19/10/2009 • 11:21 AM 5
Pen : Lamy Safari Charcoal Fountain Pen, Extra Fine Nib
Ink : Noodler’s Ink – Polar Black
Medium : Derwent Inktense Watersoluble Pencils, Staedler Karat Aquarell Watercolour Pencils, Daler-Rowney Acrylic Titanium White
Paper : Tracing paper
Filed under: Illustration, Sketch , Der, Derwent Inktense Set, Drawing, Illustration, Monastery, Noodler's, Noodler's Ink, Polar, Polar Black, Sketch, Stae, Staedler Karat Aquarell
17/10/2009 • 3:09 PM 1
@ OldTown White Coffee, 3Two Square, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Filed under: Food, Illustration, Sketch, Urban Sketches , 3Two Square, Beverage, Breakfast, Food, Fountain Pen, Lamy Safari Charcoal, Lineart, Malaysia, Milk Tea, Napkin Art, Noodler’s Ink, OldTown White Coffee, Petaling Jaya, Polar Black, Selangor, Sketch, Western Platter
11/10/2009 • 5:13 PM 0
My ‘Subway Club’ 6 inch Sandwich was made up of Parmesan Oregano bread, turkey breast, turkey ham, roast beef, cheese, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, olive, green pepper, onion, mayonaise, mustard, ketchup, olive oil, vinegar, salt, pepper and Parmesan cheese. To go with Coke. Very full.
I had my Moleskine with me at that time but the Subway napkin looked too colourful for me to resist sketching on it.
Filed under: Food, Illustration, Sketch, Urban Sketches , Jaya33, Lamy Fountain Pen, Napkin Art, Noodler’s Ink, Petaling Jaya, Polar Black, Selangor, Subway Sandwich
09/10/2009 • 1:17 AM 0
No, I am not a collector but an user.
This is a quite rare find of the Yashica rangefinder range. What I like about it is the 35mm f/1.8 lens! Wideangle and big aperture – just the right camera for streets and portraiture. Cannot wait to try it out soon.
Pen : Lamy Safari Charcoal Fountain Pen Extra FIne Nib
Ink : Noodler’s Ink Polar Black
Material : Moleskine Pocket Size Daily Planner 2009 (Soft Cover)
Filed under: Illustration, Journal, Photography, Sketch , Drawing, Film Camera, Illustration, Journal, Lamy Fountain Pen, Moleskine Pocket Diary, Noodler’s Ink, Polar Black, Rangefinder, Sketch, Yashica Electro 35 CC, Yashinon 35mm f/1.8
06/10/2009 • 4:12 PM 0
Live sketch on napkin when I was having my hot chocolate and some cream puffs at B2B Bakery Store at Menara Axis, PJ.
Filed under: Illustration, Sketch , Bakery Store, Fountain Pen, Lamy Fountain Pen, Live Sketching, Napkin Art, Noodler's Ink, Petaling Jaya, Polar Black, Selangor, Urban Sketcher
04/10/2009 • 12:42 AM 0
A bit disorganised lately…
It’s alright if you can tell what are those stuff on my desk. It’s messy, anyway.
Medium : Derwent drawing pencils
Filed under: Illustration, Personal, Sketch , Derwent Drawing Pencils, Desk, Illustration, Messy Desk, Sketch, Sketching
23/09/2009 • 10:33 PM 1
Be EXCELLENT in EVERYTHING you do. Don’t settle for mediocrity. Be your BEST!
Pen : Lamy Safari Charcoal Fountain Pen Extra Fine Nib
Ink : Noodler’s Ink Polar Black
Medium : Derwent Drawing Pencils
Brush : Goldie Artists’ Super Nylon No. 3
Material : Moleskine Pocket Size Daily Planner 2009 (Soft Cover)
Filed under: Illustration, Journal, Message, Sketch , Derwent Drawing Pencils, Illustration, Lamy Fountain Pen, Message, Moleskine Pocket Diary
• 10:26 PM 1
Pen : Lamy Safari Charcoal Fountain Pen Extra Fine Nib
Ink : Noodler’s Ink Polar Black
Material : Moleskine Pocket Size Watercolour Notebook
Filed under: Illustration, Sketch, Travel , Lamy, Lamy Fountain Pen, Lebuh King, Lineart, Malaysia, Noodler's Ink, Penang, Polar Black, Sketch
• 10:22 PM 0
Read Deuteronomy 30:19
Pen : Lamy Safari Charcoal Fountain Pen Extra Fine Nib
Ink : Noodler’s Ink Polar Black
Medium : Daler-Rowney Aquafine Watercolour
Brush : Rarhael Martre No. 6
Material : Moleskine Pocket Size Daily Planner 2009 (Soft Cover)
Filed under: Illustration, Journal, Message, Sketch , Bible Verse, Drawing, Illustration, Journal, Lamy Fountain Pen, Moleskine, Moleskine Pocket Diary, Scripture, Sketch, Watercolour
• 10:15 PM 0
A day of book shopping and donut eating.
Live sketch at J.Co Donuts place @ Pavilion KL.
Pen : Lamy Safari Charcoal Fountain Pen Extra Fine Nib
Ink : Noodler’s Ink Polar Black
Medium : Staedtler Karat Aquarell Watercolour Pencils
Brush : Rarhael Martre No. 6
Material : Moleskine Pocket Size Daily Planner 2009 (Soft Cover)
Filed under: Illustration, Journal, Personal, Sketch, Urban Sketches , Become A Better You, Book, Drawing, Illustration, J.Co Donuts, Joel Osteen, Journal, Kuala Lumpur, Lamy, Lamy Fountain Pen, Moleskine, Moleskine Pocket Diary, Pavilion KL, Sketch, Urban, Urban Sketches, Watercolour Pencils
• 10:10 PM 0
How many times when you’re in a situation you tend to talk about your problem and complain about it? We will find that most of the time by doing that you won’t solve the problem but it gets worse as you talk more about it.
The revelation to you today is that do not talk about your problem but talk to your problem instead! Do not speak about how big your problem is but speak to that problem how big God it!
“… if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” – Matthew 17:20
Pen : Lamy Safari Charcoal Fountain Pen Extra Fine Nib
Ink : Noodler’s Ink Polar Black
Medium : Daler-Rowney Aquafine Watercolour
Brush : Ashley Dagger No. 3/8
Material : Moleskine Pocket Size Daily Planner 2009 (Soft Cover)
Filed under: Illustration, Journal, Message, Sketch , Drawing, Illustration, Journal, Lamy Fountain Pen, Message, Moleskine Pocket Diary, Sketch, Watercolour
01/09/2009 • 12:19 AM 0
Napkin sketch of Royal Hot Milk Tea.
Photo taken with Olympus XA, on an expired Agfa Vista 200.
Napkin sketch of Pavilion Pedestrian Bridge
Dinner at DainTi Hill Restaurant, Pavilion Kuala Lumpur.
Filed under: Personal, Sketch, Urban Sketches , DainTi Hill Restaurant, Kuala Lumpur, Live Sketches, Milk Tea, Napkin Art, Pavilion KL, Pedestrian Bridge, Urban Sketches
31/08/2009 • 11:57 PM 0
Seven Steps to Success. Visual summary from John C Maxwell’s book in visual mind map.
Filed under: Illustration, Journal, Message, Sketch , Diary, Drawing, Handwriting, Illustration, Journal, Lamy Fountain Pen, Leadership, Message, Mind Map, Moleskine, Noodler's Ink, Polar Black, Steps to Success
• 12:50 AM 0
Want to live a debt-free life? And be blessed financially? Follow this financial management principal which I learnt from a great teacher, Joyce Meyer.
Firstly : Work
Secondly : Give
Thirdly : Save
Lastly : Spent
Filed under: Cartoon Illustration, Illustration, Journal, Sketch , Cartoon, Debt-Free Life, Diary, Drawing, Financial Management Principal, Illustration, Journal, Lamy Fountain Pen, Message, Moleskine, Money, Noodler's Ink, Photography, Polar Black, Prosperity, Selangor, Sketch, Watercolour Pencils
29/08/2009 • 3:07 PM 0
Taking sometime off in the morning to draw a tree at the park. Life’s great!
Filed under: Illustration, Journal, Sketch, Urban Sketches , Death Bed, Diary, Drawing, Illustration, Journal, Lamy Fountain Pen, Message, Moleskine, Noodler's Ink, Park, Petaling Jaya, Photography, Polar Black, Relationship, Selangor, Sketch, Taman Jaya, Tree, Urban Sketches, Watercolour
22/08/2009 • 1:58 AM 5
I can’t remember how long since I last went for an outing with friends for a photowalk until last weekend a photography friend from Seremban suggested we have one on last Sunday in KL so we went to Pudu with another friend. Me, Ong and Kian Kheong, armed ourselves with only film cameras we roamed around the busy old Pudu market. I have been to this beautiful market a few times and it was the first time for the two guys. They could agree with me that this is a place they would like to come back again the next time. There seems to be so much to see – the charm and beauty of this old part of the Kuala Lumpur city.
As for myself, I got a little bit lazy to lug my SLR around, a little bit lazy to point at strangers and take their pictures like I usually do. I did some random shots for a bit with my little Olympus XA and got kind of bored after walking a few rounds. I wanted to do something I have not done before in this place and so I had got myself two of my Moleskine watercolour notebooks and two Lamy fountain pens ready before leaving my house on that day just in case I saw something inspiring that was worth penned down on the paper and I did. I only managed to make use of the pocket size notebook and left the other big one untouched.
Here you go – two scenes I managed to sketch out live on the spot.
First one : Chinese grocery store
This is a 50 year-old grocery store run by two Chinese men who claimed that the business was passed down to them by their former employer. Located at a corner lot of a row of shophouses in this old market. The interior space is small and congested but I find it rather interesting. Limited by time and space on my small watercolour notebook I decided to focus and pen down just a small corner of the store – where goods are hung up on the shutter doors. The owners were extremely friendly, supportive and happy to have my presence around drawing their store.
Have a closer look at the live sketch I did on site.
And rendered with watercolour when I got home.
Second one : Knife sharpening service man
It was a quick and rough sketch done as my friends and I were almost leaving this rustic yet charming place of the city when we decided to hang around this man’s humble street stall for a little while. His kind of service is one of those that have been continued down from the olden days. As of today only a few old folks who are still doing such business as of this kind. Generation comes generation goes. I doubt any of the younger ones would do this as a career anymore. It is just a matter of time this trade will be gone, forever…
Have I got enough of Pudu market yet? No. I will certainly be back for more sketches. 
By the way, stay tuned for my Pudu photos when the negatives are done.
Filed under: Illustration, Photography, Sketch, Travel, Urban Sketches , Drawing, Kuala Lumpur, Lamy Fountain Pen, Malaysia, Market, Moleskine Watercolour Notebook, Noodler’s Ink, Photography, Polar Black, Pudu, Sketch, Urban Sketches, Watercolour
19/08/2009 • 11:32 PM 4
Do we really need a pricey Moleskine notebook to draw a piece of artwork. Not necessarily. A cheap thin piece napkin does the job equally well too.
Simple live sketch, at PappaRich.
Filed under: Illustration, Sketch, Urban Sketches , 3Two Square, Cafe, Coffeeshop, Drawing, Illustration, Kopitiam, Live Sketch, Malaysia, Milo, PappaRich, Petaling Jaya, Restaurant, Selangor, Urban Sketches
13/08/2009 • 4:29 AM 2
I realised that this year my main focus and priority is more on my design business and spend more time polishing up my drawing skills, thus this decision of mine of letting go some of the cameras from my collection rather than letting them lie around collecting dust. These are the few cameras I have let go recently. I do not miss them neither do I feel sayang to have lost them in my life. I do not love things. But I am glad I have found them new owners who can take care of them now. 
Canon A35 Datelux
Yashica Auto Focus
Cosina CT1 Super + Auto Sears 50mm f/2.0
More cameras to let go soon…
Filed under: Illustration, Journal, Photography, Sketch , Auto Sears 50mm f/2.0, Brush, Canon A35 Datelux, Cosina CT1 Super, Drawing, Film Cameras, Film Photography, Illustration, Journal, Lamy Fountain Pen, Painting, Watercolour, Yashica Auto Focus
• 4:15 AM 0
Been really busy at work lately. Enjoying my work to the max, though!
Here’s a very quick update on last month’s journal pages.
Filed under: Illustration, Journal, Message, Sketch , Diary, Drawing, Illustration, Journal, Lamy Fountain Pen, Moleskine, Noodler's Ink, Polar Black, Sketch, Watercolour
16/07/2009 • 9:07 PM 1
Talent is never enough, you know?
Tools and media :
Lamy Safari Charcoal fountain pen with Noodler’s Ink – Polar Black, Steadtler Karat Aquarell Watercolor Pencils, Daler-Rowney Aquafine watercolour pocket set + Daler Rowney White Acrylic, Moleskine pocket diary.
Filed under: Illustration, Journal, Message, Personal, Sketch , Diary, Drawing, Illustration, John C Maxwell, Journal, Moleskine, Talent is Never Enough
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