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Asia Link Sketchwalk

The seed of Asia Link Sketchwalk was first planted by earlier sketching trips organised by Penang for the Georgtown Festivals in 2012 and 2014, then Sketchwalk ChaoPhraya in Bangkok 2013 and the first USk Symposium in Asia (Singapore) in 2015 continued with formalising Asia Link Sketchwalk started in Bangkok in 2016. The rest is history.

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Asia-Link Sketchwalk 2020 in Bandung

Click on the image to buy ticket for this year's Asia-Link Sketchwalk 2020 in Bandung. Find out about ASLW at this Link

NOTE： My husband and I bought two sketchwalk tickets for the event, hope to see you there!

Sharing of Hanoi trip

We had a sharing of sketches done for the Asia-Link Sketchwalk in Hanoi over a poolside barbecue at my place. There were many impressive sketches of different formats and media. We had a great time sharing, chatting, eating and drinking.

On the Cruise

So peaceful and quiet. On the cruise - the best thing to do is to sketch. At every turn, the view changed with different sizes and shapes of the islands so as the sky and the waters.

Ha Long Bay

My husband and I spent an extra day after the event ended at Ha Long Bay, a peaceful and quiet beach.

Pedestrianised Dinh Tien Hoang

This is a sketch of Dinh Tien Hoang looking towards the Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square. The entire road was closed for the weekend for a big carnival. In the afternoon it was quiet but it came alive at night with music and dancing! On the left is thê Húc Bridge, painted vermillion red over the famous Hoàn Kiếm Lake.

St Joseph Cathedral in Hanoi

I completed one Molesking concertina sketchbook and this is the first sketch on the second sketchbook on St Joseph Cathedral in Hanoi. It is a very touristy, busy and lively place. The church was built like Notre Dame in Paris as a late 19th-century Gothic Revival church that served as the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hanoi to nearly 4 million Catholics in the country.

Dong Xuan Market in Hanoi

Dong Xuan Market where the locals go and it is also a tourist landmark. Originally built by the French administration in 1889, Đồng Xuân Market has been renovated several times with the latest in 1994 after a fire which almost destroyed the market.

Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square

So I sketched from the top of the building over two or three Vietnamese coffee at the Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square in Hanoi. There were not traffic lights at all at this busy junction. Can you imagine how traffic and pedestrians move? Incredible!

Ancient House

Ancient House at 87 Ma May Street on the right. There were only two such original old buildings left along this street when I sat at Lantern Lounge. Again, they were painted in yellow. This Ancient House is one of the few intact remains of an old-style home open to the public with an entrance fee. Initially the house was built for one family, but from 1954 to 1999 five families lived in the house. Today, except for 81 and 87 Ma May Street, the entire row of similar old shophouses had since been demolished and rebuilt.

First sketch in Hanoi

My husband and I arrived in Hanoi a day earlier to attend the Aisa-Link Sketchwalk 2019 in Hanoi. First impression of Hanoi was the busy streets, motorcycles everywhere, women street vendors selling all kind of fresh produces, electrical posts and overhead cables dangling here and there. The sights and sounds of the Old Quarter were so exciting and overwhelming. I sat at coffee shop at the road junction and sipping my local iced coffee for about 15 minutes before pulling out my sketchbook from the bag. Yellow is the colour of the old buildings in Hanoi and that was the focus for my first sketch. Two ladies in traditional colourful Ao Dai just walked past the junction of Hang Bac and Dinh Liet, how not to capture them in the most graceful gesture?

Asia-Link Sketchwalk 2019

I am back from Hanoi for the Asia-Link Sketchwalk 2019. The event was from 3 to 6 Oct but I was in Hanoi from 1 to 8 Oct. I also went for a 2-day 1-night cruise trip to the beautiful Ha Long Bay after the event. I will be flying to Hong Kong tomorrow to spend the weekend with my son's family in Hong Kong to celebrate Steffi's 6th birthday. I will scan and post my Hanoi sketches when I come back for the new semester starting week 14 Oct.

Itashao Pier

Last page of the sketchbook.

Itashao Pier is one of the four piers at Sun Moon Lake. I visited all the four piers, they are:
Itashao Pier 伊达邵码头
Syuanfuang Pier 玄光码头
Chaowu Pier and 朝雾码头
Shuishe Pier (where we stayed)水社码头

Good Bye Taichung, Hello Nantou

Last page on Taichung Sketchbook 2. We were out of Taichung. View from an artist's home hugging the steep slope overlooking the hills called 九九峰 at Nantou County, Caotun Township. — at Nantou County. Artist's Hu Shi Zhong's info:
sylvia577.pixnet.net/blog/post/236794964-%E5%B9%B3%E6%9E%...
www.businesstoday.com.tw/article/category/80732/post/2015...

Late dinner at Miyahara

We were so exhausted after the trip to Houli but we dragged ourselves to Miyahara. We were the last customer, missed the dinner time, had tea and snack instead. So a quick sketch no colours after food. — at MIYAHARA 醉月樓.

Train from Houli to Taichung

On our way back from Houli to Taichung taking the local train.

Houli World Flora Expo

Thanks to the local tourism authority and the organisers. We were allowed to sketch this majestic World Flora Expo at Houli which is going to open to the public from 3 Nov 2018 to to 24 Apr 2019. It was all worth it when we, about 300 to 400 sketchers and helpers, had to take the local public train from Taichung station to Houli Station and walked about 3 to 5 km to the expo site.