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Sketching at Kampong Glam, Singapore with an unlikely visitor from Hong Kong

[By Don Low in Singapore] The unlikely visitor was Rob Sketcherman, and his wife, from Hong Kong. He was invited by the Ministry of Education to conduct a training course and workshop for the teachers to learn and use Procreate on the iPad Pro for digital production and digital journaling, and possibly or just maybe, incorporating the digital process into the schools' curriculum. "Luck teachers, and what about us?", some sketchers responded on Facebook when they heard news of this.

What an honour for Singapore!  I did also have the honour to sketch alongside Rob too after his intensive week long teaching & training programme was completed. While his wife went shopping, Rob spent his weekend on a Saturday afternoon with the members of Urbansketchers Singapore at Yan Kit Road, the oldest suburban neighbourhood town placed right beside the expensive business district. I almost missed the meet if not for my pal, Tony Chua, who texted me the time and location, just when I was waking up from an afternoon nap from exhaustion. I was glad I made it and managed to sketch Rob on my iPad Pro while he was sketching a magnificent Ficus tree, the oldest in the area.



In this manner, we got to catch up with each other and I got to see his sketching process. We exchanged some tips on drawing with Procreate here and there but I was the one benefiting the most. Definitely the best way to learn from the master himself.

Here, take a glimpse of the meet up with Rob. Everyone was super excited and elated to see him.

Knowing Rob has another 1-2 days in Singapore after the weekend, I invited him to sketch with me exclusively on the following week on Monday, which was also an off day for me. We visited Kampong Glam, a Malay enclave and conservation area for heritage buildings, also one of my favourite places to sketch shophouses built during Singapore's colonial days back in the 40s and 50s. Conservation and preservation was done pretty well but the functions of the buildings have changed. In Kampong Glam, most shophouses are converted to offices, shops, and restaurants. The stretch along Bali Lane where we were sketching are predominantly bars, and cafes, well sadly. The advantage to this is, it is not difficult for us to find a place where we could simply sit in comfort, get a drink and draw. Though touristy, prices for drinks and food remain very reasonable and not exorbitant. The price to sit at this cafe to draw was 2 glasses of ice lemon tea that did not cost more than $4 each.

Rob's sketch of the area at Bali Lane is beautiful. While he focused on a lush foliage beside the preservation building, I paid more attention to the building itself, and made a longer landscape composition of the place. Here's a close up of my sketch.

At Kandahar Street, we had milk tea or teh tarik (pull tea), and where we were sketching another magnificent view of the Kampong Glam. Rob was delighted to see conservation houses surrounded with other high rise office buildings and hotels creating an interesting balanced mix of old and new. The coffeeshop where we were sitting was packed. Strange for a Monday and during office hours. Maybe the customers were mostly visitors. The customers were sitting shoulder to shoulder. People were also talking very loudly. But to sketchers like us, this was a perfect concoction. Interesting characters are always our inspiration. You will see what I meant when you look at Rob's sketch of the coffeeshop. Even the hungry mynah was included too.

Lovely sketch by Rob (top) with mine below. A show and tell with just iPads.

My sketch describes the quieter side of the neighbourhood. I added colour later in the studio.

Like I said, there was so much going on in a tiny place like this. Kampong Glam is a melting pot of languages, cultures, races, heritage and even the arts. There is just too much to see and do and sketch. Alas we only have a day! 

Finally we chill and rest from the day at humble abode.

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