Bird Cages at Toa Payoh

1st sketch of block 94 with the bird pavilion. It reminded me of my dad used to keep these same birds when I was little. Noticed they were all uncles and no unties, I wonder why?

TOA PAYOH SKETCHWALK (part 2)

Here is the plan for the upcoming sketchwalk on JUNE 30. We will meet at MacDonald's, 930am. (Opp Braddell MRT stn).

The end point will be MacDonald's again at 1230pm SHARP.

On a first-come-first-go basis, we will assign you to a group to cover a specific area in this area of Toa Payoh. This will be a different area from the previous one. There are many interesting spots to draw there, including a dragon playground, SPH, and some old HDB flats with interesting designs.

This is a continuation of the previous sketchwalk where selected drawings emailed to Epigram will be published in our new series of books covering different neighbourhoods in singapore. If your drawing gets selected to be in the book, you will get one complimentary copy of the book + 40% off a second copy. If more than 3 drawings gets selected, you will get 2 complimentary copies. Anyone who joins us may submit their drawings for the book, even if it will be your first time joining. If you do not wish you participate in the book, no problem, you may join us as usual and have fun drawing!

The sheet below will be handed out during the next sketchwalk. But you may want to download it into your iphone for quick reference if you'd like to cover the locations before the next sketchwalk or after. We have one month from this sketchwalk to cover all these locations as these locations represent TPY and will definately need to be included in the book. See you saturday and have fun sketching!

You will notice that there is a special group that will go in the afternoon as a extra adhoc sketchwalk. It's separate because it is a bit out of the way. That group may be going today (23 JUNE) to cover the monastary. If we manage to cover it today, we won't need to cover it on 30 JUNE.

EPIGRAM UPLOAD INSTRUCTIONS:

1) All pictures need to be scanned hi-res 350dpi (for A5 and bigger drawings). If your picture is smaller (eg.A6), scan it at 600dpi so it can be blown up further. 

2) Save them in .jpg format. RGB colour format.

3) Upload them to using WeTransfer or YouSendIt (They are free large file transfer services)

4) Send them to jocelyn@epigrambooks.sg.

If you don't own a scanner, you can hand me or Zaihan the originals after the sketchwalk. But please note your name and number on the back. We will scan them and return them to you.
5) ***IMPORTANT** Mention what location you are sketching in the file name. Eg. Swimmingcomplex.jpg 

icicles on my sketch

My hero fountain pen and ink are not working well. May be it is time to flush the pen and change the ink. Anyway, it was also a good practise that I had to sketch really quick so the ink will not stay too long at one spot to develop into too many 'icicles' that you see here.

going home

On our way home! When you are bored on the plane, you sketch. The baby was fast asleep in his mother's arms.

famous roast goose

At Yung Kee, we ordered the famous roast goose and the century eggs. The barbecued suckling pig was so crispy and tasty. We had been there many times but bringing our teenaged youngest son there was a totally different experience. Also, quite like how I sketched my hubby on the left. He must be the most sketched person in my sketchbooks.

Hollywood Road

Something is missing if I don't do a watercolour piece. So here it is. While my son and hubby were browsing the 2nd hand indie book store called Flow, I did a quick sketch at Hollywood Road under the Mid-Level's Escalator at Shelley Street. I found a good spot under the bridge.

dessert shop

I was so busy with my elder son's family in Hong Kong. Seeing my new born granddaughter for the second time was such a happy moment! Only manage to do one sketch upon arriving in Hong Kong on 15 Jun night. We stopped at Hui Lau Shan Healthy Dessert 许留山 to rest after roaming Mongkok in the drizzling weather.

bored on the plane

Bored on the plane. Did 2 sketches on Tiger Airways from Singapore to Hong Kong. Last page on the muji sketchbook.

budget terminal

This is the second time I am at budget terminal taking tiger airways from Singapore to Hong Kong. I will be flying frequently from now on to visit my new born granddaughter in Hong Kong so I will probably check for cheap airfares from time to time. I do like the ambiance at budget terminal where people here are quite relax. The food from the kopitiam is quite nice too especially the steamed bun.

demo piece

The day I did a demo to a group of 50 students at Singapore River.
Points covered: view finder, composition, foreground, midground, background, using tonal values to create layers or depths, quality of lines, shapes, textures and patterns.

Breakfast

A quick sketch before meeting students at 8.45am, Singapore River. Did a 5 to 8 mins speed sketching at this traditional coffee and toast stall. Using only lines to capture the shapes without tones and textures. Quite fun to do.

Changi Airport T3

Sending my daughter to Samoa for her 18-day trip at Changi Airport T3. After dinner with her and sending her off, we went to the basement foodcourt for a thick local coffee and I did a sketch at KOPI, also managed by Kopitiam.

at Jin Wee again

My favourite dinner place near home. What else? Fish steamboat again on a humid evening. I was perspiring the whole time but could not resist the fish soup. Yummy!

Toa Payoh KouFu

Only manage to upload now. A quick sketch after the watercolour piece at Toa Payoh Bus Interchange. Sketching Edmund Wee, the boss at Epigram and publisher for our next book on neighbourhoods in Singapore.