Backstage at chinese opera and flats..the mountains are added in later since Singapore do not have mountains

Club Street Sketch Walk (24 Sep 2011)

It was a full day of fun sketching along Club Street with the group on Saturday!

Club Street was the very first on-site urban sketching location I'd ever attempted a couple of years ago in my "Everyday Matters" journal, even before I'd joined this group, so sketching back at this lovely street was really nice and nostalgic...

And I enjoyed meeting both the old and newer members of the group, and sketching with some of them all the way till dinner! I even returned the next day for more sketching!

It's a pity though, the group is now so big that we hardly know everybody present, and our interaction with each other seems almost nonexistent compared to our very lively Facebook discussions. At several points, saying "Hi" to the newer members only met with blank faces, who seemed intent only on getting back to their drawings ASAP... (-_- )"

Hope in future sketch walks we could factor in more interaction and discussion time (other than just a few folks staying back for lunch), instead of just packing up to leave soon after a brief show-and-tell. People were already keeping their sketches even before everyone else could get closer to view them!

Ok, anyway, so here are my pics. Hope you'll enjoy!

Club Street Sketch Walk 24 Sep 2011

Above: Incidentally, after only drawing on sketch books, A5 and A4 papers in the past couple of years, this was my very first A3 sketch. It's definitely a personal milestone.

Above: I'd wanted to try out doing a panoramic piece on my own as a personal challenge, but Paul had run out of the long paper. However, I was glad there's still vacancy in Parka, Eve and Rafa's piece, so this section above is my contribution.

Above: This panorama piece was a combination of efforts by (from L-R): Parka, me, Eve and Rafa.

Above: Results of the Club Street Sketch Walk (Afternoon Session)! 

Those who stayed back till the end included: Tony, Zhu Hong, Eve, Wilson, Vincent, Jacklyn, Ignatius, Madhu, Benedick, Parka, Isaac and I.

After a whole hot day of sketching, some of those in remaining group adjourned to Nazt Bistro Lounge, the restaurant in my first sketch and where my sister worked, for yummy dinner and lots of beer (we ended up with 5 jugs)! It was fun hanging out with them, and Zhu Hong did another demo with tips on how I could improve my sketches with better and more strategic use of colour. 

All in all, I had a really great time!

Above: I returned to sketch this corner of Club Street the very next day, as I was around the area and wanted to try out something different in the way I sketch and use colour. Still lots of experimenting ahead! :)

Cheers,

Edric
http://facebook.com/edricism

26 Sep 2011

(PS: I'd posted this using the Blogger app on my mobile phone, and I'm glad it appeared successfully (I'll try to post here more often with this app in future!), but please pardon any wonky-ness of the layout and pics!)

Tag Team...

Sep 2011 Sketch walk theme was to do panoramic sketches of Club Street in collaboration with other sketchers. Myself and fellow sketcher Joy Zhang Lisi worked on this sketch covering one corner of the street to another and later did a watercolour wash. I think the sketch has good space construction, perspective and light. We were happy with result. Thanks for Organizers for coming up with new theme for the Sketch Walk.

Club Street Sketchwalk 24-Sept-2011

It was really wonderful to see so many of you last Saturday at the sketchwalk even though the weather was a killer. Thank you all for taking part in the panoramic sketch challenge. Big applause for all your sweat & hardwork to create so many awesome panoramas of Club Street!

Club Street Sketchwalk (Sep 2011)

Ink and Graphitone


Pencil and Graphitone


Ink and watercolour

Some photos (or if you prefer, the non-slideshow page)

Continuous line exercise

My exercise on Saturday, as finished on the spot (left) and after some more work at home.

SKETCHWALK SEPTEMBER

Hi sketchers,

This month's sketchwalk will begin at 10AM at the sculpture outside URA Centre (Along Maxwell Rd.) We will walk up along Ann Siang Road and then along Club Street toward Far East Square. Pace is free and easy as usual. You may make your own detours whenever and wherever you like. We will regroup again at 1PM at Ya Kun coffeeshop located outside Far East Square for "show and tell." There are lunch places nearby. Closest MRT station to start point is Tanjong Pagar station. (See map for clearer picture.). You may continue to sketch in the afternoon after lunch with Edric Hsu who has a very good recommendation to have dinner at Nazt Bistro Lounge at Club Street after 6pm. Edric can be contacted at 96358132.

Please contact Paul 97923622 for more info or if you can't find us. If you come late, please find us along the route as mentioned. We will be there. See you this saturday!

we are on The New Paper

another sketch at Pottery Jungle

On Sunday I felt that I should do a sketch today when sketchers in USKSG were working hard at Sentosa. Spread the sketching bug people!

Giveaway contest for September 2011

Due to certain individuals who are pretty lucky, I'm changing to rules to make sure more new people win the prizes.

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.

Here are the prizes.


Derwent Watersoluble Sketching Pencils
I'm putting a few pencils into a plastic container plus a Pentel Waterbrush


Watercolour for the Absolute Beginner

Folding chair

Has anybody seen my folding chair? I think I forgot it at the place we had lunch in Joo Chiat after the Geylang Serai sketchwalk.

collage of sketches for July

My people and cafe sketches on Muji Sketchbook were interrupted in the month of May and Jun when the sketchbook was out of stock. So I restarted the Muji Sketchbook project in July. The cost of each sketchbook increased from S$4.90 to S$5.90, a 20% increase. These sketches were done primarily in July and all in one sketchbook.

Dragon Klin at Night

Painted today at Dragon Klin. By the time I started, it was already becoming dark. However continued till I could see my paper to paint since I was sitting in a place where there was no light. Managed to complete the rest at home.