Chinatown Mid Autumn Festival Sketchwalk

I was actually there earlier to sketch so you can still see the white skies.

Below's the video I made after sketching.







More photos at:
parkablogs.com/picture/chinatown-mid-autumn-festival-sketchwalk-29-sep-2012

September 2012 Sketchwalk @ Chinatown

September 2012 Sketchwalk – Mid Autum Festival @ Chinatown 
Date: 29 Sep 2012 Location: Chinatown
Time: 5pm-8pm
Meeting Place: Steps leading to Chinatown Food Center on the South Side facing Buddha Tooth Relic Temple.
Show & Tell: Same location meeting at 8pm

 The Mid Autumn Festival is also popularly known as the Mooncake or Lantern Festival. This year, the festival takes place from 11 Sep to 10 Oct. On the 15th day of the eighth Chinese lunar month (which occurs on 3 Oct 2012), the moon would be at its fullest. This would be the day the Chinese celebrates the Mid Autumn Festival, during which they would enjoy moon cakes as festival treats while children would carry lanterns (lit by either candles or electrically with bulbs or LEDs these days). The festival is celebrated in Chinatown with festive street light ups and bazaar stalls selling mooncakes, pomelos, tea and an assortment of festive goodies. In Chinese tradition and believe, the complete moon (月圆) symbolizes family’s togetherness and unity.

 Urban Sketchers Singapore is going to participate in this years’ festivity by sketching Chinatown during the September’s sketchwalk. Sketch as you bask in the cool of the evening and be enchanted by the colorful lantern light-ups and themed decorations.

 We will meet at 5pm at the steps leading to Chinatown Food Center on the South Side facing Buddha Tooth Relic Temple (you will see many elderlies congregating there to play a game of chess) and proceed to walk the streets of Chinatown along Pagoda Street, Temple Street and Smith Street where the main activities would be. You may stop anywhere to sketch or you could congregate together if you are uncomfortable to sketch alone.

Finally, we will meet back where we started for Show & Tell at 8pm.

Teaching Urban Sketching

Together with Paul, Marvin and Jenny, we started teaching part time at SUTD - Singapore University of Technology and Design on every Friday afternoon for this semester. Here the students were busy working on 'intuitive drawing' looking at twigs, rocks and leaves exploring textures and shapes. This is to allow them to gain some foundation and confidence before bringing them out for urban sketching later!

Teaching part time while having a full time job is really challenging this semester but I am very happy as I am doing things that I really like!

kitchen with a view

ODP has been around for a while in Tiong Bahru area next to Bookactually but it was my first visit to the restaurant. ODP means Open Door Policy. I was sitting at the counter with a clear view into the kitchen through the big piece of glass. This sketch took me less than 20 minutes and people inside and outside the kitchen were visibly shocked at the speed and pleased at the final result.

Singapore Urban Sketcher Ng Woon Lam nws aws mfa

Blair Road en plein painting

Ng Woon Lam nws aws

Singapore artist

Blair Road Shop Houses

37" X 47"

Oil on canvas

Initial layer

2nd Round 

Completed on 10 Oct 2012

Blair Road en plein air painting

37" X 47"

Oil on canvas

Ng Woon Lam

represented by Li Fine Art Gallery

Three ceramic heads

Asian Civilisation Museum

Botanic Garden Singapore, en plein air painting

Botanic Garden en plein painting

by Ng Woon Lam nws aws

Singapore Watercolour Artist

 

Ng Woon Lam

11" X 14"

Watercolor on Paper

Ng Li Qin

Watercolor + Digital coloring

Back to Tiong Bahru

Plein air and location sketching back at Tiong Bahru. Hero pen on Fabriano watercolor paper with wash.