End of Term

[By Tia Boon Sim, Singapore] The first term of first semester had just ended two weeks ago. This semester, I was observing a class of non-Chinese students taking a subject called “Introduction to Language and Culture (Mandarin)”. It was so inspiring and fun to watch them speaking Mandarin. My colleague also did a wonderful job in engaging them in class.

People know me for my urban landscape sketches but I also want to record my memorable times at work. These three classroom sketches at different sessions were all collected in a A6 sketchbook that I found in a pile of new and unused sketchbooks. The Piccadilly sketchbook was bought in Portland when I first attended the Urban Sketchers Symposium in 2010. It was not ideal for sketching when there was a lot of ‘show through’ as the fountain pen ink ‘bled’ through the pages which also warped when light washes were applied. Brush pen was better and I would apply digital colours if I had time.

Tools: Piccadilly Sketchbook size 90x140mm, brush pen and digital colours.