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Sketching my Travels 23 – Singapore

April 29, 2015 by Lin Kerr 1 Comment

Pool at the condo - watercolour and technical pen, drawn lounging on a dekchair
Pool at the condo – watercolour and technical pen, drawn lounging on a dekchair

There is an impossible expanse of blue water, with many varieties of palms. This is one of the four interleading pools, with little bridges, arches and grass.

Left hand page of pool at condo.
Left hand page of pool at condo.

i sat in a lounger opposite these, with my own quinacridone red and green palms behind me. I’ve given up timing – I’m a slow drawer, because when I draw fast I lose the plot and get sloppy. Mapping the vista in pencil took 25 minutes. I really hope I have time to draw the red and green  palms as a study on their own.

Right hand page of pool at condo. The Bayshore
Right hand page of pool at condo. The Bayshore

There are so many decorative details and to give a feeling of the patterns and palms, I divided the page horizontally for the water expanse, then used a technical pen for the patterns.

I am in Singapore visiting my son and his family, staying on the 18th floor of a condo. The luxurious pool makes apartment life viable, as you meet neighbours, ex-pats, can barbecue and socialise. Our granddaughters aged 8 and 4 swim like little fishes. For the time that I’m away, I am recording my travels in sketches instead of the usual blog. Using an iPad I can’t edit my work other than basic cropping.

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  1. Rae Smith says

    April 29, 2015 at 11:27 pm

    Beautiful!

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