result of Sep sketchwalk

I find adding dot, lines and shapes a very therapeutic process compared to colouring on a Saturday afternoon. This is the old railway station at Bukit Timah. The railway track is gone but the bridge, the station building and station master's house are still there.

September Sketchwalk

We're going to explore this quaint old place, and see what's become of it and its surroundings after the decommissioning of the Malayan Railway in Singapore.

Make sure to bring water and a hat to keep cool, and put on a bug repellant band so you don't get bitten.

Meet at the station building at 4.30pm. Then we are free to roam the vicinity. Please meet back the same place for show and tell. If it gets too dark, we can all walk back to King Albert Park Mall for show and tell. We can all have dinner at McDonalds.

Favian has suggested a few areas we can sketch:
1) Bkt timah rail station (of course!)
2) King Albert Park MacDonald's etc (before it's demolished!)
3) Bkt Timah Rail Bridge (if it is still there)
4) Bkt Timah Shopping Centre, Beauty World (old school malls!)

Or you can just stay around to sketch the former station building.

I would suggest sketchers to do something different this time. Say, sketch with a different medium, or sketch large format. If you are used to sketching A4 size, maybe try A3 this time or something bigger like A2. If you are up for the challenge.

PS: For those who are driving, please park at King Albert Park, and then walk to the station. See map for direction. I have also included the buses you can take to come here for those who are using public transport

You may download the map and print to refer later. We will keep you posted if there is any change to the plan.

Tanjong Pagar Railway Station

We went there last May for the sketchwalk and we were back to Tanjong Pagar Railway Station again on Saturday at 3pm. This is the second piece in portrait format The Station will be handed over to Malaysia in July 2011. The building is most likely to be preserved but there is no news on the new development on the plot of land.

day trip to Kluang, Malaysia

Inside the train via KTM (Keretapi Tanah Melayu) Rail from Singapore to Kluang, Malaysia.

Don, Kath, Paul and myself made a surprise last minute trip to Kluang on Tuesday morning which we only decided on the night before. We arrived at the Singapore Tanjong Pagar Train Station at 7am for breakfast and bought 4 tickets to Kluang. Each ticket cost S$16. The departure time was 8am and we were told the journey would take 2 hours with assigned seats in air conditioning comfort. There were several unexpected stops along the way so when we arrived at Kluang Train Station, it was around 11.15am.

Tanjong Pagar Railway Station

On 24 May, 2010, the leaders of Singapore and Malaysia agreed to move the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station from Tanjong Pagar to Woodlands, near the border by the 1 July 2011. It is a significant news because the land occupied by the Railway Station and the long railway tracks belong to Malaysia on Singapore soil. The sensitive talk about swapping the land parcels between two countries is once again in the media again but this time in a more positive tone. Read here.

Since the announcement, many photographers flocked to this place trying to capture the mood and feeling of the place. We, the sketchers were there on last Saturday morning making our presence felt with our pens and brushes. Tanjong Pagar Railway Station was built in 1932, the architecture is said to be influenced by the architect of Finland's Helsinki Station, Eliel Saarinen. On this station's entrance and waiting hall shows four reliefs of white marble, allegories of Agriculture, Industry, Commerce and Transport. They are works by Rudolfo Nolli.

These were drawn on folded watercolour paper of 200gm/sqm and fountain pen with Noodler's ink. Below are some photos on the sketchwalk which caught the attention of the public in the station main hall.