courtesy of Mr. Alvin Yapp, on Saturday 14 April 2012, the Urban Sketchers Singapore were allowed to come over to The Intan at Joo Chiat Terrace to see his amazing collection of peranakan objects and, of course, sketch them! :)

both pieces were initially only pencil sketches but i touched up at home. i particularly like the second piece; the pretty slippers neatly lined in a row tucked under the handsomely carved wooden cabinet. it was simply beautiful, i just had to sketch it!

Mr. Alvin was a wonderful host, offering us kueh-kuehs and even playing the piano for us which as we were allowed to sit, squat, or stand in front of anything really and sketch ourselves silly trying to capture all the intricate details and wonderful shapes. it was a really great sketching atmosphere and i'm glad i got to be part of it. hope my sketches are improving with time. at least i can say that i'm a little bit more confident in using watercolours now :)