Don's Illustration Blog

Even after the gallery show, I have been back to Tiong Bahru now and then just because the estate is very near to where my wife works. However each time when I was there, it felt different all the time. My wife does not like the buildings in Tiong Bahru; she said they look more [...]

Well we were back at Jago Close again… for breakfast! As usual we ordered fried carrot cake, both black and white versions, then washed down with coffee and topped it all up with Roti Prata! We sat quite near the road so our view was the building on the opposite side where a really tall [...]

There is a Japan Gourmet Town in Raffles City Basement. One of the outlet is like Mache, you pick a card at the entrance and buy stuff with it, then pay later when you exit. Food is a pricey and reasonable in taste. Not so spectacular that I will develop a craving but nice enough [...]

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Showing here 2 WIPs as part of the daily draw and sketch exercise. Both characters came to mind when I was minding my own business on the great white throne this morning so I couldn’t wait. It’s part of a painting and character design practice. You know, we artists have to sharpen our skills all [...]

Our neighbors told us it was not usual to be so cold in Glendale. In fact it was the wettest and the coldest season since he moved here. Wow… everywhere we landed, we experienced extreme weather. We remembered our other landlord telling us during summer when we arrived in LA, it wasn’t so hot either. [...]

2 other watercolor studies done from photos taken during a trip to Monterey Bay.

Just 6 pieces. Not very productive this week – really busy shopping and eating out. Will do better coming week. I hope you have enjoyed these. “)

Just a bunch of sketches I did not long ago during a trip to Monterey and some other places. Found some time to put some colors in!