Some time ago I found an old wiro notebook in a drawer. A scruffy wiro bound notebook with a photo of 2 men in a kayak with a bear on the front cover. In that notebook I found terrible sketches drawn in pencil made while travelling in 1991. One sketch leapt out at me. It was a rough pencil sketch of Mt Ararat from a backpacking trip to eastern Turkey. The sketch really surprised me – it was a very basic pencil sketch, drawn using a .5mm technical pencil on a cheap notepad. The sketch is just black and white… To my surprise the sounds and smells of the day came flooding back. Meeting some Kurdish goat herders and their flock near the base of Mt Ararat, about 10km from the Iranian border on a bright sunny but cool, alpine day. Along with memories of driving across the mountain steppe in an old Renault 19 and the smells of chai and coffee in a Doğubayazıt pasta solunu. It all came back come flooding back! Why did it evoke such vivid memories? I’m not really sure to be honest. Maybe t...
I arrived yesterday from a wet and cold Auckland winter to a wall of heat and humidity in Singapore, the temperature here is something like 30 C with energy sapping humidity.
Singapore is spectacular. My first impression is of a super lush park from which incredible buildings seem to sprout.
I've started to meet a steady stream of sketchers that I've only known online. It was awesome to finally meet Liz, Marc and Kumi, some of my earliest online sketcher friends.
I'm staying in a funky little hotel in Little India apparently styled in the Peranakan style and it's close to some pretty interesting sketch subjects!
I'll be posting again over the next couple of days as I attempt to support Parka and Maria Regina over the symposium.
Singapore is spectacular. My first impression is of a super lush park from which incredible buildings seem to sprout.
I've started to meet a steady stream of sketchers that I've only known online. It was awesome to finally meet Liz, Marc and Kumi, some of my earliest online sketcher friends.
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| My hotel in Little India - designed in Peranakan Style |
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| Little India shop houses! |
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| Sri Srinivasa Perumal temple, Little India |
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| Meeting Liz and Marc at the Marina Gardens |
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| Sri Srinivasa Perumal temple closeup |
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