Sketchwalk drawings from saturday at the Tanjong Pagar railway station

Sketchwalk drawings from saturday at the Tanjong Pagar railway station. These were mostly drawn with bic ballpoint pen and a watercolour pencil (red). Water was added with a waterbrush. Top picture was with black ink, pen and watercolour. I was lazy to draw the trees and building properly. That's why I resort to such loose styles.

Result of last Sketchwalk

Thanks Don for the picture. We, the sketchers were at the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station last Saturday morning making our presence felt with our pens and brushes. This exterior view was drawn on folded watercolour paper of 200gm/sqm and fountain pen with Noodler's ink. See the interior here.

Sketchers struck again

The location was swarmed by many carrying a pen and a sketchbook. A scene never seen before.

Exhibition on media

The exhibition "Tiong Bahru Sketches: Outside-In" featuring works by four sketchers is posted on local paper Straits Times and also on TimeOut Singapore online.

Sketchwalk this June

The upcoming sketchwalk with OIC and Urbansketchers will be at KTM, Tanjong Pagar Railway Station which will be relocating to Woodlands soon. This will be a good chance to sketch this historic landmark inside and out, trains included.

Tia, the organiser, says that they have famous Teh Tarik for tea break finish with Bak Kut Teh lunch at Tai Wah opposite at PSA/HDB block.

We will meet at Tanjong Pagar MRT control station this Saturday at 9am. And start walking toward the old train station at 9am sharp. Please call Tia at 96968080 if you have any questions.

Sketches from Tiong Bahru Exhibition

Teo Chew Muay @ Tiong Bahru

Talking about excitement, you know us Singaporeans, we live to eat, therefore this is really the art of displaying the dishes before the customers who patronize the stall. I commented the same thing to the chef, "Wow, these are really colorful and lively". He said in a matter of fact tone of voice,"So to attract customers, and you too to draw it." Then he laughed. These people are passionate in what they do!!

I made my first video clip

The secret is out. My friends and students are circulating the first video clip that I made today using iMovie with the raw files taken by Carol - my friend who followed us to most of the sketching adventures with her camera. Enjoy!

Gals paint it out...

sisters, aged 5 and 3, having a go at the paint brush along the narrow corridors of our sengkang home. ....the wall became the easel, the paint was the medium and the rest is..chaos!!!

World Cup Series 1

lack of zzz, high on caffeine..so lets sketch it out.

USA vs England at 2.45am...

RnR @ Perhentian Island

took a week trip to Perhentian Island, off the coast of Trengganu.

the sand, the beach and the water....lovely.

Row 81

Block 81 at Tiong Poh Road, Tiong Bahru. The sky was still bright so I drove down to sketch after the conference ended at around 6pm at the near-by Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel. It was a quiet neighbourhood.

Ghim Moh sketchwalk

Kluang

This is a cute little stall next to the Kluang Railway Station. It sells really good roti prata - round and compact, about 12 cm thick solid, complete with egg. The kua (gravy) is slightly sweeter than those in Singapore.

More Pixs from the last Sketch @ Tiong Bahru

Singapore Urban Splashes Strike Again @ Tiong Bahru

You can tell alot about an artist just by the way they paint or draw on location or in their studio. When I saw Tia painting on the floor, I knew I have to capture her in action. While Tia was having the entire floor to herself, Paul was quietly painting away at a little corner on the table. It is the same when some artists preferred a huge workshop just to paint, some artists would be happy if they have a little space in the bedroom to paint and draw. Sketching as a group is fun because you get to see artists in action.

Tia's Tools of Art

I am always fascinated by what other artists are carrying when they go for sketching trips. On the left is what Tia would be carrying when she goes all out to for location sketching. Sometimes she would just be carrying a Hero pen while times like this, she would be heavy duty. Well most of the time, I carry with me a huge case of pens and brushes which I don't use normally. I would only draw with my Lamy fountain pens and then applied light washes over it sometimes. But it feels good to carry so much stuff just in case you need it all of a sudden when you feel inspired to do something different. I will take a pic of what I carry next time.

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Ghim Moh sketchwalk from Philip Jackson

These are sketches from the May sketchwalk at Ghim Moh last Saturday. Contributor : Philip Jackson.

food market sketchwalk

Fellow sketchers


At the market..



Kiddy rides near market

Outside vegetarian stall

Dry goods stall..selling anything from onions, ginger..to condiments

Fruit stall on recycled paper..everyone has a dirty run down basket and put all the fruits they

want in there

Seafood stall

Food stall


Went with a few sketches on sat, organised by Andrew . it was good to see some new and familiar faces early in the morning at 9am..