Kandawgyi Lake

Kandawgyi Lake is one of the two major lakes in Yangon. Located east of the Shwedagon Pagoda, the lake is artificial, water from Inya Lake is channeled through a series of pipes to Kandawgyi Lake. It was created to provide a clean water supply to the city during the British colonial administration.

Karaweilk is a concrete replica of a Burmese royal barge built in 1972. It houses a buffet restaurant today. We were given 15 minutes to roam around so here is my sketch with nice photos taken by my colleague.

Cruise Time

We took a cruise in the evening and witnessed the beautiful sunset along the Yangon River. Just lines no washes within a short time.

Sule Pagoda

Its the Little India along Maha Bandula Road overlooking the Sule Pagoda. I sat comfortably on the overhead bridge and sketched this view while others were shopping in 20 minutes.

The tower is location for Maha Theindawgyi Monastery built in typical Burmese style.

Yangon Technological University

5 minutes on site and colours added later.

Yangon Technological University is the premier engineering university of Myanmar. Established as Department of Engineering under Rangoon University in 1924 and popular known by its former name Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT), YTU is the country's oldest and largest engineering university, and the best engineering university in Myanmar.

Students were shot right at this front facade in 1988 that changed the course of Myanmar history.

Shwedagon Pagoda

When we arrived in the late afternoon at the UNESCO Heritage Site, it was consistently crowded and full of lives. I really enjoyed sketching Shwedagon Pagoda although it was still under renovation with all the scaffolding. But I exercised my artistic licence and ignored the scaffolding with very quick lines and washes in the short 5 to 10 minutes while students were watching behind me saying all the nice things that gave me that adrenaline rush to sketch faster.

Shwedagon Pagoda is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar, as it is believed to contain relics of the four previous Buddhas of the present kalpa. These relics include the staff of Kakusandha, the water filter of Koṇāgamana, a piece of the robe of Kassapa, and eight strands of hair from the head of Gautama obtained by the two merchant. They returned to Okkalapa land to be greeted by the King. From 588 BC to 14 century, the Shwedagon was maintained by 32 kings of Okkalapa dynasty and since 1372 AD by Kings Banya U, Bayayan, Bayagyadaw and others. In 1453 AD, Queen Shin Saw Pu had the pagoda raised to the present height of 99.36 metres or 326 feet.

Yangon Trip

I had just returned from Yangon accompanying 77 students with 3 other colleagues. Its a very intense and educational trip so it was really a luxury to sketch. All sketches of Yangon were done in 5 to 20 minutes max and I will post them in the next few days.

January Sketchwalk at ACM

This month’s sketchwalk will be at the Asian Civilisations Museum, along the Singapore River.
Credits:
• Banner sketch by (Parka) Teoh Yi Chie.
• This Sketchwalk event post is set up by Favian Ee.

START
Time: 9:30 AM
Location: Main entrance of Asian Civilisations Museum
(https://goo.gl/maps/JAT5vZdKPC92)

END
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Same as Starting Location.

Nearest MRT: Raffles City

Locations to sketch:
- ACM
- Victoria theatre
- National Gallery
- Arts House
- Fullerton Hotel (side view)
- Shophouses along Singapore River
- Singapore River scene (boats, bridges, etc.)

Places to eat and shop:
- Countless options around

Sketchwalk leaders: Patrick Ng, Favian Ee.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

This Sketchwalk is organized in partnership with National Arts Council (NAC) and Filmat36, in conjunction with the launch of《忆记新加坡河》(Memories of Singapore River), an hour-long, heartfelt, documentary that takes viewers back in time to the Singapore River of yesteryears, through the artworks of three local second-generation artists.

In the afternoon, there will be 3 hourly screenings of the above-mentioned documentary, at 2:00PM, 3:00PM, and 4:00PM respectively. The screening is free, but admission is BY TICKETS ONLY.

The hosts have generously provided USKSG members with 90 tickets across 3 screenings (30 tix per screening). Tickets are available for collection during the start and end of the Sketchwalk, first come first served. Collect them from the sketch leaders of the day.

Don’t miss the opportunity to take a nostalgic trip down memory lane or learn of Singapore River’s colorful (literally) history!

The Great Madras at Little India

I conducted a Master Class last Saturday for a group of BA students at The Great Madras Hotel, Little India. It was a very hot day but we were lucky to sketch in the shade. This image is taken by an app using iPhone called CamScanner. I still need to enhance it on Photoshop in file size and some details.

From 2019, I will upload my sketches directly from blogger without a link to my Flickr.

First Sketch of 2019 is a Digital Sketch!

I will be helping a media student with her group project and I need to show a sketch done on computer for Saturday studio shoot. With my very limited digital knowledge, here is my first attempt of a digital sketch and first sketch in 2019 I did with reference to my sketch at Emarald Hill. People asked me about my experience with digital sketch and I replied "my fingers hurt!!!!"

Tools: iPad, iPencil with Procreate.