sketchwalk around duxton

 Where the old BBH office used to be. the black cat named "xiao hei" was still there.

Tanjong pagar hawker centre.

Hero pen with a mix of red ecoline ink (from straits commercial) and a couple drops of black calligraphy ink + watercolour.

Duxton Hill

Result of Sketchwalk at Duxton Road, Neil Road

I was trying to do a smaller piece knowing there was a time limit. However, I continued to sketch with my usual format at 400 x 200mm complete with watercolour washes. It felt like another speed sketching session. This time without my proper tools. I did these two sketches with my favourtie fountain pen but only one new ZIG waterbrush. My usual tools, Holbein waterbrush plus my favourite watercolour set were part of the exhibits at the URA Centre.

Backpack

Some of you asked me about this backpack, I got it at a shop called "Fourskin" at The Heeren, 260 Orchard Road, at street level.

SKETCHWALK OCTOBER! 29 OCT, SAT, 10AM

Hi everyone,

October's sketchwalk will follow the same plan as the previous adhoc sketchwalk around the Tanjong Pagar and Duxton areas. There is much to draw and discover around these parts.

We will meet at URA centre (location 1) at 10am then walk over to the corner of maxwell road to sketch the former Jinriksha Station at 1 Neil Road (location 2). Afterwhich, we will walk and sketch along tanjong pagar road and explore duxton road and duxton hill area (location 3) before walking back to URA centre for our show and tell at 1pm. (see map) Then we will have lunch! If you get lost, please look for us along the mentioned route (we will be everywhere) or meet us back at URA centre after the sketchwalk.

This sketchwalk is open to the public and everyone is welcome, regardless of skill level!

Book Launch for Urban Sketchers Singapore Vol. 1

All the photos for the event are on my Flickr page. There are too many for me to post here.

There's also a slideshow mode.

The book is available for sale at www.usksgvolumes.com.

At the urbansketchers singapore book launch/exhibition

 

Hero pen + watercolour.

BOOK LAUNCH ADHOC SKETCHWALK, SAT 10AM

To celebrate the launch of the new USKSG volume 1 book at URA centre, we will be having a special adhoc sketchwalk around URA centre, Tanjong Pagar and Duxton.

We will meet at URA centre (location 1) at 10am then walk over to the corner of maxwell road to sketch the former Jinriksha Station at 1 Neil Road (location 2). Afterwhich, we will walk and sketch along tanjong pagar road and explore duxton road and duxton hill area (location 3) before walking back to URA centre for our show and tell at 1pm. (see map) Then we will have lunch!

Don and Paul will be the sketchwalk leaders this saturday. So contact them for more information. Don- 84183032. Paul- 97923622.

THE LAUNCH IS THIS TODAY!! FRIDAY 5PM

Come for the launch of the new urbansketchers book and also an exhibition of urbansketchers' original work. It ends around 9pm. So come after work. Books can be pre-ordered or picked up at the launch (artists will be there to sign) at the special launch price of $39. after the launch, it will be $49. See you there if you are coming.

Saturday 15th October 2011 - Sketching

I didn't realize Saturday was Sketch Crawl Day Worldwide, but I went on my own to Dempsey and inspired by Parka's technique, was able to do this drawing of some derelict barracks before the ants finished eating me alive. In the evening I came across another nice building at 54 Waterloo Street, it used to house the Young Musicians Society of Singapore, but it's now closed due to some problems with the structure. I hope it does not reach the state of the barracks and someone recovers it.

collage of sketches for Sep and early Oct

October 15

What I did and where I went. Ball point, hero, ink + photoshop.

33rd World Wide Sketch Crawl Day - McD's Big Breakfast

Today is the 33rd World Wide Sketch Crawl Day, but I had spent more time on our very first Singapore Instagrammer's Instameet at Vivo City instead, so I only did one quick marker sketch during my breakfast at McDonald's this morning. 

Either way, both are my favourite activities right now: Sketching and Instagramming. So here's a combo of both pastimes: an Instagram of my Sketch! :)

Hope you'll like!

Cheers

Edric

No Feeding of Animals

Let's play a game called "Guess where I am"

















I hope this thing ends before the book launch on Oct 21.

Three metro stops apart

Last week I visited Singapore on a business trip. I am René Fijten, an architect from the Netherlands, and am involved in a project on Jurong Island.
I loved Singapore, such a beautiful, well kept city - for what I saw.
Unfortunately it was a very short trip, from Tuesday morning to Thursday evening, and filled with meetings and site visits. But I still found the time to make a few sketches. They were drawn on location, but due to lack of time painted in my hotel room or on the plane back home.
Above a night scene at a corner on Dunlop street (I think), somewhere in Little India. Very colourfull and full of lights, they were preparing for the Deepavali festivities.
And below a scene of the Marina bay building. Of course the drawing does not come close to the fantastic reality with all these bright shining lights across the water. I was totally stunned by the view!
Hard to imagine that these two scenes were only a few metro stops apart!

Urban Sketchers Singapore - Kudos!

Just want to say thank you all for being such an inspiration!! With the new book coming, Urban Sketching has entered a new era, and sketching (or plein air) has been re-discovered with a burning passion, to explore Singapore with a new eye. Sketching has never been the same now. It used to be a lonely process, but with the growth of sketchers, both in quantity and quality, sketching has as well become an art and a social activity, where artists come together to share their work, knowledge and experiences. The competition is a healthy one, in which everyone is pushing to learn more from another fellow sketcher, and to constantly inspire and aspire. Whether a sketcher is a veteran sketcher or a beginner, there is always something to learn from each other. No one is better or worse. The group is a vibrant concoction of passion, creativity and inspiration. Keep up with the fantastic work guys!!

Sketches done at the Malay Village Museum.

Sketching & Plein air @ Boat Quay

I've been busy with work for the past few days and intended to rest at home last Sunday until I saw Paul Wang's post on facebook that he's going to sketch at Boat Quay.

So, instead of resting, I packed my bag and arrived about half an hour earlier at the meeting point and did an ink and wash sketch of the Raffles Place MRT station.  Soon after, a few more sketchers arrived and sketched along the area too.  Thereafter, we headed to the back alley of Boat Quay and I chose to do a small watercolour en plein air, amidst shouts and cheers from many fans watching the live screening of Rugby World Cup from the pubs nearby.

I also learnt something new today as I forgot to bring any pencils, so I painted with watercolours straight onto the paper for the plein air piece.  I realised that without pencil lines, I can paint with more freedom and loose!

Here're the results... both done on Arches Rough 10" x 7".

         

Thanks for looking! I reckon it's a Sunday afternoon well-spent (instead of napping at home), don't you think so?

Sunday sketchwalk to BOAT QUAY

These are my 2nd & 3rd final sketch done during our impromptu sketchwalk last Sunday. The weather was perfect and a very pleasant surprise to have 9 other die-hard sketchers coming to sketch with me.

Boat Quay (11 Oct 2011)

Drew the lines in an hour and did the washes at the office.

URBAN SKETCHERS SINGAPORE BOOK Presale, Book Launch & Exhibition!

 

Dear friends & fellow sketchers,

The  upcoming Urbansketchers-Singapore book is nearly ready and we are very excited and pleased to share this unique book with you. 

It has taken us many months to put together and no easy feat. The book now has 252 coloured pages filled with more than 360 beautiful sketches. Come join us for the official book launch on the 21st October, 5pm at Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) Atrium. The launch will also be accompanied by a very comprehensive and colourful exhibition showcasing our tools, sketchbooks and live sketching demostrations.

Follow this link to pre-order your books at only SGD$39 instead of the original price of SGD$49 after the launch. 

My Shoes

These were done more than a year ago.

My shoes

I found it funny that Tia in her post "My shoes" says that drawing your shoes is very common for sketchers. I have been drawing my own canvas sandals (espadrilles) for a few years now and in fact did the green ones only last saturday, while the drawing on the right dates from 2009. I usually do it when I cannot think of a subject to sketch (and I thought it original).

Collecting sketches and sketchbook for the Urban Sketchers Singapore: Volume 01 exhibition

Hi Urban Sketchers- SG,


I’m collecting sketchbooks and sketches for the Urban Sketchers Singapore: Volume 01 exhibition. You can either pass to me this Thursday (6/10) in URA building at 3.30pm or Sat(8/10) 10am at Cityhall Starbucks. Just a reminder, the sketches have to follow USK Manifesto. Can give me a call at 9762 8062, if you have any enquiry.


Thanks,

Eve Tan

Coffee shop

Been taking my lunch hour to draw nowadays to economise the time .. like 2 birds with one stone.. eat and draw

my shoes

Shoes are the most common subject for sketchers and here I am sharing mine. I started drawing the left shoe and half of the right shoe a few months back at a meeting. The ink dried up and I only completed this page recently in Sep 2011.

Result of Sketchwalk at Balestier Road

Balestier Road is the location for an ad-hoc sketchwalk yesterday. I joined the group in the afternoon after lunch at Loy Kee Chicken Rice. The row of shophouses was built in 1926 by a female developer, Mdm Sim Cheng Neo. It was designed by the architect firm of Westerhout and Oman. It is also called Sim Kwong Ho building as the name is inscribed on the front parapet of the building. The modern building on the right is Balestier Point built in 1986. It is an award winning building which derives its inspiration from Habitat 67 designed by renowned architect Moshe Safdie in Montreal, Canada who is the architect for the Marina Bay Sands at Marina Bay of Singapore.

Sketchwalk at Balestier Rd (Oct 2011)

At Zhong Shan Park looking at the Maha Sasana Ramsi Burmese Buddhist Temple.


Cross junction of Kim Keat Road and Balestier Road looking at Balestier Point.

I lost concentration somewhere around the top right. That explains that huge stray line.

Some photos: