Sketchwalk July 31 (SAT)

The upcoming sketchwalk with OIC and Urbansketchers will be at Joo Chiat - which is a residential conservation area in the eastern part of Singapore - its shophouses and bungalows are reflecting the typical architectural styles of the turn of the twentieth century, as well as many unique and straits eclectic style Chinese shophouses are also preserved, these give the area its unique flavour. The area is also known for Peranakan delicacies.

We will meet at Paya Lebar MRT control station this Saturday at 9am, and start walking toward Joo Chiat at 9am sharp. It is quite a fair distance to walk so be prepared for it. See posted map. I am equally new to the place so be prepared to get lost a little. If that happens we would just stop and have coffee and sketch at the same time. Let's do this free and easy. I have a map drawn out but we need not stick to it, however it serves as a rough guide especially for those who are joining us later in the day or whoever got lost along the way.

By 1130am, we would stop for makan. If you have any question, you may call me (Don) @ 84183032 or Drew @ 91070735.

Coincidentally, the 28th Worldwide Sketchcrawl is also held on Jul 31 the same day we are having the sketchwalk. So beware, the whole world is sketching on that day!

Evening Sketchwalk @ Geylang, Singapore

This is our very first night sketchwalk and we chose Geylang, our very own red light district. Much like King's Cross in London & Sydney. The sketching proved to be very challenging especially with the limited amount of light. Traffic was high and people everywhere. We had fun observing the men prowling the back alleys and the sex workers busy at work looking for their next potential customer.

This is another durian stall along the streets of Geylang. We had 1 very sweet durian at the end of the night.

We went to check out a smaller lane in the red light district. Here I was almost sketching blind because the sodium street lamp gave a very dim orange glow all around. Besides knowing the colours in my watercolour box and the rest was really guess work. It did not turn out badly when I walked back into the bright lights. Many men were walking around us wondering what we were doing in the dark. I had a street cat for company while sketching this too.

Toast Box Coffee and Sketching

Starting point for the recent Sketchwalk/Crawl - Toast Box was also the meeting point for breakfast but I had only coffee and did a quick sketch to wash down and warm up! Here it is:

Sketchwalk drawings from saturday.

It was fun sketching with all of you.

sketchcrawl results

This is my sketch at the 4th location at the Kampong Kapor Road. The pictures above were taken at the first location and the last location.

We had a great turn out on our very first 'organised' sketchscrawl on Saturday, 27 Feb 2010 to coincide with the 26th world sketchcrawl day. I had done sketch walk, sketch weekend, sketch trip, sketch tour but never sketch crawl. I was happy to see so many new faces. We started around 9am from a relatively new shopping complex called City Square Mall for breakfast and ended at around 1pm for a laksa lunch. We braved the extremely hot and humid weather, armed with sketchbooks and pens, combed the busy streets in Little India area. I did seven sketches and you can visit them on my flickr site here.

Here are more pictures, enjoy!

More Sketches from Sketchcrawl @ Little India

We chanced upon this long back alley because of the pigeons. Lots and lots of pigeons every where. The back doors are often used by the shops and restaurants for the delivery of goods and garbage disposal. Still a pretty lane to look at.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fireflyworkshop/4391571509/

This is another 5-foot-way sketch I did. Many colourful floor tiles with intricate designs adorn this long corridor. The weather was also getting intense so the shade from this corridor was a much needed respite.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fireflyworkshop/4391570821/

Sketchcrawl @ Little India

We met this morning at Farrer Park train station for our Little India sketch crawl. This is my 1st sketchcrawl with the Singapore gang. While sitting at the coffee shop waiting, I saw how the early morning sun was falling on the buildings surrounding the substation. It was simply magical.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fireflyworkshop/4391425631/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fireflyworkshop/4391570077/

sketchcrawl 2010 results

A few sketch crawlers


One of the many back alleys in Little India area.





Some nice houses


Don low sketching

Sam leong Road..

A typical Singapore-style coffee shop

Sketchscrawl 27th feb 2010 Saturday, 9AM-2PM

In conjuction with the 26th world wide sketchcrawl, and together with organisation of illustrators council, we will be doing a sketchwalk around little india area. Moving off time is at 9am (sharp!). Location is City Square Mall’s toastbox (just outside Farrer Park MRT). People who want to join us for breakfast can meet us at 8.30am at toastbox. Travel light and breezy. There will be walking, sketching, sweating, chatting, and lots of fun. We will conclude the sketchwalk with lunch. Just show up if attending. invitation open to everyone with an interest in outdoor sketching.

Sketches of Kranji Industrial Park

These sketches are the results of last Saturday sketch walk with Drewscape, Seiji and Don Low. Katherine, Don's wife waited in the van and worked on her laptop while we were sketching.

First, the scrap yard - it is very surreal to see different parts of the car stacked on top of each other.


Next, one of the many forklifts next to a big pile of exhaust pipes.


This location with the huge concrete silos was an instant favourite.


Do you think these look like flamingos?

Results of SketchWalk on Dec 12

Here are my results for SketchWalk Dec 12, 2009. We all had fun, especially when Andrew would "sa" his van when he executed a corner. The back seat people would sway left and right like riding in a roller coaster. Thanks Drew for driving us around!!




The above 2 sketches was not done during but after the SketchWalk when Kat and myself were hanging out in Orchard. This was done in BurgerKing at WheelLock Place.

The following sketches were mostly done in Sungei Kadut Industrial areas.

Scrap metal yard.

Cement Factory.

Drew sketching.

Lunch!! What's left.