Sketching People in Singapore...

Last year I was honored to teach a workshop at the Urban Sketchers Symposium in Singapore, "Light and Dark with a Punch of Color"...exploring Notan (Japanese word for the harmony of light and dark) in composition.  So, of course there was lots of sketching en route and in Singapore with the wonderfully generous and welcoming community of sketchers there.  Here are some of the sketches focusing on people...

Layover in Hong Kong...in the airport lounge, and getting ready to depart for Singapore...

My workshop location in Singapore was the Singapore Art Museum, a beautiful building formerly a mission school.  I sketched in an Italian-style coffee bar, and watched as a wedding photo shoot happened out the window...

After the Symposium, I was treated by my friend Don Low and his wife Kat to a wonderful afternoon at the zoo and evening at Long Beach Seafood, famous for the chili crab--a fabulous treat!  Don and I sketching here...

Next day, great fun sketching with Don, James Tan, Tony Chua and Teoh Yi Chie (aka Parka, known for parkablogs)...Marina Bay, spectacular Gardens by the Bay, and Chinatown...

Dinner at the Hawker Center in Chinatown...food in Singapore is so often a celebration...infinite variety and always delicious!

Next day, more sketching with more great Singapore sketchers in Kampong Glam...Somali Dasgupta, Francis Theo, Grace Liau and Dawn Lo...

My last night in Singapore...a late dinner at The Better Field, a little neighborhood bistro...