曇花及鳳凰花都是我家社區可見的植物,曇花為鄰居所種植,兩棵鳳凰花老樹是社區景觀植物,最近盛開成一片火紅。昨夜一場大雨打落了一地的鳳凰花,怡潔撿了一段給我,我就畫了!

2024
Graphite & watercolour on watercolour paper
28 x 76 cm / spread






點和線是好朋友。
Dots and lines are good friends.
2013.09.24
曇花及鳳凰花都是我家社區可見的植物,曇花為鄰居所種植,兩棵鳳凰花老樹是社區景觀植物,最近盛開成一片火紅。昨夜一場大雨打落了一地的鳳凰花,怡潔撿了一段給我,我就畫了!

2024
Graphite & watercolour on watercolour paper
28 x 76 cm / spread







2024
Graphite & watercolour on watercolour paper
56 x 38 cm




Date: June 16, 2024 (Sun)
Location: Brussels (Plantentuin Meise)
Instructor: Ch’ng Kiah Kiean (Malaysia)
Price EURO 100 per person
Participants: min 5, max 15 person
Registration
Register with Barbara Luel (barbaraluel@gmail.com) if you want to be on a waiting list.
* You need to book your own accommodation, local food and travel
Workshop Description
In this workshop participants will explore monotone sketch by using combination method of graphite pencil and watercolour graphite (the medium), pencil lines and Chinese calligraphy brush strokes (the lines), pencil hatching and brush painting (the texture).
Learning Goals
Sketching with Graphite & Watercolour Graphite encourages the participants to work with free hand lines, to look for the rhythms in lines, composition and subject. Participants will also learn the art of leaving negative space in composition.
Participant’s Supply List
Instructor will Supply
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Date: June 14, 2024 (Fri)
Location: Brussels (actual venue to be confirmed)
Instructor: Ch’ng Kiah Kiean (Malaysia)
Price EURO 100 per person
Participants: min 5, max 15 person
Registration
Register with Barbara Luel (barbaraluel@gmail.com) if you want to be on a waiting list.
* You need to book your own accommodation, local food and travel
Workshop Description
In this workshop I will teach the participants to make own sketching tools from dry twigs and dish washing sponge. We will also explore the use of Chinese ink as the main medium and the traditional Chinese ink painting concept of leaving white space.
Learning Goals
Sketching with Dry Twigs & Chinese Ink encourages the participants to handmade their own simple sketching tools with dry twigs collected from the surrounding. Explore the three basic art elements: dots, lines and shades in sketching with the medium of Chinese ink.
Participant’s Supply List
Instructor will Supply
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2024
Watercolour on paper
56 x 38 cm




2024
Graphite & watercolour on watercolour paper
56 x 38 cm



Upcoming sketching workshop at Thrissur Pooram Sketch Gala 2024, very honored to be invited to teach and share my sketching experience. It will be my first trip to India and looking forward to it.



More information and registration at https://thrissurpooramsketchgala2024.in/.

2024
Graphite & watercolour on watercolour paper
38 x 84 cm / triptych








2024
Graphite & watercolour on watercolour paper
56 x 38 cm




2024
Graphite & watercolour graphite on watercolour paper
56 x 38 cm




Happy Chinese New Year to everyone. I’m very exited and honored to be selected to teach workshop and do demo in the upcoming Urban Sketchers Symposium in Buenos Aires
this October 2024. Check out my workshop WS14 Sketching Architecture with Graphite & Watercolour Graphite and demo DEM14 Sketching Nature with Graphite & Watercolour Graphite at https://urbansketchers.org/2024/02/03/announcing-the-usk-symposium-buenos-aires-2024-program-schedule-workshop-instructors-and-activity-demo-presenters/.








2024
Graphite & watercolour on watercolour paper
38 x 28 cm