Line drawings from August 2018

Taking care of Ollie while Yvonne is out for the night.

How I spent National Day morning in Singapore.

man

pen and ink + cut out + iPhone + photoshop

Outdoor sketching class by Drewscape

I will be teaching a beginner level outdoor sketching class. If you are in Singapore, sign up and let me be your instructor for the afternoon:  http://ptix.at/yYssVG

How to draw trees

A short video I did for an Urban Sketching class about drawing trees.

random page

Pencil + marker + muji gel pen + wash + photoshop

holland drive again

The coffeeshop I eat at a lot. In Singapore, coffeeshops are usually small non-airconditioned eateries with a few food stalls plus a drink stall. At this particular coffeeshop, I like Emerald Beef Noodles, Swatow is here, and a dumpling stall by an ex-Crystal Jade dumpling chef. That's why I end up eating there most days.

Puri Puri

Newish Japanese restaurant along Beach Rd. Liked the Salmon bowls. Good price too!

Brush + watercolours + gummed paper tape from hardware store + photoshop

Holland Drive Food Centre

Namiki Falcon (F) + watercolours. Ink- Platinum Carbon Black

ponytails

Colour pencils + poster colours + bleed proof white + photoshop

Morning at Yishun, Singapore

Fountain pen + Marker + photoshop colouring.

cut and paste

Printed the dots. Cut and paste them over a drawing. Draw over the dots. I got this look.

Drawn mostly with a modified parallel pen.

outside a farm

pen + tape + photoshop

Zoo day

pen + tape + photoshop

skraw

Pen + poster colour + photoshop

Different tools

Drew this in May 2018. Playing around with different tools to get different looks.

Duo

Not great. But fun practice. Had to past over a whole main character with another paper and masking tape, then paint over it. It looked better after that. And it added some extra nice texture too. It's actually nice that I don't know how the final looks like until I get there. That's what makes painting fun. Acrylic paint + photoshop

Drawing with a g-nib fountain pen + brush + manga sticker tones

See the making of video here: https://youtu.be/A6L-dmK4X1w

A write-up on a comic workshop I did

http://differenceengine.sg/news/comics-illustration-workshop-with-drewscape/

Helmet

Parallel pen (normal and modified) + photoshop for colour adjustments.

Drawing another just-for-fun comic page

Sorry for the sound quality on this one. The fan was blowing onto the speaker while I was recording!

Drawing a comic page

Here is me drawing a random comic page with brush and ink. Still learning to draw bigger. I know, this is still rather small.

Tried making my own parallel pen

See the writing/drawing tests here:

eatery

People from a picture I took at an eatery.

Brush and ink + photoshop

wait

Brush and ink, cut-outs, white-out, photoshop

Visit

Inspired by a real porridge place in Singapore. Created using Procreate.

bad guys good guys fight

Acrylic + photoshop

Founder

Acrylic in my sketchbook

Peppa Pig

Calligraphic marker + photoshop

Skip

Watercolors + Da Vinci vario-tip brush + pencil

May 2018 sketchbook

Home-made glue tube marker

Home-made glue tube marker

Home-made glue tube marker + FW paint marker with diluted ink.

Tachikawa tank nib + sumi brush + Pierre Noir 3B

Tachikawa tank nib

Parallel Pen + brush

Marker / Parallel pen / Bic ballpoint

Make ink markers from glue tubes

Holland Piazza

Monoprint + photoshop

I want you

Tachikawa tank nib + brush + photoshop

Ollie's new bed

She sleeps in odd parts of the bed. Gouache + monoprint

Poster colors in my sketchbook

Sketching people at Toastbox while drinking coffee.

Style test. Pencil + color pencil + poster color.

Black and white

Sketching from my car.

A random comic.

The things I encounter throughout the day.

Mornings

Ballpoint + photoshop

Jacob Ballas Garden

Ollie is the one on the right. She liked playing in the sand and sliding down from the treehouse, but only using the lower slide. There is a new section added to the garden. There, she likes jumping on the trampoline and then balancing on the logs. We got there around 10am plus and it was already getting hot. Good thing there was enough tree cover. The Food for Tots cafe there was rather too pricey. So we ate OK Peranakan food at Ivims instead. Poster colour + conte.

Clementi mall

Drew this while having breakfast at the newly revamped Toastbox at Clementi Mall. I looked out the large window while munching on a ham and cheese toast which I occasionally dipped into a bowl of soft-boiled eggs. I'd also sip my cup of coffee+evaporated milk+no sugar. Outside, people were busy walking past. A train would stop at the station every few minutes. Behind me, two men were chatting about their kids and work. I was glad no one was looking over my shoulders while I drew. FW acrylic ink marker + watercolours.

Walker

Parker 51 stub, dip pen, watercolors, posca white marker

Playing with posca markers and acrylic ink

Since I only had 4 markers, I was forced to use a limited colour palette. The brown and skin tone orange were warm colours so I balanced it with a blue. White marker for highlights and FW acrylic ink in a home-made marker for the black. Later on, I got the FW marker to put the FW acrylic ink in and that flowed a lot better.

Picturebook style test

Acrylic ink on brown paper

duck race

A quick painting in my sketchbook. Not perfect, but fun! Acrylic inks.