Sketching at Laloma Cemetery

     The La loma Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Manila which opened in 1884 according to Wikipedia.  Until last Friday,  I've never been there and was always curious since I only see the dome of the St Pancratius Chapel from the north cemetery. I might be wrong but I have an impression the the tombs and mausoleums are more organized similar to the Chinese Cemetery than the familiar North Cemetery.
      A good thing about google is we were able to find out where to alight from LRT1. Since La loma are is so big, too much walking will just our drain energy reserved for sketching. Another good coincidence is we were able to meet up with Ian and Kuki, who has their own ride and saves us from walking. Thank you Ian and Kuki! 
    

St Pancratius Chapel

     The chapel is closed when we got there, according to the resident grave keepers, it usually opens during late October up to November. I wish we could sketch here again. There lots of interesting things to sketch. We almost had another bad sketching experience when  we were stopped by the guard and required to ask for permission first  which was fortunately resolved by Ian talking to the management. 

The friendly resident grave keeper who enthusiastically orients us with the policies, and a bit of history while watching Kuki and Patts

Meg

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first time attendee, Mira

The beauty of the facade immediately captures my attention but I not sure how much time we have to stay so I just sketched a part of it.

A3 Canson Montval 200gsm.

The finished sketches