Travel illo

  • Italy,  mixed media,  Rome,  Travel illo

    Illustrato Schizzi di Italia V

    The visit to Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Lazio, Italia, opposite the B&B. Here’s a winged Italian permanent resident, not too sure whether it’s Andalusian or Blue Barred Holle Cropper. They are all pigeon to me, no matter what type. Haha, this reminds me of Colgate.

    Anyway, I stick a receipt of postcards that I bought opposite the piazza. 4 postcards for 2 Euros!

    pigeon

    Will draw the basilica next, well if I’m up to it, because the architecture is so great. Detailing might takes awhile.

  • Italy,  mixed media,  Rome,  Travel illo

    Illustrato Schizzi di Italia IV

    This personal project is actually an illustrated scrapbook of my trip to Italy last March 2010. I just got around to do it because during my trip I was busy taking pictures and not much time to stick around a place to sketch.

    b&b maggiore

    Me getting myself connected to the internet to keep in touch with people at home. Background: the building where B&B Maggiore is located with roughly some details on the building. And a simple road map of where it’s located. Eh, I forgot to add Via Merulana! Lol. Later lah.

  • Italy,  mixed media,  Rome,  Travel illo

    Illustrato Schizzi di Italia I

    This is just for my keepsake of the trip to Italy and  I will only draw in this journal when time permits. I am currently working on the JKM/Unicef book covers illustrations; have so far finished 7 out of 14. Hopefully to complete all by Sunday.

    All drawings of Illustrato Schizzi will be based on pictures that I took during the trip. I am using Mori Art de Vienna Sketch Journal. Size is A4, weight is 150gm and it’s acid free. I got it for RM14 only. The papers are quite good for light washes of watercolor.

    Ciao! Buonanotte!

    fiumicino

    Page 1: Fiumicino – Mixed Media

  • FT of Malaysia,  Malaysia,  Malaysia postcards,  Travel illo

    Federal Territories Illustrated Postcard

    UPDATED WITH LABUAN POSTCARD!

    Here’s all the eight postcards in the series:

    poscard labuan

    Download as print postcard: KL Illustrated Postcard VIII
    Resolution: 300dpi, jpg, 1.80MB

    postcard Vii

    Download and print postcard: Illustrated Postcard VII
    Resolution: 300dpi, jpg, 1.7MB

    Federal Territories Illustrated Postcard VI - Putrajaya

    Download and print postcard: Illustrated Postcard VI
    Resolution: 300dpi, jpg, 1.5MB

    Download as print postcard: KL Illustrated Postcard V
    Resolution: 300dpi, jpg, 1.65MB

    Download as print postcard: KL Illustrated Postcard IV
    Resolution: 300dpi, jpg, 1.8MB

    Download as print postcard: KL Illustrated Postcard III
    Resolution: 300dpi, jpg, 1.5MB

    KL postcard II

    Download and print postcard: KL Illustrated Postcard II
    Resolution: 300dpi, jpg, 2.9MB

    Download and print postcard: KL Illustrated Postcard I
    Resolution: 300dpi, jpg, 2.56MB

    Terms of Use
    You can use them long as it’s for personal use only.

    Instruction
    You need:

    • a two-sheet card (120gm)
    • a clear self-adhesive lamination sheet
    • Spray mount or PVA glue
    • and of course a color-printer.

    Instructions:

    • After printing, cut along the dotted line and fold by half.
    • Glue the inside by using spray mount or if you don’t have spray mount,  use PVA glue and use a piece of cardboard to spread the glue evenly.
    • Fold it and keep it under thick book for a while.
    • Cut the lamination sheet just about the size of the postcard.
    • Stick the sheet onto the image side of the postcard. Take a piece of cardboard and squeegee the sheets until it’s even.
    • Trim the edge nicely.
    • Keep it under the thick book again for half an hour.
    • Now you can send it safely to any destinations of the world!

    Note: If your printer’s inks are waterproof or if you’re using laserjet printer, you can skip the lamination process.

  • FT of Malaysia,  Kuala Lumpur,  Malaysia,  pen & ink,  sketch,  Travel illo,  TRAVEL/HOLIDAYS,  watercolor

    Random KL sketches

    I wish I could just sit and draw away directly but having a very active son, it is impossible because I have to tail him all the time. I am hoping to be able to do that when he grows up a bit. For the time being, most of my sketches are drawn from photos I captured intentionally for drawing purposes.

    sketch_cityline

    Below is a view from AKLEH (Ampang-KL Elevated Highway). Picture was taken by me while driving. Can you imagine holding steering with my left hand while snapping pictures away with my right hand? Do not try this in your car, ok?

    sketch_akleh

    Whenever I passed any beautiful buildings, I would stop and snapped pictures. Below are two of my favourite neo-classical buildings (Clock Tower of Sultan Abdul Samad Building & Textile Museum).

    sketch_clocktower

    sketch_textilemuseum

    I could not resist drawing the modern glass and steel Petronas Twin Towers because everywhere  I turn or look, the building is there. Even from where I stay I can see vivid image of the building.

    sketch_KLCC

    One of my hobby is watching and snapping photos of old windows and this particular window from one of the preserved buildings at Jalan Doraisamy did not escaped my eyes.

    sketch_jalandoraisamy

    Even when I stopped at the traffic light, I would capture any scene that caught my eyes. Below is a view from Jalan Raja heading to Jalan Raja Laut traffic light.

    sketch_ane

    Beside capturing scenery and buildings, my objects of interest are people; people doing their things, for example: ahem, Rashid Salleh…

    sketch_rashidsalleh

    …or this cute little girl in red…

    sketch_littlegirlred

    …or my son smooching the totem pole…

    sketch_yassinandthetotem

    …or my best blogger buddy, Yoon See posing with our evergreen singer, Kak Salamiah Hassan…

    sketch_yoonseeandkaksalamiah

    …or a tourist observing KL from the top of KL Tower…

    sketch_minahsalleh

    …or three uncles having chicken rice at Central Market food court.

    sketch_threeuncles

    I also love watching animals. Below were monkeys having fun at Tanglin Hospital during weekends…

    sketch_tanglinmonkeys

    …and three permanent winged residents of Sentul Park lake.

    sketch_duckofsentulpark

    Ducks or birds have always been my favourite subjects. Below are some drawings from my other sketch book.

    Here is a couple of ducks from Lake Garden cleaning their feathers…

    itik lake garden

    …and a beautiful black swan from KL Birds Park swimming gracefully.

    black swan from birds park

    If you’re at Birds Park, please look for this handsome peacock; I couldn’t exactly bring out all the details of its plumage, it’s too magnificent.

    peacock from birds park

    Beside animals, i love to draw nature too. Below is frangipani from KLCC. There are quite a large numbers of frangipani trees at KLCC Park; somewhere from the fountain leading to the pool area.

    frangipani klcc

    Last but not least, here is a creepy tree situated somewhere between the Convention Centre and KLCC Park.

    creepy tree of klcc

    I think I have put enough loads on your browser with my drawing images. You, should by now get the idea already that Kuala Lumpur never ceases to offer great subjects for you to draw.

    Just look around; your drawing subject might just be few inches near you.