Last week I was in Singapore on a businesstrip, and I had a chance to meet two of my favourite Urban Sketchers from Singapore: Tia Boon Sim and Paul Wang.
We had dinner in the University Club restaurant, we showed our drawings, and exchanged experiences. It was great to see the beautiful drawings of Tia and Paul in reality; like so often, they are so much better in real life than on the screen.
They also showed me some tricks, like using the calligraphy fountainpen
Hero 501-1 (which I managed to buy the next day).
After I bought the pen, I stood in front of the ION hall on the exact location where Don Low made his sketch of the previous post. But I didn't have enough time, I had to catch the plane back to Europe later that evening.
So I decided to try my new pen just around the corner, drawing one of the big Rain trees on Orchard boulevard.
The world seems so small.
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Your sketch is very nice. But, while the new pen has worked well for you, I think it is your watercolouring that makes this piece stand out.
Thank you for prodding me into posting :-) and the follow up visit.
Didn't get to meet up with you when you were in Singapore. I hope you have a pleasant trip and probably meet up if I have ever a chance to go US again.
thanks for sharing the calligraphic pen information..i will try and get one too!...world is really becoming small..nice tree sketch.
I'm envious of your visit to Singapore...and your new pen! Nice sketch!
Thanks James, sanjeev, Balaji, and Don, I was sorry you couldn't be there, would have loved to meet you, maybe another time.
Rene, so glad to finally meet you in person and see your wonderful sketches.
How exciting to meet and sketch with Tia and Paul! Looking forward to seeing you take your new pen for a spin!
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