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Framed Art by Cecilia Brainard “Vase and Bottles”

May 20, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

I framed (for the first time) one of my art work, 9 x 12, ink "Vase and Bottles" .  It's the one on the right beside an original by Manuel Rodriguez, the Father of Philippine Printmaking.   Also published in my Travel blog:  https://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2020/05/framed-art-by-cecilia-brainard.html tags: #ceciliaBrainard #art #Philippine #Cebu #writerswhopaint … [Read more...] about Framed Art by Cecilia Brainard “Vase and Bottles”

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Art, Cebu, Cecilia Brainard, pen and ink, Philippines, sketching

Cecilia Brainard’s Book of Sketches: Magical Years

January 13, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

The writer Carlene Sobrino Bonnivier received her copy of my Magical Years: Memories & Sketches, and she wrote back: "Oh, Cecilia - I love your book. You DO capture the luminosity of childhood, something that I personally feel so strongly, and strive over and over to share with the rest of the world through my stories. Here you reveal it so sweetly. Thank you very much... If this seems … [Read more...] about Cecilia Brainard’s Book of Sketches: Magical Years

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Art, drawing, pen and ink, reed drawing, sketches, sketching

Magical Years: Memories & Sketches by Cecilia Brainard — pictures

December 23, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

magical years

  I'm excited about my book, Magical Years: Memories & Sketches, which collects 43 of my reed and pen and ink drawings. Some of you have been following my progress as a sketcher since December last year, when I picked up a simple book about sketching and started drawing, first in pencil, then pen and ink, and later bamboo reed, which Van Gogh did -- I love his reed … [Read more...] about Magical Years: Memories & Sketches by Cecilia Brainard — pictures

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Art, book, Cebu, children, drawing, Philippines, reed art, sketching

Bamboo Reed Paintings by Cecilia Brainard

August 12, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Fuente Osmena Park, Cebu, Philippines (copyright 2019 by Cecilia Brainard) I've been experimenting some more with bamboo reed painting.  I also use barbecue stick for finer work. I like the energy, the unruly and wild feeling of reed painting. Here are two reed paintings based on my memories of my birth city, Cebu, Philippines. Kiosk of Magellan's Cross, Cebu, Philippines (copyright … [Read more...] about Bamboo Reed Paintings by Cecilia Brainard

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Art, bamboo painting, Cebu, drawing, Philippines, reed painting, sketching

Storytelling & Sketching, Talk by Cecilia Brainard at UST Manila

February 12, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Please join us: Storytelling & Sketching Talk by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard Benavides Building University of Santo Tomas, Manila February 22, 2019, 3-5 p.m. Description: There will be a Powerpoint Presentation, Talk, and Open Forum regarding the Creative Process, by author and editor of 21 books, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, who recently discovered the art of … [Read more...] about Storytelling & Sketching, Talk by Cecilia Brainard at UST Manila

Filed Under: Fiction, Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Art, creative process, creative writing, drawing, Philippines, sketching, writer, writing

Welcome!

I am a daugh­ter of the Philip­pines and an adopt­ed daugh­ter of Amer­i­ca. I have also trav­eled to many places so I am also a daugh­ter of the Earth. My expe­ri­ences have found their way into my sto­ries, which try to depict char­ac­ters caught in impor­tant moments in their lives, sit­u­a­tions that force them to act, make deci­sions, change. I try to see the world from my own point of view, not the dom­i­nant West­ern one, thus my inter­est in his­to­ry, cul­ture, and set­ting. But my char­ac­ters car­ry my sto­ries; they are the most impor­tant in my sto­ry-telling. I have to dive deep into them to under­stand their human­i­ty – their good­ness as well as their bad­ness, their beau­ty as well as their ugli­ness. Just like us. Just like each of us. I need to know where they came from, where they are now, so I under­stand where they are going. Just like us.

Please read my full biog­ra­phy here

 

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