Fishing Boats at Seletar

Hi there,Happy Easter Sunday everyone!

I woke up early to find the weather not the best for outdoor activities... dark clouds have gathered in the distance. The fiery orange patch against the largely dark purplish clouds are too beautifully painted by God that I just couldn't resist to take a snapshot of it.

However, it usually rains only in the afternoon for the past few weeks. So, I quickly packed up my plein aire backpack and headed to an Indian coffee shop at Jalan Kayu (literally translated as Wood Road) where I have arranged to meet up with a few artist friends from Singapore Watercolour Society. We had a simple breakfast of teh tarik and roti prata and drove to the seaside via Seletar Camp. This place is very much like Changi Village where I went to paint last month with plenty of fishing boats.



The difference is this place is closer to the sea. I found out from a map later that the distant background is actually neighbouring Johor, Malaysia. That tells you how close physically these two countries really are... and just like most neighbours, they have their good and bad times... but I'm not going into that!






After taking a few photographs, I found a shaded spot and got down to paint... It took me around 2.5 hours to finish it.



Half Sheet of Fabriano Artistico 14" x 21"Mostly W&N and Rembrandt Artist Paints.
Hope you like it. :-D


Well, I'm very happy that I've made good use of the Easter holidays, did two outdoor paintings within three days. That's twice as much as I've done over two months! And to produce such pleasing results on both ocassions is definitely icing on the cake!