meeting room

090827_meeting, originally uploaded by tiastudio.

The meeting room was filled with people in the afternoon. I was sitting at the back so sketching is a way to keep myself busy. Don't get me wrong, I was listening and very attentive indeed. I have to say, I am not impressed with the room interior which is furnished with 'interesting features' such as hanging ceiling canvas and pendant lights, not to mention curved cabinets that restrict the layout of the room.

punggol

people were flying remote controlled planes in punggol on a sunday evening. pen and watercolour.

The Evolution of Story

Redefining Sketchy Neighborhoods: Urban Sketchers Draw The World - Jawbone.tv - The Evolution of Story.

great article about USk by marketing professor Freddy J. Nager

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Club Street

090816_clubst, originally uploaded by tiastudio.

I started a location drawing project in April 2007 on Club Street after buying two beautiful sketchbooks. All my sketches on Club Street are here.

I decided to go back to Club Street and sketched today. So much have changed. Most of the shops were closed on Sunday. The cafe at 60 Club Street was also closed but now it had a different name probably a different owner. Many shops were replaced with new occupants.

I use Lamy foundation pens to draw and sometimes, in watercolors. This is the only colour piece I did in the same sketchbook filled with black and white sketches. Other colour pieces are done on loose watercolour papers and you can find them on my flickr site.

Out to Ho Chi Minh

Here are some location sketches on a recent trip to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Left - is at Singapore budget terminal airport whilst waiting to get on board the plane.Top left is a sketch of a child hugging his mother or grandmother. I saw that at my lift landing one day during the week. Right - whilst waiting in the plane, waiting for it to take off, looking out the window of the aircraft. Top right - at a Ya Kun in Bugis waiting for a friend to arrive the day before.

A passenger in the front aisle with a H1N1 mask on. He's probably afraid of falling sick. Looks mighty stuffy and uncomfortable. There were a few people with masks on.

There were a few sights that stayed with me whilst on a day trip to the Mekong Delta. Above is a remembered impression of a bicycle ride at an island. Tall coconut trees silhouetted against the blue sky with banana leaves overhead us.

Whilst waiting to check in our bags to head for home. Tan Son Nhat airport, Ho Chi Minh.

HY is playing games on his cellphone aboard the plane. He looks like he's falling asleep. :)

Marina Bay

Esplanade, originally uploaded by tiastudio.

Yesterday 9 Aug was Singapore's National Day. The waters of Marina Bay is the venue for National Day Parades and other mega events since 2007 for five years. Marina Bay Floating Platform is also the world's largest floating stage that witnesses the emergence of the new Singapore skyline while the view in this very quick sketch remains unchanged. The Fullenton Hotel is in the middle with OCBC building on the right and Merlion Park on the left.

MRT tracks

My first post- singapore MRT tracks. Thanks tia for letting me join.

meeting friends of OIC

Last Saturday I did this quick sketch when artists, designers and illustrators from Organisation of Illustrators Council led by Michael were having their portrait day at MAAD.

We went there when the portraiture session was about to end. We joined the group for a wonderful dinner at a tze char shop called Seng Kee at Keong Siak Street. Good food and good company!