We Draw Singapore Together

"We Draw Singapore Together" is a two-day workshop presented by Temasek Polytechnic's Centre for TransCultural Studies (CTS) at Temasek Polytechnic (TP), in collaboration with Urban Sketchers Singapore (USKSG) to promote the art of on-location drawing for Singaporeans and residents in Singapore. It is a SG50 event on Saturday and Sunday, 30 - 31 May, 2015. Amidst drawing and sketching in good company, make friends and explore Singapore locales from a less than usual perspective!

In addition, there is an exhibition with the same title "We Draw Singapore Together" runs from 20 May to 12 Aug, 2015 at the Art Gallery@Glocal Connect Village, Temasek Polytechnic. ALL ARE WELCOME!

April Sketchwalk

Sketch By Milo Sudaria

For this month's sketchwalk, we are once again returning to one of the biggest and oldest neighbourhoods in Singapore- Toa Payoh. The last time we sketched there officially, it was before Epigram's first Neighbourhood book was published. Since then, the group has grown even more. Plus the place is just too big to experience it all in one sketchwalk.

We have two start points for you this time. So pick one that is most convenient for you.
Start point A 9AM: MacDonald's closest to Braddell MRT Station
Start point B 9AM: MacDonald's closest to Toa Payoh MRT Station

As always, sketch is free and easy. Go solo or explore the area with your friends. There are many interesting things to sketch if you poke around this neighbourhood. You may also need to do some research before you go because it is a big area. This and this may help.
But pace yourself so that you can return to the end point on time.

End point 12PM: Meet outside the Creamier ice cream shop at 128 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh.

Will will have our show and tell there. And we will announce something special there.

If you come late, just start sketching and meet us at the end point. We will be everywhere once the sketchwalk starts. No need to sign up. No fees. Just show up. Anybody and everybody is welcome.

Only one note of caution: By no means sketch any police stations or compounds around the area. (You all know what happened last time!)

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Programming

Workshops and activities (including demos and lectures) are listed below, along with the instructors’ names. Instructor bios and descriptions of the workshops and activities will be linked below, so check back for more information.

The Schedule, which will be published April 10, will have more information about several Sketchwalks being offered as part of the programming.


Workshops:

Workshop A: Playing with Light and Shadow – Behzad Bagheri, Iran
Workshop B: Extending and Expanding: Combining Multiple Sheets of Paper to Capture Large Scenes – Ch’ng Kiah Kiean, Malaysia
Workshop C: Architectural Sketching: Composition and Perspective – Frank Ching, USA
Workshop D: Exploration in Expressive Watercolor through Shape and Value – Gail Wong, USA
Workshop E: Thin Line, Bold Sketch – Inma Serrano and Miguel Herranz, Spain
Workshop F: Capturing Singapore’s Lively Urban Spaces – James Richards, USA
Workshop G: All You Can See: 180° Sketching – Lapin, Spain
Workshop H: Pointless Perspective and Coloured Shapes: A Practical Approach to Creating Three Dimensional Architectural Form – Liz Steel, Australia
Workshop I: Sketching the Sketchers – Marc Holmes, Canada
Workshop J: The Structure of Light in Watercolor – Matthew Brehm, USA
Workshop K: Face the City! Portraits of the City through its Inhabitants – Marina Grechanik and Ea Ejersbo, Israel and Denmark
Workshop L: Found In Translation: The Influence of Calligraphy in the Figure and Environment – Melanie Reim, USA
Workshop M: Light in the Spaces Between: A Watercolor Workshop – Nina Johansson, Sweden
Workshop N: From Thumbnail to Big Picture: Using Little Strokes to Compose your Sketches – Norberto Dorantes, Argentina
Workshop O: Sketchpedition – Sanjeev Joshi, India
Workshop P: Big Brush Colour: Capturing that First Impression – Shari Blaukopf, Canada
Workshop Q: A Collective Reportage: Religions and Popular Devotion in Multicultural Singapore – Simo Capecchi, Italy
Workshop R: Capturing Chaos: Drawing a Crowd – Suhita Shirodkar, USA
Workshop S: The Urban Sketchers Cookbook – Veronica Lawlor, USA
Workshop T: Light and Dark with a Punch of Color – Virginia Hein, USA

Activities, Demos, and Lectures:

Activity 1: Street Food Sketching – Anita Ryanto, Singapore
Activity 2: Less is More: Black, Brown and White! – Delphine Priollaud, France
Activity 3: Visit to Bynd Artisan and Book Binding – Patrick Ng, Singapore
Activity 4: Wet and Wild with Textures – Paul Wang, Singapore
Activity 5: The Singapore Diaries: Your Story of the Symposium – Richard Alomar, USA
Activity 6: Diving into Digital Sketching – Rob Sketcherman, Hong Kong
Activity 7: Putting the ‘Urban’ in Urban Sketching – Suma CM, USA
Activity 8: Sketching the Colourful Cultural Activities – Tia Boon Sim, Singapore
Activity 9: The Big Crit – Various Instructors
Demo 1: Guan Gong Dao: How to Make and Sketch with a Folded Pen – Ignatius Yeo, Singapore
Demo 2: Inky Fingers: Pen, Brush, Inks, Line and Lettering – Jane Blundell, Australia
Demo 3: Understanding Color – Jane Blundell, Australia
Demo 4: Seasoning the Shadows with Primary Colors – Kumi Matsukawa, Japan
Demo 5: Atmospheric Expressions in Watercolor – Khoo Cheang Jin, Malaysia
Demo 6: Capturing Mood in Watercolor Sketches – Zhu Hong, Singapore
Lecture 1: Drawing for Publication: The Triumphs and Tribulations of a Newspaper Sketch-Columnist – Gabi Campanario, USA
Lecture 2: Sketching as a Tool for Field Study – Luisa Hung WanLu, Malaysia
Lecture 3: How to Run a Successful Local Urban Sketchers Group – Mark Leibowitz, USA
Lecture 4: Animating my Life – Nino Puriando, Indonesia
Lecture 5: The Sketchbook: From Explorer to Guide – Richard Alomar, USA
Lecture 6: Good Bones: An Interactive Lecture – Stephanie Bower, USA