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Book Review: Landmarks of Malaysia: 360 Paintings
This 360-page watercolour sketchbook by Malaysian artist Chin Kon Yit is just amazing. The sheer size of the book is impressive and awe-inspiring. Knowing the number of paintings in the book gives me...
View ArticleFlip Through of My Pentalic Cotton Watercolour Journal
I've finally filled up the Pentalic cotton watercolour journal that I reviewed a few weeks ago. It took me more than two months to fill 48 pages which I consider to be an achievement because I usually...
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Book Review: A Walking Tour: Shanghai
This is part of the Walking Tour series of guides published by Marshall Cavendish. It's a tour guide book actually. It's an informative guide with maps marked out with walking routes. Places of...
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Book Review: A Year in Japan by Kate T. Williamson
A Year in Japan is a charming travelogue by Kate T. Williamson, a writer and illustrator from New York City. Unlike other travelogues where you'll see location art, this book focuses on the individual...
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Book Review: Omphalos: Kim Jung Gi Sketchbook
Images in this review may be NSFWOmphalos is Kim Jung Gi's 2015 sketchbook. Unlike the earlier 2007 & 2011 and 2013 sketch collections, this book doesn't have any year associated with it.Omphalos...
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Book Review: Sketching from the Imagination: Sci-fi
This is the third book from the Sketching from the Imagination series published by 3dtotal Publishing. I love all three of them and I hope they keep coming up with more volumes.The book is still...
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Book Review: Bali Sketchbook by Graham Byfield
Here's another sketchbook by artist Graham Byfield.Bali Sketchbook was originally published in 1998. Byfield has made several trips to Bali in 1997 to capture the scenes and everyday life on this...
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Book Review: Draw It: Tools, Techniques, Methods
Draw It is a book on tips and techniques for sketching. The chapters are divided according to the different tools used such as the pencil, pen, brush pen, marker, pastel and watercolour. The pages are...
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Book Review: Scenes of Thailand by Edric Hsu
My sketcher friend Edric Hsu has just released his first published sketchbook called Scenes of Thailand featuring sketches he drew in Thailand. This seems like a piece of commissioned work from...
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Review: Stillman & Birn Alpha Series Sketchbook (150gsm)
After filling 97 out of the 124 pages in the Stillman & Birn's Alpha series sketchbook during a sketching trip in Hong Kong, I feel like I've finally used it enough to form an opinion.The Alpha...
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Mediterranean Cuisines by Santi Sallés
Below are some preview pages from Santi Sallés' new book Mediterranean Cuisines.The illustrations are so lovely! Be sure to check out more sketches on his Flickr page.I've no idea when the book will be...
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Book Review: 傘下速寫 (Sketches Under The Umbrella)
I bought this book from Alvin Wong while he was here in Singapore last week for the Urban Sketchers Symposium in Singapore. He's one of the sketchers from Hong Kong.When I first heard of him mentioning...
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Book Review: Jean-Baptiste Monge Sketchbook
Jean-Baptiste Monge sent me his new sketchbook recently to show everyone here. It's a 66-page almost A4-size paperback. This is his volume #1 sketchbook that features lovely pencil sketches of...
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Book Review: The World is so Big: Art Artist's Sketchbook by James Tan
Here's the sketchbook of my friend James Tan, a freelance artist in Singapore. A few years ago, he and his wife went on a six months trip after quitting their jobs. They traveled to 14 countries in...
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Book Review: Let's Draw! Singapore
This project started a year ago. Back then, there was this idea to compile a book of sketches by passing a sketchbook around where each artist will contribute something. It's something like...
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Book Review: Every Person in New York
In 2008, Jason Polan gave himself a challenge to draw every person in New York. His earlier projects were The Every Piece Of Art in The Museum Of Modern Art Book, An Entire Bag of Popcorn, and Every...
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Book Review: Berlin Sketchbook by Fabrice Moireau
I'm a big fan of Fabrice Moireau's watercolour sketches and paintings, so it's delightful to see that he has a new book out. It has been a long wait since his previous two books that were released in...
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Book Review: Beginner's Guide to Sketching: Characters, Creatures and Concepts
After 3dtotal published all those wonderful sketchbooks from the Sketching From the Imagination series, I started to wonder when they are going to have a book that teaches sketching. Well, here's that...
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Review: Superbelle Sketchbook One & Two by ArtGerm
Two months ago, I wrote about my friend's inkink online store. Today, I just received two sketchbooks mailed to me for review.The two sketchbooks are by Stanley Lau, aka ArtGerm, the illustrator,...
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Review: K Sketchbook Volume 3 & 4
I met Keh Choon Wee (blog) again this year at STGCC 2015. I was interviewing him on tips for setting up booths at the artist alley. He passed two sketchbooks to me, K Vol 3 and Vol 4. Every year, he...
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