A Post-Labor Day Drawing

What a productive weekend! Sunday afternoon was spent at a cafe in Alabang Town Center so that I can focus on drawing. I get so distracted at home with television, the laptop and even my bed, so after going to mass, I decided to have lunch by myself and work on my sketches.  Since most of what I've been drawing lately are nature-inspired subjects, I wanted to practice drawing human faces and body movements.

The Pierre Couture Tray at Cafe France. It was soooo filling! The sandwich was okay, but I loved the pasta and the coffee.

I was super excited to try out my new Prang semi-moist watercolor! It's only around 350 pesos at National Bookstore. I usually use my tube watercolors, but for the purpose of mobility, I decided to get this. 

The messy cafe set up. Prang watercolor, Canson paper, Muji mechanical pencil and a kneaded eraser. Kneaded erasers don't have messy residue unlike rubber erasers. I totally swear by them :)

This drawing was based on a photo that I took while my friends and I were buying bread in Coron Market. I chanced upon a street cleaner who was arranging his broom at a corner nearby. He seemed to be concentrating, so I just took a stolen shot. I chose manong street cleaner as my subject to serve as my "Labor Day" drawing. Let's call him Kuya Danny.

Doing the under painting for Kuya Danny's face and clothes. I love that Prang watercolor set generates super vibrant colors! 

Adding more details on Kuya Danny's face. WHAT IS BIGOTE?! (What is mustache?!) Hahaha. Drawing hands and doing the shading on the clothes has always been a perennial problem for me, so I'm determined to work on that. I'll get better, I promise!

Dear Kuya Danny, thank you for your hard work and diligence in keeping our streets clean. I salute you and all the Filipino workers who are doing their very best to earn a decent living. I will be thinking of you as I choose my candidates and cast my vote for the Senatorial elections. 

P.S. You're totally rocking that mustache. :)