... over Xmas and New Year was totally amazing!!!! Of course we all know how inspiring the USKSGgroup looks from afar - Tia, Don and Paul and everyone else...but in real life it is even more so!
I was looked after so well and Singapore is an amazing city to sketch in - sure hot-ish and humid (but a lot more bearable than Santo Domingo was) and it was in the middle of the Monsoon season but of course that didn't stop me sketching a lot....so visually rich and colourful! And I can't do a post without mentioning that the food was GREAT too!!!!
My plan for this trip was not to go crazy and sketch non stop... but even though I did slow down (compared to some of my other sketching trips) and spend some relaxing time in cafes (as per Paul's earlier post) I still managed to fill over 2 A4 size watercolour moleskines. I do have a few unfinished pages and maps to draw and of course a lot of scanning!!!!
I am scanning and doing detailed day by day posts on my blog and flickr if you want to start to follow them as I put them up...but here are the first full days sketches. Tia organised an adhoc sketchwalk to welcome me on my first day. I wasn't quite in the groove with my sketching yet but it was such an inspiring day.
Group photo thanks to Parka - the full set of his photos are here
Tiong Bahru Sketchwalk with Liz Steel (22 Dec 2012) from ParkaBlogs on Vimeo.
As you can see from Parka's great video.
Of course I sketched in the afternoon as well - sheltering from a storm in the library...
You will find that as I progress through the sketchbooks, I try some new things and my work starts changing. Everytime I go on a sketching trip, it is an art journey as well. I think this particular time it was rather significant.
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Thank you for sharing your art journey. Through your drawings and the story , I can feel the excitement and joy as well as great influence.
That was fun!
thank you Kumi and Julie... I am glad the buzz gets passed around!!!!
Paintings Glad to see you posting work again, JP! These look great, by the way. Looking forward to seeing how the Nicoladias training informs your work.
Great journey sketches as always and real fun! love the video and your last comment! :)
Write to me at tom@tommykane.com
I will send you the username and password to post your video to the Urban Sketchers Vimeo film website.
So jealous! Lovely drawings, great photo. x
great post, come back and we do it all over again!
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