more drawings on club street

I love to capture shadow like the drawing above. This is the shophouse with the only traditional wooden gate as it is still occupied by a Chinese clan. Some time I just went very loose with the linework from my fluid fountain pen like the drawing below. I have also just uploaded a few more to my flickr. Enjoy!

lantern street lamp post

Last year I had been spending most of my Saturday mornings sketching at Club Street. This idiosyncratic shophouse building is at the corner of Club Street and Gemmill Lane. The advertising or design firm was above the comtemporary furniture shop. I like the 'stop' sign on the 'lantern' street lamp post which is a rare and interesting sight in this area due to the narrow road and very tight pavement. The street lightings and public signages are in oriental theme because Club Street is a stone away from Chinatown.

Once again, I had to work fast to make the shadow part of the composition.

club street drawings on T-shirts

I made the stencils and printed my club street drawings on six T shirts - two blacks, one red, two yellow and one white. It was an experiment and I learnt a lot during the process. My children love the black Ts because they are 'cool' for young people. I have no choice but to be contended with the white and yellow t-shirts. I use fabric paint to touch up the missing lines and added the rectangular frames for the yellow and white shirts.

trying something new today

I tried something new today and it worked beatifully. In this photo, I was in the final touching up stage for this piece of work. Everything from clay to subject matter to designer to artist is "Made in Singapore".

colours for a better 2009

60 club street, originally uploaded by tiastudio.

I rarely do small format watercolour sketches on locaiton. I used to do large format. I did four small A4 size watercolour sketches along the five foot way outside an interior design shop. The old uncles who were playing majong game in the rich-man-club nearby came out to watch and say hello to me. To see other 3, click here

club street, Singapore

BBC office, club street, SIngapore, originally uploaded by tiastudio.

club street, Singapore, originally uploaded by tiastudio.

I like to share these two drawings done on two separate sunny Saturday mornings here to cheer our urban sketchers who are experiencing the icy-cold weather at this time of the year. These are urban drawings from Club Street, Singapore. Club Street is a street that is lined with a row of local styled building called 'Shophouse'. In the past, people stayed upstairs with their shops on the ground floor. Now the street is rejuvenated with coporate offices, showrooms, pubs and shops. BBC - top drawing; had their local office at Club Street.

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back lane

It was a quiet Saturday morning and there were hardly any cars and people in the area. I was attracted by this back lane scene when I found tree growing on the dilapidated wall. The tree on the wall is now removed and the wall repaired and repainted by the new tenant.

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A Window

On a saturday morning, I couldn't resist the beautical shadow as part of the visual composition for this piece at 82 Club Street, Singapore. I was sitting under the hot sun without a hat so I had to be quick to capture the moment as the the shadow would move away very soon in our tropical climate.

60 Club Street_photo

60 Club Street_photo
Originally uploaded by tiastudio

This is the subject of my drawing in the earlier post. It is not a typical shophouse with art-deco style built in 1953. It must be built much later than other shophouses along the same street. One of my favourite usual morning coffee places until they decided to open later around 12 noon. I like to sit at the table with the coffee at the five-foot way and sketch and watch the world go by.

Club Street

On day in April this year, I was at club street finising up my drawing. The week before I started the drawing with bright sunrays showering at the building and I was so glad I thought I could include the sharp shadows as part of the composition to give the drawing the 'soul'. However, 15 minutes into the act, the raindrops fell on my sketchbook causing the page to warp and I had no choice but to stop. I went back a week later to the same spot to continue but there was no sun! No sun no shadow so I had to change the mood of the drawing. Clement from Eden Cafe came to sit with me for a while and we chat. He was going to open his second outlet at Rochester Park! 'So when are you going to have exhibiton at my cafe?' he asked. We talked about the neighbourhood, about the people, who's in who's out. We people watched together;made comments about the delivery trucks and laughed at funny sight. As I was drawing after he left me, an American tourist came and we chat. He said "this area is so well developed with the new and the old blended together, better than what Hong Kong has done". And he went on "Is this your hobby?" I replied "It is more than a hobby for me." Now, I am pleased to show you the drawing I did on 19 April 2008, Club Street, Singapore.