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Sri Thendayuthapani Temple at Tank Road

It was a very hot day. I moved 5 to 6 times to hide in the shade to complete this panoramic sketch on 2 sheets of A4 size watercolour papers. Plus I forgot to refill the ink in my fountain pens, so I had to use gel pen this time.

Muse Watson watercolour papers 300gm, Japan. https://www.muse-paper.co.jp/
Size: 594 x 210mm

Marina Keppel Bay

A sketch last Saturday

Video at Moonstone Lane

Sketching at Hill Street

Video on the temple sketch

Yang Tao Yuan Sheng Hong Temple 杨桃园城隍庙

I Jio You Sketching starts at 10:15am.

I went early to look for breakfast and found Ah Hua Teochew Noodles at Block 415 Pandan Gardens. I waited approximately 40 mins for my bowl of dry fish ball noodles and it was totally worth the wait but I was very late to start my sketching. So, I was:

- late for sketching
- bitten by small ants
- 3 fountain pens all out of ink
- got to use the only brushpen to finish the piece

What a day! I am still very glad coz sketching brings us to places we don't normally go, like this nice temple at Pandan Gardens, it is called Yang Tao Yuan Sheng Hong Temple 杨桃园城隍庙

What worth mention is that the dragons, phoenix and other creatures and the motifs on the roof are very different from other temples, some are very graphic, stylize and modern.

Muse Watson watercolour papers 300gm, Japan. https://www.muse-paper.co.jp/
Size: 297 x 210mm A4

6 Letter Brunch Cafe at Crawford Lane

This morning I joined I Jio You Sketching! and Cafe Sketchers Singapore to sketch at 6 letter brunch at 464 Crawford Lane. I had the big breakfast and my usual long black at the bottom right of this sketch. So happy to sketch with younger friends as they made me feel very much younger!

I sketched on the last three pages of Baohong Accordion Sketchbook square format with the new long-kinfe-nib fountain pen and Winsor and Newton watercolours.

Baohong Accordion Square
Size: 510 x 170mm

Video on location

Burmese Buddhist Temple

Check out the temple from this link: https://www.bbt.org.sg/

The Page Boy (Thu-nge-daw):
These two boys make sure all is in good order for the arrival of the king and his entourage. Page boys were young sons of lesser princes and nobles who served as errand boys in the palace. He is dressed rather like a jester, but with gold medallions and chains around his neck. He wears his hair tied in two bunches, one on either side of the head, high above the ears.

The Bell:
This bell outside the temple which is carried by two unique royal page boys is one of the master pieces for Myanmar traditional art. Devotees love to ring the bell as it is attractive and exclusive, especially for first time visitors.

The Chinthay:
The mythical lion-like creature standing in pairs at the entrance of a Burmese temple is called a Chinthe (or Chinthay). These statues function as guardians to protect the pagoda or temple from evil. While often depicted as stylized, powerful lions, they can sometimes appear as "man-lion" figures.

The pagodas:
Burmese pagodas, or paya, are sacred stupas in Myanmar that typically house Buddhist relics and act as centers for worship and meditation. They are often bell-shaped, gilded with gold leaf, and topped with a spire called a hti, featuring prominently in Myanmar's landscape, which is often called the "land of pagodas".

Chuchichu Concertina Sketchbook
Size: 650 x 210mm

Joo Chiat

I was conducting a make-up class for SUTD students on a Saturday morning outside Joo Chiat Community Centre. It coincided with the sketchwalk orgainised by I Jio You Sketching. I showed the students what and how to do quick thumbnail sketches before I settled down and did a long sketch on a accordion sketchbook gifted by 朱啟助繪旅行, a Taiwanese sketcher.

I Jio You Sketching at Potter's Garden

Potter's Garden

Urban Sketchers Singapore and JTC collaboration to sketch the new Potter's Garden!

Did a sketch of the new Potter's Garden with the group "I Jio You Sketching!" yesterday. I added the bridge with the pots on the left and on the right, I added the sculpture we did in 2015 called "Spirit of Singapore" with SG50 fund for a "Goli Project" with Thow Kwang Pottery Jungle.

To me, it was a sketch to signify this ten-year journey from making goli to a garden reminiscing the past in this area.

Edible Garden City

Today we went to sketch at Edible Garden City in Queenstown under the hot and humid weather. You can find more details at their website. EDIBLE GARDEN CITY is a social enterprise that champions the Grow-Our-Own-Food movement in cities around the world to improve food sustainability and resilience. Their urban farming model is a community of local farmers that produces fresh, tasty and nutritious harvests that are available to everyone living in the city. We were told there are about 40 farmers working on their farm and 20 are full time farmers.

Etchr Accordion Sketchbook
Size: 520 x 210mm

Emily Hill

We went to visit the exhibition entilted "The Art of Lee Boon Ngan" at The Pravite Museum on Emily Hill. I knew of Lee Boon Wang's art together with Chua Mia Tee and Lai Kui Fang when I was a young student. I only discovered now from the exhibition that Lee Boon Ngan was the sister of Lee Boon Wang and the loving wife of Chua Mia Tee. Their daughter, an accomplished gynaecologist colloabrated with The Private Museum to mount this unique exhibition to showcase her mother's artwork focusing more on flora, flowers. We will all so glad we visited the exhibition which would end next week on 21 Sep 2025.

After the guided tour, many sketchers still came for the sketchwalk under the group "I Jio You Sketching" at the very quiet part of Singapore to sketch undeterred under the rain! I set up my sketching station with my big umbrella behind me on a cone I found nearby. I had to sketch very quickly when I let the rain drops wet my pants and my shoes. The sky was done at home.

First sketch in a new sketchbook.

Etchr Accordion Sketchbook
Size: 650 x 210mm

PINK

Sketching brings us to places we don't normally go.

Today at Telok Blangah Hill Park was such a place we sketched together under the hot scotching sun with a sudden passing shower almost at the end of the session. We took refuge in a shelter on the hill top chatting and sketching together, so fun!

I brought my very old A3 Daler Rowney watercolour paper. As I came very late, I used big flat waterbrushes splashing away happily with Holbein Opera pink for the blooming bougainvillea shrubs. Adding pen and ink dots and lines to the trees was therapeutic too.

Daler Rowney watercolour
Size: 420 x 297mm