Sketch to find Inner Peace

Family restaurant at National University of Singapore Society serves very good food. I go there almost every Sunday after pottery session to take a bath before going home. One Sunday I decided to take their club sandwiches and coffee and did a sketch.

Result of July Sketchwalk at Kallang Basin

Today, after a ten year clean-up effort, which was initiated in 1977, Kallang Basin has transformed into one of the most popular recreation hub in Singapore. As part of the city centre Marina Reservoir and the Kallang Riverside development, the Kallang Basin has become a venue for dragon boat training, sand volleyball, rock climbing and many other indoor and outdoor recreations and sports. For July sketchwalk, I did 9 pages of sketches in Moleskine. I Will go back and fill in Tanjong Rhu area on the left to link Golden Mile Complex to MBS, Singapore Flyer on the extreme left of the sktech. Total 11 pages of Moleskine.

July Sketchwalk at Kallang

Credit : sketch by Kwan Boon Choon

On the east bank of Kallang Basin is Singapore’s premiere sports centre with our Sports Hub and stadium, Indoor Stadium, OCBC Aquatic Centre, and more. There’s lots to sketch along the waterfront and there’s a good view of the various stadiums from across the Geylang River at Tanjong Rhu side. If you hang around till evening, you might get to catch a glimpse of the National Day preview and flypast too!

Date : Saturday, 28 July 2018

START
Time: 9:30 AM
Location: Outside Sportshub Library
(https://goo.gl/maps/gRsKczKTRrC2)

END
Time: 12:15 PM
Location: Outside Sportshub Library
(https://goo.gl/maps/gRsKczKTRrC2)

Nearest MRT: Stadium MRT (Circle Line)

Locations to sketch:
- Sports Hub
- Indoor Stadium
- Kallang Theatre
- Kallang Wave Mall
- Sports Museum
- OCBC Aquatic Centre
- Kallang River and Waterfront
- Kallang Leisure Park

Places to eat and shop:
- Lots of eateries at the malls nearby

Sketchwalk leaders: Benedict, Favian Ee

Notes: Hats and sunblock may be helpful

Kuriya at Tampines One

Very busy interior at the Japanese restaurant. Open ceiling and yet full of decorative elements.

almost identical sketches?

Two sketches on the same spot for the camera crew this morning. I notice I sketch very fast under pressure. They look almost identical. Can you spot the different with these two?

Tasty Court by Chef Pang

Family dinner at Tasty Court, junction of Jalan Tua Kong and Figaro Street.

Lunch at NUSS Suntec City

National University of Singapore Society at Suntec City. Not crowded at all on a Saturday afternoon.

A Drink before Exhibition

Young people like to sit outdoor and drink and smoke outside Hopscotch at Gillman Barracks. I was waiting to visit an exhibition at the NTU's Center for Contemporary Art.

Old Aircraft at the Campus

A very old aircraft outside the School of Engineering.

At the Workshop

The workshop is called "Introduction to Disability Management" at the Enabling Village. My younger colleagues were all very attentive during the workshop so I could sketch them while listening to the instructor.

Enabling Village

It was supposed to be a learning journey or guided tour to Enabling Village but it turned out to be a classroom workshop on Special Needs Education. It was a very nice place with classrooms, cafe, art shop, kindergarten and training facilities for students with special needs. Enabling Village is a community that embraces the diversity of our abilities. You can find more details at their website here.

Mount Erskine Trail

We were invited by Singapore Land Authority for a July heritage trail to sketch an old hospital at Mount Erskine. It was the St. Andrew Mission Hospital built in 1922 by Madam Tan Teck Neo, f founder of the Chinese Women's Association. She was the second daughter of Tan Keong Saik. There was also a very old elevator with wood interior and collapsible gates inside the building.

I did a long sketch on the roof top of the building while everyone sketched the old hospital across the building.

http://www.samh.org.sg/about-us/history
https://www.swhf.sg/profiles/tan-teck-neo/



This part of the sketch was overlooking at Ministry of National Development building in the middle, Oasia Hotel on the right and Urban Redevelopment Authority on the left. National Day is approaching, so I added the Singapore flag. The other half I sketched the 50-storey building which is the tallest public housing complex called The Pinnacle@Duxton that sold for a million dollar per unit for public flat on re-sale market. Crazy!

at Penny University, again?

His is listening to the music, oblivious to the noisy environment at Penny University Cafe.

Global Community Day 2018

My favourite Festive Drums and Dikir Barat performance done in 5 mins, colour added later in another 5 mins during our Global Community Day 2018.

Roti Prata Stall on the Campus

First sketch of July. On the right is the Indian Muslim stall selling delicious Roti Prata at BreadBoard, our campus food court. It is also here i learnt about a dish called "Roti Plaster" - it is a plain prata with a egg on it styled like sunny-side-up which is different from egg prata with egg inside the flour.

Negative Painting

Found an old work in the stack of old watercolour papers. It was to paint the negative space rather than positive objects.

Trees and more Trees

using left over paints I did a sketch on trees and more trees.

Direct Watercolour

On the spur of a moment, I tried a few different techniques and this one was direct watercolour without pencil or pen outline of a typical fishing village. I used this style for posters or book illustrations in the past for a few projects.

Result of Jun Sketchwalk

It was a great turn-out and Channel 8 was filming us sketching. I managed to capture the light and shadow before it disappear.