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Result of September Sketchwalk at Marine Parade

September Sketchwalk at Marine Parade

Hi Sketchers!
This month, we’ll be heading to Marine Parade Central! With the recent opening of Thomson-East Coast Line Phase 4, getting to Marine Parade is way more convenient than before! What makes this area special is that it’s Singapore's first housing estate built entirely on reclaimed land. Marine Parade also features interesting landmarks like Parkway Centre and the popular Marine Parade Central Food Centre, known for its great food!

More info on Marine Parade: https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/article-detail...#

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𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀:
Date: 28th Sep 2024
Time: 9.30am - 12.30pm
Nearest MRT station: Marine Parade MRT
Meeting point: Open Area near entrance of Marine Parade MRT Exit 1. Beside Standard Chartered Bank Marine Parade Branch.
Address: Marine Parade Central, Singapore 440087
https://maps.app.goo.gl/im99E3CQHAHRsEcA9
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𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆:
9.30am: Short briefing at meeting point.
10am: Free and easy sketch
12pm: Start packing your things and make your way for Show & Tell
12.20pm: Show and Tell at meeting point.
*Please note that location of Short briefing and Show and Tell may subject to change, depending on the weather for the day.
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𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲:
By participating this Event, you agreed with the followings:
1. My participation in this Event is entirely voluntary.
2. I am aware of and agree to assume any and all risks which might be associated with the Event and I will not hold Urban Sketchers Singapore (USkSG) and any admin/organiser responsible or liable in any way for and will not commence any action arising from the Event, or claim for any loss and/or damage (including, without limitation, personal injury and/or property damage) caused by or sustained as a result of my participation in the Event.
3. I will indemnify USkSG and keep USkSG indemnified against all losses, claims, demands, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and any other liability arising in any way from my participation in the above Event.
4. For participant under 18 years old, his/her parent/guardian are aware and agree to the above clauses.
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𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆:
1. Make your way to the location, be aware of surroundings, and maintain necessary distancing.
2. Challenge yourself to explore hidden corners that hasn't been seen/drawn yet; this will also help prevent too many of us crowding the same perching points.
3. Post your sketches, snapshots and videos online — 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐬 #𝐮𝐬𝐤𝐬𝐠 — so everyone can easily find the day's artistic output.
4. Some sketch leaders will go around to catch you in action for posts on Facebook and Instagram, so look out for them!
5. Happy sketching!! 
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𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘀:
Event banner by Tony Chua

Senior Learners

This week is the final week for these senior-learners so we had a show and tell at the end of the lesson. Keep learning!

Posted by Tia Boon Sim on Thursday 19 September 2024

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival 2024

Final Wood Firing in 2024

Coffee Splashes again

It was raining outside and we needed to shop for a kids' party tonight to celebrate mid-autumn festival, so we headed to Food Republic at the basement of Parkway Parade for breakfast before shopping.

Did a quick line sketch with coffee splashes while hubby queuing for food. These two foreign kids had beautiful curly hairs that attracted me. The elder boy was playing a very small and old hand-held game while his sister was disturbing him. It reminded me of my two granddaughters when they were fighting most of the time at the dinner table.

As usual, people forming a line to buy coffee and food at Toast Box next to our tables are also phubbers, phub = phone + snub, people who are swiping their handphones according to Oxford Dictionaries.

I am using my old trusted Moleskine Concertina Sketchbook again and gel pen, yes not fountain pen. Back to basic sketching gear.

Molekine Japanes Album Large
Size: 390 x 210mm

Beautiful Shophouses at Blair Road

This morning we sketched at Blair Road. This neighbourhood is like Koon Seng Road, filled with heavily ornamented shophouses. There are also so many beautiful pintu pagar and wrought iron canopy over gate posts that cannot find in Koon Seng Road neighbourhood. The landscaping here especially the frangipani plants are so well-maintained. The floor even the public pavements are adorned with majolica tiles.

The only disadvantage is that there are cars parked on both sides of the road unlike Koon Seng Road.

I wanted to go back to the basic, so only brought one Moleskine Concertina Sketchbook, a fountain pen, a waterbrush and watercolour set.

You can see my reel on Facebook here.

Moleskine Concertina Sketchbook
Size: 520 x 210mm

House of Tan Yeok Nee

This was the last sketch not the last page done on Bao Hong Concertina Sketchbook that I forgot to post. It was cold press square 300gm watercolour paper that I had to get used to it. Bao Hong papers from China are cheaper compared to other establisehd brands.

It was done on the same day when we had our Sketchwalk at Istana Park. It was a special invitation to visit the House of Tan Yeok Nee before another major renovation by the new owner. Thanks to Associate Professor Yeo Kang Shua from SUTD for the arrangement. We were told we would be invited back when it is fully restored with an airconditioned cafe. Can't wait for that day to see this manificient building again.

The House of Tan Yeok Nee (Chinese: 陈旭年宅第 or 陈旭年大厦) is a mansion building located at the junction of Penang Road and Clemenceau Avenue in Singapore. When I was young, I remember this house was the headquarter of The Salvation Army for the longest time till 1991. After an extensive restoration completed in 2000, it was held by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Then I also remember it was occupied by a Chinese Medical Hall before it was the Singapore campus for Amity Global Institute. In 2022, it was sold to the family of the Indonesian tycoon Bachtiar Karim.

The House of Tan Yeok Nee is a fine example of traditional Teochew architecture. More history of House of Tan Yeok Nee at this link.

Baohong Organ Sketchbook
Size: 510 x 170mm

My work at Mapletree Business City

Result of August Sketchwalk with Urban Sketchers Singapore at Mapletree Business City.
Arches watercolour paper
Size: 380 x 280mm

August Sketchwalk at Mapletree Business City

Hi Sketchers!
We will be heading to Mapletree Business City (MBC) this month! If you are on time, they will be giving us a short tour around the place!

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤?
Mapletree Business City is organising a two-week exhibition starting 23 October 2024 and is looking to select 10-20 sketches to participate. If you're interested, you can let them photograph your artwork after the sketchwalk for consideration. Selected artists will be contacted to scan and digitize their artworks. The original pieces will be collected and sent to their vendor for scanning and printing, with all originals returned afterward. The exhibition will be held at ARC.

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𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀:
Date: 31st Aug 2024
Time: 9.30am - 12.30pm
Nearest MRT station: Labrador Park MRT
Meeting point: Level 2 Dropoff point (See photo in discussion tab, we'll post some photos for directions)
Throwdown will likely be at the same spot as the meeting place. TBC
Address: 10-80 Pasir Panjang Rd, Singapore 117438
https://maps.app.goo.gl/QyyRU1yQkw7ycKuS6
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𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆:
9.30am: Short briefing at Mapletree Business City Level 2 Dropoff point. MBC folks will also be giving us a short tour of the place
10am: Free and easy sketch
12pm: Start packing your things and make your way for Show & Tell
12.20pm: Show and Tell at Mapletree Business City Level 2 Dropoff point

*Please note that location of Short briefing and Show and Tell may subject to change, depending on the weather for the day.
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𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲:
By participating this Event, you agreed with the followings:
1. My participation in this Event is entirely voluntary.
2. I am aware of and agree to assume any and all risks which might be associated with the Event and I will not hold Urban Sketchers Singapore (USkSG) and any admin/organiser responsible or liable in any way for and will not commence any action arising from the Event, or claim for any loss and/or damage (including, without limitation, personal injury and/or property damage) caused by or sustained as a result of my participation in the Event.
3. I will indemnify USkSG and keep USkSG indemnified against all losses, claims, demands, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and any other liability arising in any way from my participation in the above Event.
4. For participant under 18 years old, his/her parent/guardian are aware and agree to the above clauses.

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𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆:
1. Make your way to the location, be aware of surroundings, and maintain necessary distancing.
2. Challenge yourself to explore hidden corners that hasn't been seen/drawn yet; this will also help prevent too many of us crowding the same perching points.
3. Post your sketches, snapshots and videos online — 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐬 #𝐮𝐬𝐤𝐬𝐠 — so everyone can easily find the day's artistic output.
4. Some sketch leaders will go around to catch you in action for posts on Facebook and Instagram, so look out for them!
5. Happy sketching!! 
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𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘀:
Event banner by Mdm Tia

Raffles Lighthouse at Palau Satumu

We were out sketching at Raffles Lighthouse at Pulau Satumu invited by Maritime Port Authority (MPA) on a Saturday morning. The journey from Marina South Pier to Pulau Satumu was one hour to and fro, total two hours. So sketching time was much shorter, not to mention the strong wind and drizzles. So just a few broad strokes here and there and added the blue sky at home.

Arches Watercolour paper
Size: 780 x 285mm