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#Oktobra2020 – Art of the Week no. 1: Watercolor Painting: Metropolitan Theatre, Manila

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1–2 minutes

Royce “Dico” Calingal
Watercolor & ink
1 Oct 2020

To begin our showcase of Renacimiento Manila’s roster of artistic talents, we start with Dico’s watercolor painting of Metropolitan Theater, Manila.

Royce “Dico” Calingal is one of the advocates of Sustainable Development Goals and Heritage Conservation in the Philippines. He is also an artist using varied traditional and digital media, including photo restoration. Dico is also a numismatist focusing on collecting Philippine peso bills and coins.

Watercolor painting.
Outlines and details using sign pen.
Needed to search for the most accurate color scheme of the building.

Medium:
Faber Castell Number 2 Pencil
Dong-A My Gel 0.5
Watercolor

Date Created: July 12, 2020
Date Finished: August 6, 2020
Copyright 2020. All Rights Reserved.

We will continue this series every mid-week together with our Sunday Trivia.

Support and follow our artist at these pages:
INSTAGRAM – @royce.ph
Behance / DeviantArt / Kolektado – dicocalingal
Flickr – dico-calingal
Planet Minecraft – dico_calingal

RENACIMIENTO MANILA is a group of artists, creators and history enthusiasts committed to heritage advocacy, with particular interest on Manila’s built heritage. As such, the purpose of Renacimiento Manila is to produce art to promote and realize Manila’s cultural rebirth and for it to materialize its core philosophy, the Renacimiento Movement. The Renacimiento Movement. What, then, is the Renacimiento Movement? The movement is the core philosophy of the organization. It is founded on the reality that heritage is a cornerstone of holistic development and that it is indispensable in ensuring quality of life. As such, cultural revival is necessary for the promotion of heritage in the national agenda. Heritage should be driven by the people, regardless of race, gender, creed, or religion. This cultural revival can be achieved through the following ways: government support, the advancement of private initiatives, and the engagement of the people.

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