On the last day of #alswphuket2025, we had some time in the afternoon before the event’s big final photo op, so @gotpenwillsketch @alvinwongkc and I stopped along the way and sketched this rustic, historical place that caught our eyes.
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Found this quaint little Bohemian-themed cafe while Ken and I were exploring downtown Phuket… It’s called Bookhemian haha - naturally it contained shelves of books and cute little artsy things. Nice see the sliding table tops that kept seating arrangements very configurable.
Sketching with @ngdiknam @tan1889_xiaojia from a cool cafe in downtown Phuket during Asia Link Sketchwalk: Phuket 2025 last August.
*Sailor DE Fude Nib FP, Daniel Smith Artist Watercolors, Suti Sketchbook by @furrytailarts
#alswphuket2025#usksg#urbansketching#sketchpals
A&E, National University Hospital, Singapore (NUHS)
Not where I’d envisioned spending my post-CNY weekend. But oh well…
Since nothing to do here cos “He MAKETH me lie down in green (bedsheets)…”, journaled the experience.
#rollingwithHispunches#memoirsofpapat
My piece from our January (Pre-CNY) Sketchwalk at the famous Chinatown junction with the lunar cal animal zodiac float.
*Sailor DE Fude Nib FP, Daniel Smith Artist Watercolors, A6 Hahnemühle 190gsm sketchbook.
#usksg#usk#sketchwalk#urbansketching
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RESTORE Juice Cafe inside KL’s Central Market.
We plopped ourselves down at this new looking juice cafe and sipped, sketched and chatted the afternoon away. So refreshing… 🥰
Chinatown, KL, Malaysia…
Done when several of us from @usk.sg joined @kualalumpururbansketchers at the invitation of Master @kclee.81 to participate in KLAW (KL Architectural Week).
*Sailor EF nib FP, Sinours Artist Grade Watercolors, Suti 320gsm Watercolor Sketchbook
Third sketch of 2026: Verdun Road (east end of Little India), a place I’m really familiar with and come to often ‘cos one of my offices is on this road. In fact I was literally sketching from right in front of my head office.
Second sketch from yesterday’s outing to the Bay.
Went to the Esplanade side of the Bay and decided to sketch my favorite SG skyline, while listening to a jazz band do their soundcheck and run-through.
Great first weekend of the year!
#urbansketching
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The first art post of 2026 is also the last sketch I did in 2025 - of one of the most sketched spots in SG’s Little India.
Lined with rows and rows of eateries, fruit and vegetable stalls, this spot is always teeming with life, activities, colors, sounds and aroma of spices.
A sketch done during one of the I Jio You sketchwalks a couple months back that I’d forgotten to share.
At a Kopitiam, this bunch of “uncles” caught my attention… they looked like buddies sharing a meal. So important to have good friends at this age to do life together. 🥹🍺🍺
People who say one thing and then don’t have the balls to put their money (or decisions) where their mouths are when push comes to shove, drain the freakin’ life force outta me.
From this morning’s I Jio You Sketchwalk @ Bussorah / Arab Street.
*TWSBI 580RBT B nib FP, Jacques Herbin ECLATS “Chocolat” ink, Daniel Smith Artist Watercolors, Da Vinci Travel Brushes, Arches 300gsm Hot-pressed watercolor paper sketchbook.
#sketchwalk#usksg#urbansketchers