Marusui Fish Market at Vivo City

Tonight was Japanese meal at Vivo City for me, I did a sketch at Marusui Fish Market. The sketch also brought a big smile to the waitress on the right.

Giveaway contest for March sketchwalk at Bras Basah

Criteria:

• You must be attending to be eligible for this giveaway. I'll announce the winners during the sketchwalk.
• Just post a comment on which prize you want to win. You can choose all, but you can only win one.
• If you've won a prize within the last six months, then I'll skip over your name.

Oxford Sketchbook

London Sketchbook

MARCH SKETCHWALK

Our sketchwalk this month will start from the National library area where you can draw from the higher floors of the library (esp the open area on the 5th floor) and the famous Straits Commecial store, then head towards bras basah complex (home to art friend and Basheer books), draw the raffles hotel facing it, walk over the the cathedral across the road and then along waterloo street. Lots to draw. At 12:30pm be back at Hanis Cafe at the library for show and tell. See you there!

MEETING POINT:  Hanis (Han's) cafe at the National Library. (drop at Bugis MRT stn.)
MEETING TIME: 9:30AM
DRAWING LOCATIONS: Bras Basah complex, Straits Commercial art shop, The National Library, Raffles Hotel, St Joseph's church, Waterloo street.
SUGGESTED ROUTE:

Some sketches I did recently in Bali

Adhoc Sketchwalk @ Marina Barrage

Sketching near the Singapore Booth. I saw these ladies on the bench with the booth staged behind. I found it quite interesting. Later I found out that they are good friends who came with the bus to the event, and they were waiting for the bus to bring them back, maybe to the CC again. They came over to see what I was doing. The Indian lady was amused to see herself in the sketch and requested to write her name on my sketch. I painted the sketch later at home. 

Sketching at the Zoo (Mar 2012)

It has been a while since I went to the Singapore Zoo. By "a while", I mean it could have been more than 20 years. But seriously, I can't remember when.

I went with Jenny and Paul in what was actually planned to be a sketchwalk but immediately turned a tourist tour of the place. We were in tourist mood from the start. Still I managed to sketch something.

These are the only animal sketches I did.

A ride on boat Pedro.

Lunch at Ah Meng restaurant.

Drawing on the tram while waiting for the rain to stop.

Result of ad-hoc sketchwalk at Marina Barrage

My first piece, did this alone along the ramp hide under the tiny shadow cast by the parapet. Also with the new Noodler's pen, don't quite get used to it. ink flow not so ideal but I managed to complete it.


My second piece, did it sitting together with other sketchers. This one done with hero pen bought by James Tan the ink flow not so ideal too, spot the 'sometime thick sometime dry' lines. HA!


My third piece, did this with Andrew Tan Tsun Wen's 20 years crayon, not kidding. Also with Patrick Ng's new crayon especially the white colour. Here is the group picture for the big turn out!

Sketching at fika restaurant

Sketching with Freddie, friend of Tia and Paul from the Urban Sketching Symposium.

More photos at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/sets/72157629298815848/detail/

From Marina Barrage

World Water Day 2012 at Marina Barrage

More photos at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/sets/72157629656060893/

a day at the library

 

Falcon + black ink brush 

 

 

hero pen + wash 

 

In my opinion, the best fish'n'chips in Singapore. Read more HERE.

Chinatown (20 Mar 2012)

March Adhoc Sketchwalk

Bukit Brown Heritage Park

Bukit Brown covers 211 acres of lush greenery land with beautiful terrain, vegetation and wildlife. It lacks master planning and ancillary facilities such as washrooms, shelters, street furniture and a visitor center to be made into a heritage park with its rich historical and cultural background. On the contrary, a main highway was approved by the competent authorities that cut through the heart of Bukit Brown Cemetery.

Urban sketchers roamed the park in the early morning last Saturday with a quick tour conducted by Lim Su Min, a fellow urban sketcher whose ancestors' graves were also located all over the park. Volunteers Catherine Lim, Claire Leow and scholar Dr Hui Yew Foong also showed us around the park. We visited Ong Sam Leong's 'estate', the biggest and most intrigued 'architecture for the dead' in the park. Thank you!

This sketch measuring 240 x 680mm or 9.5 x 27" depicts Mr Chew Geok Leong's 'estate' at Bukit Brown. The tomb is characterized by two full size Sikh guards at the sides. The floor tiles are with floral motif and I am sitting next to the earth god shrine to do this sketch.What is unique about this pair of Sikh guard statues is that they are fully restored with bright red turban. There are many other tombs in Bukit Brown with different Sikh guard statues crafted by artisans with distinctive features. You can see some pictures on this blog.

Here is an article on the place at the Wall Street Journal. If you are interested to find out more about Bukit Brown, go to everything Bukit Brown here. Lets us all do our part not to repeat the story of Bidadari Cemetery which is gone for ever. Save Bukit Brown, make it into a Heritage Park for the benefit of our future generations!

Marina Bay Sands

This was sketched while waiting for the i Light Marina Bay exhibition to start. But it rained.

Sketchwalk at Food Trail

I wrote the wrong name on the sketch.

It's a interesting concept to have the place decorated with old style food stalls. It has a nice ambiance, sort of.


I gave Marvin too much eye shadow.

Sketchwalk at Bukit Brown

bukit brown

mapping pen.

fountain pen and zig writer.

pencil and watercolours. The highway might be passing through this part.

zig writer + watercolour