a big scary boy Cain commission!

Day 12 of #28daychallenge during P2HA2. Theme: All Things Beautiful One of my favorite subjects to sketch is old rustic scenes / architecture. There’s just a charm to old places that intrigues me and draw me in. They make me wonder who had lived, worked, or played there, and what sort of things had happened. I first discovered this old police post a couple months back when my cycling buddy Yujin brought me to explore the Green Corridor. This place stands a stone’s throw from the end of the GC, called Spooner Road, between Kampong Bahru and Spottiswoode estate, just on the outskirts of Chinatown. This old, dilapidated (excuse the misspelling in the sketch) post looked completely out of place amidst some construction site and modern residential places. I knew I had to come back and capture it. And so I did yesterday, when I went on my National Day solo sketchride. I couldn’t find much info about this police post per se, but boy, did I get major chills down my spine when I read about the spooky history of Spooner Road (the green flats in the background). Turns out this was considered the most haunted neighborhood in Singapore! 😱😅 Historically speaking, those flats (built in the early ‘70s) used to be staff housing for Malaysians who worked at the now decommissioned KTM (M’sia-owner Tg Pagar Railway Station). Later residents who moved into the estate reported hearing eerie sounds of crying and spotting weird happenings, not just outside, but within the flats themselves. 😬😂 Good thing I was there at noon. 😂 Currently this old police post is kept up by an old man, whose belongings are seen strewn around the house. Didn’t get a chance to chat with him. Perhaps I might the next time I visit. That is, IF it was in fact an old man that I saw. 🤭😬 #28daychallenge #AllThingsBeautiful #weekendsketchers #singaporesketchers #keepsketching #beatcovidwithart #Phase2HA2 #phase2heightenedalert2 #sketchingthroughpandemic #Phase2HA2sketches #usksg #usk #urbansketchers #urbansketching #urbansketch #sketchwalker #sketchrider #sketchride #spoonerroad #spottiswoodepark *Instagram: @synchopat

here is my beautiful kobold Yoko as an heir of life! As drawn by Sketchride (@sketchride)!

My piece from this morning’s sketchride. My office has moved to this nostalgically rustic neighborhood. Glad I finally got to sketch this place. ———————————— First sketch ride of the year for our small group of Urban Sketchriders SG, at Joo Chiat area. We didn’t ride as long as outing, but the ride is not the point today, but slow, relaxed exploration and sketching, are. And we had @elyssaart Sangmi joining us for the first time today! 🤗 Wonderful weather, amazing food, awesome sketch locations, great conversations and the best company. What more can one ask for? It’s been a painful and draining season for me; I needed this. 😓 Can’t wait for our March Sketchride. 🙌🏼🙌🏼🍺🍺 #usksg #usk #usrsg #urbansketchers #sketchride #urbansketchriders #joochiat #singapore (at Koon Seng Road) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cozxi-gvMuO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

First sketch ride of the year for our small group of Urban Sketchriders SG, at Joo Chiat area. We didn’t ride as long as outing, but the ride is not the point today, but slow, relaxed exploration and sketching, are. And we had @elyssaart Sangmi joining us for the first time today! 🤗 Wonderful weather, amazing food, awesome sketch locations, great conversations and the best company. What more can one ask for? It’s been a painful and draining season for me; I needed this. 😓 Can’t wait for our March Sketchride. 🙌🏼🙌🏼🍺🍺 #usksg #usk #usrsg #urbansketchers #sketchride #urbansketchriders #joochiat #singapore (at Koon Seng Road) https://www.instagram.com/p/CozwWAaPPYE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Out on a sketch ride to Bukit Timah Railway Station with Sketchrider buddy @i_kenlee. Lovely day out. ❤️🙌🏼🙌🏼☕️☕️ *Kakimori Brass nib, Noodler’s Bulletproof Black ink, Daniel Smith Artist Watercolors, Home made Arches 300gsm (hot pressed) sketchbook. #usksg #urbansketchers #urbansketchriderssingapore #sketchride #ride #bromptonsg #bromptonsketchers #btrs #danielsmith #straitsartco #archespaper (at Bukit Timah railway station) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfvd1wEPLmO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Out on a sketch ride to Bukit Timah Railway Station with Sketchrider buddy @i_kenlee. Lovely day out. ❤️🙌🏼🙌🏼☕️☕️ #usksg #urbansketchers #urbansketchriderssingapore #sketchride #ride #bromptonsg #bromptonsketchers #btrs (at Bukit Timah railway station) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfvcIdDPTwl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=