Fabulous Baker Boy @ Viridian House

Sketching, enjoying my salted caramel cake and watching the rain.....

7th Lunar Month Offering aka Hungry Ghost Festival

Taoist event celebrated in some Asian countries including Singapore. According to the taoists, gates of hell are opened during the 7th lunar and all spirits and ghosts are free to roam the earth. To appease these spirits and avoid harrassment, earthlings offer them food and drinks. There are concert performances and Chinese operas staged for the visiting ghosts. I managed a quick sketch of the offering set up outside True Blue restaurant. They believe this offering will feed the spirits and bring good fortune too.

Peranakan Museum Facade

For the month of August, all museums in Singapore are free for citzens and permanent residents as part of Singapore's 47th independence celebration. So last thursday, I invited a few sketchers for a weekday morning sketchwalk to Armenian street. We met outside the Peranakan Museum and this was my 1st sketch of the day. Playing with my bamboo pen and noodler ink.

Sketching + Ice Cream @ Udder's Ice Cream Palour

What's your favourite ice cream? One of my all time favourite is still Rum & Raisins. They were very generous with their rum! Yummy.

True Blue Restaurant main entrance

My interpretation of this very ornate entrance into True Blue Peranakan restaurant.

Exploring Dunlop Street @ Little India

This is my 1st sketch today at Little India. The heat and sun was way too much to handle at 10am. Hence I only had the energy to sketch. Trying a new bottle of waterproof indian ink by Dr.PH Martin. Jet black and draws very well. This was my 2nd sketch at Dunlop street. I was very tempted to paint in the vermillion window on the right. It is never easy to know when to stop. Should I just leave it as a line sketch?