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.)

Kapitol, Sentro iti Siyudad (Capitol, Center of the City)

Ilocos Norte Capitol

Laoag City, Ilocos Norte 

2900

Maysa nga malem, malpas iti pinagubra, nasangok pimmasyar sentro tapnu mai-drawing ko iti mesa nga lugar nga kanayun ko malabasan lalo nu damom nga umay iti siyudad iti Laoag. Nu daduma, madim maiwasan nga umay naka buyaen iti aglabas nga tao lalo nu makita da ka nga nakatambay nga madama iti patugaw na, madamat sketch, wennu nakaiggem iti naingpis nga papel, pinta ken brush, ngato baba iti ulo na. Kas mesa nga naipa puswan nga Urban Sketcher, detuy iti kanayon ko nga mapadasan lalo nu madama nak ag-drawing iti sab-sabali nga lugar.

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One afternoon, after my work, I went to take a stroll into the heart of the city to draw this place I used to pass by esp if you are going to Laoag City Often times, you cant avoid people to see/watch you most esp. when you are sitting in a corner, sketching, or holding a thin piece of paper, paint and brush. As one of the dedicated Urban Sketcher, this is always the kind of experience i go through in sketching different places.

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.