Artists • Gallery • Batik Painting Workshop in Singapore
Singapore Prison Service held their staff wellness programme which tied in with the school holidays. Staff brought their children to work, where there were workshops on family wellness and also some special programmes tailored especially for the kids. The 8 to 13 year olds were enlisted into my caricature drawing workshop. I started with an... Continue Reading →
Mapletree Investments own and operate Vivo city, Singapore's largest retail and lifestyle destination. Obviously, they held their family day event at the rooftop of Vivo city, famous for its big ampitheatre and large garden with several wading pools. I was hired as their caricature artist and drawing quick caricatures non-stop for four hours. It was... Continue Reading →
My son is a Spiderman fanatic. So much so, that not a day passed without him bugging us to let him watch his DVD. He went to stay with his grandparents for a few nights which gave me some peace. I missed him though, so I drew this gift for him. He was super thrilled... Continue Reading →
The principal of Bartley Secondary School is leaving for another school. One of the teacher contacted me to do a caricature of her as a parting gift. I drew in the passing of baton, which pleasantly represents the situation. They liked it very much. Post note: We established a website specifically for our caricature drawing... Continue Reading →
Anglo Chinese School (International) had us conducting a graffiti workshop cum competition with the theme 'One World'. The theme was chosen by the school to reflect the multi-nationality of its students. This workshop introduces the entire level of secondary two students (134 attended) to the art of graffiti. It is also a competition to identify... Continue Reading →
We were at Manjusri Secondary School to conduct post-examination workshop for their secondary-one and two students. Exams just over, so this workshop is a light hearted introduction to the art of caricature drawing. Besides having a hands-on experience at drawing exaggerated features, students were elated to receive their caricatures by either Ruoshi, William Tan or... Continue Reading →
Ruoshi and I did a gig for Singhealth's Dinner and Dance. One of the doctor being drawn compared the way we draw to how he worked at the polyclinic - Long queues, so no longer than five minutes per patient! There were even some familiar faces from where we send our son for his medical... Continue Reading →
Outram Secondary school has a legal graffiti wall created by 25 secondary-two students for their 'Art Alive' programme. The wall located at the 5th floor atrium was 'bombed' and 'buffed' repeatedly for 14 weeks and this is the finale. It really brightens up the school. The principal, Mdm Choy Wai Yin, the school staff and... Continue Reading →
I was in Reno, Nevada, USA from 30th Sep - 6th Oct 2007 for the National Caricaturists Network (NCN) convention. An annual gathering of professional caricature artists from around the world. The awesome experience is still fresh despite having travelled 25 hours to get back home (going there was just as trying). I am happy... Continue Reading →
This week also saw the completion of another 10-week programme for batik painting. The Primary 4 students of Blangah Rise Primary underwent our basic batik painting programme successfully. Based on our past year experiences, we made some modifications to our batik painting pedagogy for primary school children. With the objective of making it safe, exciting... Continue Reading →