#DrawNativeTreesPh – A Campaign Promoting Awareness for Philippine Native Trees Through Art
Gouache paintings of various Philippine native trees for the Forest Blooms Planner.
#DrawNativeTreesPh Challenge Social Media Entries (posted on social media with the hashtag)
Holding our very first Philippine native trees watercolor workshop! This was in February 2019.
Happy class photo 🙂
Special workshop for the FFP Team <3
Zoom watercolor workshop during the pandemic.
#DrawNativeTreesPh started in 2018 as a collaboration with Forest Foundation Philippines, using art to highlight the importance of our native trees and build a community of forest advocates.
We kicked things off with fun drawing challenges and watercolor workshops, shared easy step-by-step tutorials on sketching Philippine native trees like the Katmon, Banaba, and Ilang-ilang (my personal favorites), and created illustrated publications like the Philippine Forest Blooms planner and desk calendar. This campaign brought people together both online and in person to learn about, appreciate, and help protect our native trees.
Since then, it has grown into a continuing series of creative projects and advocacy products, with proceeds going back to support forest protection and ongoing education efforts to keep the cause alive.
*Workshop photos courtesy of Forest Foundation Philippines
Huge thanks to the amazing FFP Project Management Team for guiding and supporting me every step of the way. <3
– Schenley Anne Belmonte
– Diane Estephanie Bagui
– Bryan Joel Mariano
– Ana Veronica Gabriel
– Marjorie Pamplona
– Eric Buduan
– Dennis Rosales
– Heidi Mendoza
– Atty. Jose Andres Canivel
* I post most frequently on Instagram, so for a sneak peek at the latest projects (that might take a while to land here), feel free to follow along there!
