What if these artists are in the tropics? What if they were able to visit the Philippines? I am reimagining them to have painted or made their self-portraits with tropical flora and fauna as backgrounds. They might even consider painting plein air with the scenes around here. I want to keep them safe from any…
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Travel Sketching
Travel and Moment Sketching For me, Travel Sketching is not just about transferring what you see with your eyes to the paper. It is an expression of how you get to immerse yourself at the moment. There are a lot of movements nowadays. There is this Slow Food which originated in Italy in the 1980s…
Travel Sketching: What to Bring
Art materials to bring with you when you do travel sketching
1997 and Lonely
Poem from 1997
Poem from the Past
Another poem from my diary. I had the exact time of the day when I finished this poem. Without a title, it was only marked as this: May 27, 2002, Monday 5:30PM. Poem by Ihvonie Sevilleno Am I doomed? I pulled on the gloom again It fogs my eyes with misty tears It clouds my…
Art Inspires Poetry
I was never one to be afraid of new things. Just after five months after starting painting, I decided to do my first show. “To The Stars” was my first solo exhibiting more than 45 watercolors of sunsets, seascapes, and starry nights. I celebrated that night because it was my 37th birthday and the week…
Travel Sketching: Just Around the Corner
There are days that you just feel down but there is nothing that picks me up than a day of travel sketching and watercolor painting. I took this photo some summers ago with my art students for our plein air painting in the fishing village of Balaring in Silay City, Negros Island, Philippines. This is…