For an archipelago country, it is actually quite enormous and has one of the largest populations in the world. The Philippines has been long occupied by local people and was a major battle site between Japanese occupiers and the US military during world war II. They ended up building a lot of US bases there due to the strategic location of the islands in the Pacific ocean. You might think these are low-lying islands, but a vast majority of the Philippines is very mountainous, the majority of the land is on a steep incline. They are well known for spectacular rice field terraces that were built by ancient people and maintained until this day. Another fun fact, they have among the longest coast lines of any country in the world, can you guess which country has the longest coast lines in the world? (answer below) I had a lot of compositions sketched out for Philippines, their landscape is quite varied everything from steep mountain terrain to tropical 'screen saver' style beach scenery. Then I sketched out a water buffalo and it made me laugh every time, so I painted it standing happily in a rice field eating rice, with the farmer running frantically to get it out of the crops.
World Inspired Landscapes: Philippines, watercolour 5 1/4" x 10 1/4" hot press, October 2024
if you guessed Canada, you were right! our coast lines are largest by far among world countries we have almost a quarter of a million kilometers of it. Just none in Montreal
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