After a few proposed locations, we decided to start a series of school sketches, starting with St Teresa's school which was established in 1885. Since I had to tell my ex-teachers how many sketchers we were expecting, so that they can inform the school principal and the guards that we were coming during the weekend, I estimated about 8 sketchers. Therefore, we were pleasantly surprised with the turn out of 14 sketchers, including one new sketcher. Catherine, Gabrielle & I recalled going to school here, years ago. Quite a lot had changed since then. New covered walkways, new landscapes, new extension blocks, new outdoor furniture, new paint, etc.
We missed out on a group photo this round because the rain came suddenly & chased us away. All the close-up shots on artworks are courtesy of Jee.
Here are photos Jee took of us sketching, after he completed his own sketch. View more of our activities on our Facebook Group.
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I'd always been really proud of nurturing and encouraging parents who brought their children to sketch with urbansketchers; like Clive, who would patiently wait for Nicholas (13yo) & Nicole (11yo) to finish sketching, even brought them out for their own sketch outings some weekends.
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Halfway through, my ex-teachers came to have a look at our sketches and requested for my linework sketch to be used as a print on their new school books carry bag. I gladly obliged, after all it is considered a true honour to have students of my alma-mater carrying my sketch around.
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My alma-mater, while I sat under the tree, infested with dropping tiny leaves, mosquitoes, sand flies, wasps & other bugs. (blots were unintentional. from swatting flies) Urban sketching really made me observe details that would usually miss the fleeting eye; like missing letters in the signages, an ex-mission school with Arabic words inscribed on the walls of the school hall, non-symmetrical decorative columns, etc. cool!
