We Sketched Singapore Together - 6th USK Symposium

By Paul Wang, Singapore


Last two weeks were just simply wonderful to reunite with many international sketching friends here in Singapore. So glad that they all came to support the 6th USk Symposium held here in Singapore. Together we spent many hours sketching, feasting on local food and sharing our lives. I also had the privilege to conduct the 'Wet & Wild Texture' activity for the symposium participants. Looking forward to the next symposium in Manchester.
 

My messy approach to sketching on-location

Sharing with you my messy and playful approach to sketching when I go on-location. Yesterday I found a nice angle of the famous Thian Hock Keng temple at Telok Ayer street here in Singapore and I was immediately captivated. I always try to find interesting coloured shapes, textures and strong flowing lines within a scene to create an interesting mess. Starting with a strong focal point helps to keep me on track too. What is your approach to sketching on-location?

   

Club Street Revisited

Shophouse @ Telok Ayer Street

Shophouse windows @ Emerald Hill

Exploring Emerald Hill, Singapore

Club Street Revisited

Old Shophouse under renovation @ Mayo Street

ROUSE Cafe @ Dunlop Street

Tian Kee & Co cafe @ Dakota Crescent

Victoria Theatre & Concert Hall are open again!

June Official USK-Sg sketchwalk to Lavender

Chye Seng Huat Hardware cafe @ Tyrwhitt Road

Old Shophouses @ Teck Lim Road

2 Blair Road, Singapore

Wedding anniversary present commission.

Cafe Hopping day @ Lavender

Chye Seng Huat Coffee and Roaster Dinner @ Petite Menu restaurant Window Sill Pie cafe

Old apartments at Commonweath

Cafe hopping & Sketching around Jalan Besar/Lavender.

Colourful Shophouses @ Tyrwhitt Road The Bravery Cafe. The Coffee Shot Cafe.

Boat Quay, South Bridge Road, Singapore

A Changed World Exhibition @ National Museum of Singapore

50 sketchers from USK-Singapore group are currently exhibiting their sketches at the National Museum of Singapore. This is our very first public exhibition with the museum. We count it a privilege as one of the very few community group to be invited into the museum. Our little exhibition ties in with a current exhibition by pioneer Singaporean artists entitled 'A Changed World'. This weekend I will also be making a short presentation about UrbanSketchers and the free-hand sketching movement to the public.

Below are two of my own submission to show the ever changing landscape of Singapore. I hope it also shows you how diverse and multi-racial our urban Singapore is.

Welcome the Spring Blossom!