Charcoal Sketches

Quick sketch

When I am waiting for my son's school bus, saw an elderly lady coming in her car with lots of milk cans, started to water the plants in the neighborhood, surprised and happy to see this act of good deed and tried to capture her quickly in my sketch!

Botanic Gardens Sketch

At Singapore Botanic Gardens Swan lake.

Charcoal sketch

A quick charcoal sketch in my neighborhood, while waiting for my son's school bus.

Bedok Reservoir Sketchwalk

This is the sketch I did in charcoal at the Bedok Reservoir Sketchwalk with Urban Sketchers Singapore on saturday.

Plein Air Jalan Kayu

Plein air oil painting of "Church of The Epiphany" in Jalan Kayu along Tampines Expressway. Many construction works are going on nearby, quite unsure of this very old architecture.

Sketched this nostalgic back alley in Jalan Kayu with spiral staircase, plants growing on them, air vents in houses.....on the left is a tree thriving on a large stone wall. It started raining while sketching, added colors at home later.

Kampong Buangkok plein Air

On location paintings in Oil done on 5th Jan 2014 in Kampong Buangkok, the last surviving kampong in mainland Singapore. Thinking of submitting these for "A Changed World" exhibition to be held in National Museum of Singapore.

Jalan Kayu Painting

Did this one today at Jalan Kayu, an old two storey house tucked in between other newly renovated houses, with interesting antique lamps, cracks on the walls and fresh colorful blossoms in balcony, I see this as a tie between past and present.

Monochrome, 9" X 12", Oil on canvas

The second is a watercolor sketch of an old building with unique shaped balconies, interesting sun-shade windows, some plants growing on the cracks and this building stands in the heart of Jalan  Kayu with busy shops nearby.

Birdwatching Plein air

An 1 1/2 hour study ( on Saturday) in oil in the bird-watching spot of Sengkang Floating Wetland, can see lots of White Herons on the trees. They keep coming seasonally to the same place, usually a lot more than seen in the photo here. 

Studies

Sketchwalk with Urban Sketchers Singapore

In Punggol Waterway, started with the intention of making loose, blending painterly washes but ended up with (two) too tight studies........ very happy to attend the sketchwalk this time nearby my place (Sengkang)....met many sketchers and enjoyed their lovely sketches!!

Watercolour monochromatic study

A study in monochrome helps to concentrate more on tonal relationships, this study is done from life. I'm trying to get the basics and nuances of the watercolour medium better when using a single colour as opposed to a set of colours.

Watercolour monochromatic studies

Watercolour study

A watercolour study from life, done a few weeks ago.

en plein air 17/11/2013

Here is the plein air painting I did today, the sky is overcast, so the light is cool and no much sharp or crisp shadows.

en plein air 17/11/2013, 9" X 12", Oil on canvas

This is how I carry my wet oil painting from location, I have a box A4 size file with a thick Styrofoam sheet attached one side, I paste my painting with tape at the sides on the Styrofoam and close the file, that's it....can carry 2 canvas in one file by attaching second canvas on the other side cover.

en plein air 16/11/2013

This plein air painting is done today morning along Sengkang west riverside, comfortably in shade under a bridge.

en plein air 16/11/2013, 9" X 12", Oil on canvas

Monochrome Study

Monochrome Study, 11"X 16", Watercolour

Sketch Sengkang Community Hub

Sketch Anchorvale Walk

Sketch of Puat Jit Budhhist Temple in Anchorvale Walk.

Still life monochrome study

9" X 12", Oil on canvas