New Brush Pens

I was trying out the new SAI Japanese brush pens brown and dark brown from http://www.akashiya-fude.co.jp/050_product/sai_01.php. On this stretch of the road, YMCA is on the left and Orchard Road Presbyterian Church in the middle and Fort Canning Hills on the right accessible by a huge outdoor spiral stairs after the church.

It was interesting to know that The East India Company had contributed S$250 towards the construction of the church when a sizeable number of Scots began worshiping there. The small chapel was nicknamed the “Scots Church” or "Greja Kechil".

"The church building was erected in 1878 at a cost of $20,000, and worship at this new location began with only 42 members. It was dubbed Greja Kechil (meaning small church in Malay) for its small size." http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_819_2004-12-27.html

The church was the crime scene for a "Curry Murder" case in 1984. You can read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Ayakannu_Marithamuthu

May Sketchwalk at SOTA

Credit : Banner sketch by Benedict Tay

May sketchwalk will be in the heart of the city around Dhoby Ghaut MRT. We will meet outside the School of the Arts (SOTA). Round the corner is Selegie Road, POMO and the iconic pie-shaped Selegie Arts Centre, and across the road is the Cathay, remodelled from one of Singapore's oldest iconic cineplexes. Plaza Singapura is a short walk, which used to house Yaohan and possibly Singapore's earliest food court Doremi (now defunct), and along the way is MacDonald House, the site of one of Singapore's early terrorist attacks. Other sketchable areas nearby include Istana Park, Hotel Rendezvous, SMU, Orchard Road Presbyterian Church, Singapore National Museum, and Dhoby Ghaut Green.

May Sketchwalk on 25 May, 2019

START
Time: 9:30 AM
Location: Steps at SOTA entrance
(https://goo.gl/maps/UKXCBK9bweeo6Hux8)

END
Time: 12:15 PM
Location: Same as Starting Location.

Nearest MRT: Dhoby Ghaut (Circle Line, North-South Line, NEL)

Locations to sketch:
- SOTA
- Selegie Arts Centre
- The Cathay
- National Museum
- MacDonald House
- Dhoby Ghaut Green
- Orchard Road Presbyterian Church
- Plaza Singapura

Places to eat and shop:
- Too many to mention

Dhoby Ghaut

Sketched this view opposite Dhoby Ghaut MRT station with Kwin, Namchai and Jenny.

at archifest 2013

Kwin with the hat as seen in my sketch and Namchai in green t-shirt in the photo, both from Bangkok joined us for this sketchwalk at Dhorby Ghaut orgainsed in conjunction with Archifest 2013 last Saturday. The pavilion this year was like a make shift construction site assembled by metal scaffolds with plywood timber flooring. The pavilion was really hot and humid at 1pm when we had our show and tell session in the green house effect.

Dhoby Ghaut

Saturday we visited Dhoby Ghaut area. Dhoby means laundry and this area was the laundry drying yard in the past. Now, the modern open amphitheater is so quiet and located away from the MRT station. People hardly walked towards the beautifully designed amphitheater. I did two pieces one inside the amphitheater and another one from the open space looking towards the amphitheater.

Size : 410mm x 310mm or 16" x 12"
Medium : Dropper ink and wash
Paper : St Cuthberts Mill's Bockingford Watercolour Paper

Join us this Saturday