There are some events company requested tom do caricature or portrait using charcoal. Usually I will do it in a bigger piece paper with an easel (drawing stand). I prefer using easel and bigger piece paper because I like the freedom of my hand movement while drawing; that was lots fun but of course, draw in bigger piece and using easel, you can put your hand weight on the paper, your hands will draw without and thing to support your hands and arms, it could be quiet tiresome if not use to it.That was no longer 2 minutes drawing, event it you can do it within 2 minutes, but after few pieces, if you don’t have a strong arm, your speed will be slower and slower, I mean talking about an hour’s booking to draw the guests in the event.Sometime I draw caricature, sometime I draw quick portrait while using charcoal with easel on big paper, depend on how the person being drawn can be inspired me.
So many artists claimed that they doing caricature for event much longer then me event I had been doing it 15yrs ago. I did believe Einstein is the first person who do caricature in event, in Singapore, he is the pioneer.
Eric Ng, one of the pioneer caricaturists who drawn in Orchard Road Midpoint building (if I am not wrong) was using easel and big size paper, Einstein did it as well. Thought nowadays you hardly see them during dinner and dance because they were successes in their own business.
As an ambidextrous caricaturist, I do caricature drawing since 1990 in Singapore. Einstien from Norway is the pioneer caricaturist with certain years before me, then follow by Eric Ng, Saik, Poon Ee Way whose were my senior. Chong Jit Leong, which known having shop at Yishun area doing full time portrait and caricature around that time as well if not wrong. Not much people doing caricature for events fringe art during that period. Nowadays, more than 22 active caricaturists in the industry.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
Caricature at Meritus Mandarin Hotel
Engaged by an event company to do live caricature drawing for MIWU’s dinner & dance. Meritus Mandarin was having renovation outside the building; I heard they will make over part of the hotel to extend a new building portion for shopping mall.There was a calligrapher in the event, writing the guests’ name in a small wooden piece. Alison was in-charge bodyart.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Chinese Seventh month Ghost Festival
In Chinese traditional custom, the 7th month of Chinese calendar was ‘ghost festival’, which believed the ‘government of the hell’ had release some of the ‘citizen’ or their ‘prison’ and some related god come to our life world for free activities until end of Chinese 7th month.
During this period, usually lots Chinese will try to pray for good luck and also donate some money and clothes (which made by special papers) through burning it to them.; this is the way to deliver it to the ghosts’ living dimension.
Some temple has take this chance to do some activities like fund raising and engage some stage performance to entertain the god and ghost during the 7th month ghost festival.
During this period, usually lots Chinese will try to pray for good luck and also donate some money and clothes (which made by special papers) through burning it to them.; this is the way to deliver it to the ghosts’ living dimension.
Some temple has take this chance to do some activities like fund raising and engage some stage performance to entertain the god and ghost during the 7th month ghost festival.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Watch Singapore National Day Celebration at NTUC Building!
Friday, August 8, 2008
2-3 minutes caricature drawing on 8th Aug 08
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Formula One Party!
Than was great I got a chance to do caricature for the even of Formula one Party at Novus - National Museum of Singapore. The best was I got chance to take a phot with the beautiful and sexy race queens!
Labels:
Caricature,
F1,
formula one party,
national museum,
Novus
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Caricature at Raffles Marina
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