Sketching at Little India

The weather man said it was 36 deg Celsius today and our group was out in full force sketching in Little India under the scotching hot and humid weather. This corner shophouse selling vegetables and frutis of Dunlop Street and Clive Street is the most painted building by artisits and sketchers. The big and small trucks are always blocking our view while we sketch.

Etchr Accordion Sketchbook
Size: 520 x 210 mm

Arya Samaj Temple seen from Birch Road

Unique yellow dome caught my attention from Birch Road in Little India. It is the Arya Samaj Temple at 113 Sye Alwi Road. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arya_Samaj_in_Singapore

Sketching in Little India

Together with students from Singapore University of Technology and Design, we explored Robert Lane in Little India for the unique shophouses there with bay windows. It rained suddenly so I had to stop and changed strategy to just add colour washes without adding details.

Sketching in Little India

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Result of last Sketchwalk at Tekka Market

Tekka Market is a place to be immersed in our Singaporean way of living. There is also a food centre full of culturally rich, vibrant and colourful stalls. Tekka Market is truly a melting pot that you will hear all different ethnic communities maintain their unique way of life with their sight and sound in food, fashion and languages. The rain did not damper the mood of sketchers and we all found our shelter to sketch and walked to the adjacent empty ground laid with 'fake grass' for our show and tell and group photos.

October Sketchwalk is scheduled to first week of November

Hi Sketchers!

We will be having two Sketchwalks on first and last Sat of this month (Nov 2022)!

We are heading to Dunlop Street (Little India) on 5 Nov (Sat).

Our USk President, Genine Carvalheira, is joining us for this sketchwalk! 

Link to Genine’s IG page:
https://instagram.com/geninecarvalheira?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Genine’s profile in USk IG page:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYUKCU8O3qL/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

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In light of the COVID situation, mask indoors are now optional. We urge everyone to remain cautious. Let's all play a part to stay safe!
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Time: 9:30AM - 12.30PM
Nearest MRT station: Jalan Besar MRT (DT22)
Meeting point: Outside Indian Heritage Centre

Address: 5 Campbell Lane, Singapore 209924

https://maps.app.goo.gl/Vs8MPbMBJpkTYRz8A?g_st=ic

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𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆:
In compliance to Government Covid safety guidelines, be safe!

Please strictly comply. USkSG (and our sketch leaders) will not be held responsible for any flouting of the above guidelines. Thank you.

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Timeline for the day:
9.30am: Meeting point outside Indian Heritage Centre*

12pm: Start packing your things and make your way for Show & Tell

12.20-12.30pm: Outside Indian Heritage Centre*

*Note that location of Short briefing and Show and Tell are subjected to change, depending on the weather for the day.
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Instructions for the day:

1. Make your way to the location, be aware of surroundings, and maintain necessary distancing.
2. Challenge yourself to explore hidden corners that hasn't been seen/drawn yet; this will also help prevent too many of us crowding the same perching points.
3. Post your sketches, snapshots and videos online — 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐬 #𝐮𝐬𝐤𝐬𝐠 — so everyone can easily find the day's artistic output.
4. Some sketch leaders will go around to catch you in action for posts on Facebook and Instagram, so look out for them!
5. Happy sketching!! 

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Credits:
Event banner by Patrick Ng

Last Saturday we went to Little India to sketch trying to bring some postitive energy to celebrate Deepavali. I sat alone in a quiet corridor opposite a very interesting blue shophouse. We had a Zoom meeting in the afternoon since we could have a show and tell at the end of the sketchwalk.

Left portion of a long sketch. The Great Madras, a boutique hotel was on the left with its art deco facade facing a quiet street. Dunlop Street where I was sitting, was comparatively busier with a few barber shops, restaurants and provision shops still seeing customers going in and out but all doors of the tour agencies were shut during this trying period.

Right portion of a long sketch. This blue colour shophouse caught my attention. The blue facade on second story was cladded with wood panels and it was the shortest shophouse at Dunlop Street. Cool & Joy Barber occupied a narrow shopfront between the two shophouses. It was so cool.

October Sketchwalk at Little India

Credit : Sathyapriya Subramaniam Hi Sketchers! 

This month-end session, we're still proceeding with our efforts to sketch together while staying safe! Join us this Sat as we visit Little India to sketch / capture the pre-Deepavali festivities! 

Time: 9:30AM - 12.30PM 

Location: Various locations around Little India 

Nearest MRT: Little India, Rochor, Jalan Besar 

 Zoom Show and Tell 

Time: Oct 31, 2020 03:00 PM Singapore 

Join Zoom Meeting 

https://staffweb.zoom.us/j/99806202366... 

Meeting ID: 998 0620 2366 

Passcode: 038388 

 Locations to sketch: 

• Tekka Market 

• Deepavali decorations 

• Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple 

• Foochow Methodist Church 

• Dunlop St area (eg. The Great Madras) 

• Colourful shophouses 

• Tan Teng Nia Historic Villa (behind Buffalo Road) 

• Art installations near Hindoo Rd

• Eating places (for food sketching lovers) along Race Course Rd - Arunachala Bhavan, Komala Vilas, etc. 

Other info: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b3gtBfQdsY 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ_veIRxFxA 

SKETCH-LEADERS: Patrick Ng, Benedict Tay 

Instructions for the day: 

1. Arrange to meet fellow sketchers — no more than 5 in a group — by posting the spot you plan to capture on the event wall; ask who's joining and discuss in the comments until you confirm your little quintet. 

2.Make your way to the location, be aware of surroundings, and maintain required distancing; remain in your separate groups. 

3. Challenge yourself to explore hidden corners around Little India that hasn't been seen/drawn yet; this will also help prevent too many of us crowding the same perching points. 

4. Post your sketches, snapshots and videos online — with hashtags #usksg — so everyone can easily find the day's artistic output. 

5. Some sketch leaders will go around to catch you in action for posts on Facebook and Instagram, so look out for them! 

6. We will do a Sketch Show via ZOOM at 3:00 PM to substitute our usual post-sketchwalk gathering; make your way home — or anywhere suitable — in time to join the session. 

IMPORTANT NOTE: 

In compliance to Government Covid safety guidelines, we can’t be congregating as a big group of sketchers. As such, we can sketch in small clusters of no more than 5 persons each, and there must be a minimum distance of no less than 15m between each cluster. 

Please strictly comply. USkSG (and our sketch leaders) will not be held responsible for any flouting of the above guidelines. 

Thank you.

The Great Madras at Little India

I conducted a Master Class last Saturday for a group of BA students at The Great Madras Hotel, Little India. It was a very hot day but we were lucky to sketch in the shade. This image is taken by an app using iPhone called CamScanner. I still need to enhance it on Photoshop in file size and some details.

From 2019, I will upload my sketches directly from blogger without a link to my Flickr.

Opposite Indian Heritage Centre

This was the second sketch at Little India just opposite Indian Heritage Centre at Clive Street. Added colours later. There were so many tourists and big coaches came and went while I did this sketch.

Master Class at Little India

Last Saturday, I did a 5 to 8 mins demo to a group of Master Class students from LaSalle College of the Arts. It was a very hot day but it also drizzled for a while and I just sat there on the same spot. I thought it was my sweat dripping from my forehead. It was a fun outing!

At the Spur of the Moment

This sketch is after a sketch done in Little India. I did this at a spur of the moment at home after a long day at work and too much negative energy waiting to be released. That moment really transformed negative energy to positive energy.

Petain Road

Result of November Sketchwalk. There are three parts of Petain Road in this long sketch namely the shophouse, the park and the playground.

Petain Road was named by municipal government of Singapore in 1928 after Field Marshall Henri Philippe Petain, one of France’s greatest military heroes from the First World War. However, the name drew controversy when the French military force grew from bad to worst as Petain became the Prime Minister of France in 1940. There were suggestions to change the name of the road when it became a notorious red light district in Little India in the old days. Today, this row of beautiful shophouses are the homes of rich and famous with elaborate majolica floral ceramic tiles covering the walls and flowers, cranes and phoenix adorning the pillars and walls. Directly across Petain Road is a big park with lush green and a colourful playground.

Size : 700mmx300mm
Paper : Saunders Waterford

November Sketchwalk at Little India

We're going to Little India this weekend, at the Kitchener Road vicinity. Kitchener Road stretches from Jalan Besar and cuts through the heart of Little India.

START
9:30 am
City Square Mall
— main entrance where the Christmas decor is going up

Closest MRT station:
Farrer Park on the North East Line
Exit H or I

END
Somme Road Playground
— stone's throw from City Square Mall
https://goo.gl/maps/wV2eFEX1o8N2

We'll meet at 12:15pm to share our works from the session.

Little India

Adding details to an old sketch at Dunlop Street, Little India. No fountain pen for the first time.

My motivation for this piece? I always wanted to get the road signs in with no outline. That explains why the signes are almost in the centre.

First Outdoor Sketch after a brief hiatus

my demo piece for the students from LaSalle on a Saturday, so there were overlapping shapes, lines and washes here and there as I spoke.

As I talked about learning points for the students such as line qualities (thick, thin, continuous, broken lines), composition (mountain, valley, vertical, horizontal and oblique), tonal values (scale 0, 2, 5 , 8 and 10) and accent colours at 3 spots with washes, I finished a sketch with ink and washes.

This is also the first outdoor sketch after my eye surgery, such fun!

October Sketchwalk

It's going to be a festive weekend with Deepavali/Diwali falling on Saturday, so we're going to visit the narrow and bustling streets of Little India looking for colourful scenes to put on paper.

MEETING POINTS

Start (Briefing)
9:30 AM
City Square Mall (above Farrer Park MRT station)
Kitchener Road entrance steps

End (Show n Tell)
12:30 PM
Indian Heritage Centre

See you there!

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Norris Road in Little India

This was done in August inside the comfort of air cond car. The weather was scorching hot and humid. I think I park at the double yellow line at Norris Road in Little India. The highrise public housing at the rear and the lowrise shophouses in the front formed an interesting composition. Again, love the URA carpark sign in the sketch.

Ad Hoc Sketchwalk at Little India

Exploring Little India with Liz

Two sketches done today on a Christmas Day with Liz and other sketchers. We had a great time exploring Little India, I did the first sketch at the junction of Jalan Besar and Dickson Road. In the second sketch, I captured the award winning hotel WanderLust on the left. The cars were blocking the view the whole time and I was lucky that the drivers did not come and drive them away when I was sketching them.

Merry Christmas or as Francis put it "Merry Sketchmas" everyone!