin Church at Paoay. A must visit place when you go here in the North. 

Takip Silim (Twilight)

    "View Outside The Studio"

Pen and Ink, 2016

First of all, I would say I was too slack in updating our group blog for the past few months and it's been ages since I was able to post my previous sketches. Moving on, sharing a sketch I have made a year ago, here's a view outside my studio while I am at home here in Laoag. The setting is already in twilight, as it is already 6 PM. I'll be probably doing more sketches like these.

2015 Robinsons Mall Center Piece Display

2015 Robinsons Mall Ilocos Christmas lights and display installed on the atrium (main mall) during our mall sketchwalk.

Tuguegarao Sakbay Cagayan (An Unexpected Visit at Tuguegarao City)

it was about 8am when I sketched these series of commercial spaces along the highway near the terminal of PUVs going to Flora, Aparri & Ballesteros etc at Tanza, Tuguegarao City. despite the unexpected miscommunications, im still happy to be able to see and sketch a small portion of Tuguegarao on a twilight scene.

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.)

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. 

2015 Sketchwalk at Sarrat, Ilocos Norte

Santa Monica Parish Church

Sarrat, Ilocos Norte 

Before 2015 ends I have decided to organize a simple sketchwalk with my art colleagues.  This time I decided to choose Santa Monica Church of  Sarrat, Ilocos Norte as our venue.

Santa Monica Church is the biggest in Ilocos Norte and possibly in the whole Ilocos region. The church is made from red bricks built in Earthquake Baroque and Neoclassical architecture. The church tower has a big clock that strikes every half hour. Around the church are brick fourteen Stations of the Cross. The convent, also known as Casa del Palacio Real, was rebuilt after two fires in March 1816 and October 1892. It served as the Presidencia Municipal or present-day town hall. It also housed Colegio de Santa Monica, an affiliate of Lyceo de Manila. The ground floor of the convent was converted as the parish museum and photo gallery in 1994.

The church was the venue of the grand wedding of Irene Marcos, daughter of President Ferdinand Marcos, and Gregorio Araneta on June 1983. A longer and wider choir loft was added for the wedding. The church garden was renovated to serve as the venue for the reception.

The church appears in the 2015 period biopic Heneral Luna as the stand-in for the parish church of Arayat, Pampanga.

Source: FYI

MARCOS MUSEUM
Sarrat, Ilocos Norte

Few meters away from the church, headed to see the birthplace of the late president Ferdinand E. Marcos, The Marcos Musuem located at Sarrat, Ilocos Norte. 

The Marcos Museum, in Sarrat, the birthplace of the late Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos, overlooks the Padsan River.  It is actually the Edralin house where Marcos was born on September 11, 1917 to Mariano and Josefa Edralin Marcos, both school teachers from well-to-do families.  Marcos  lived here until he was 8 years old when his family moved to Batac.  

The house then was a traditional 2-storey bahay na bato, with a red brick ground floor for storage and the wooden upper level, with its hardwood floor, reserved for the living quarters.  It was renovated by  First Lady Imelda R. Marcos in 1977, the president's  60th birthday, but was left abandoned after the fall of the Marcos before being restored again.   Many of the items on display were taken from the Malacanang Palace Museum as well as from the Malacanang of the North in Paoay.   

Source: FYI

Sitio Dungtal, Laoag City

Farm View

Brgy 23 Sition Dungtal,

Laoag City, Ilocos Norte 2900

Every afternoon, I and my dog go out for a walk near a farm few meters away from our house. Enjoying the fresh air, I decided to bring my sketchpad with me and did this quick sketch outside.

Urban Sketchers Ilocos January Sketchwalk

Urban Sketches Ilocos will be conducting the first formal sketchwalk for this year at the heart of the Heritage City of Vigan, Ilocos Sur. And we are inviting the community to join us, as we explore and capture the heritage places of Vigan in this one-day sketching activity!

January 24 11AM
See you!
#urbansketchers #USkPH

Backyard Scene

House on a nearby Farm

Brgy 23 Sitio Dungtal,

Laoag City, Ilocos Norte

January 2016. Grabbed the opportunity to start the year with my first sketch. After all the exhausting holiday celebrations, I eventually had a peaceful me-time to do artworks. While searching for a subject, I passed by this house which was the only house near the irrigation road on a nearby farm. Had to sit for a while, listen to Tycho and sketch my location for today.