more photos of Kluang

more sketches of Kluang

Second location at Kluang, corner of Jalan Wayang. The shophouses here were adorned with big stone lions on the roof parapets with inscription that said "1936" or "1937". This sketch was done with a new tool - the sumi brush.



Above is the sketch when we were back to the train station after a good long rest at the local KFC (photo on the left). The weather was really hot and humid so we went to KFC to enjoy the cool air. The chicken meal also seemed to taste better than that of Singapore's KFC. We took a walk around the streets and the town was very quiet and laid-back.

The train was about an hour late, so I did a quick sketch before the sky turned dark. The huge round sculptures in the middle of the sketch are tyres. I suspect it is because Kluang was initially a rubber planting town.

first location

First location at Kluang, Johore, Malaysia. I sat at this long empty roadside carpark under the shade near to the railway track on the right. I could see children playing inside the school compound at the end of the road called Jalan Ismail. Not too long, the drivers would ignore me and parked their vehicles right in front of me and blocked my view. They were there to take their lunch at the makeshift food stall behind me. I had to move several times. Suddenly there were more and more cars that's when I realised the parents were picking up their children from the school. I managed to complete the sketch with all these activities around me before joining Don and Paul at the coffee shop near by to splash some colours for the final touch.