Singapore Sketchbook

Singapore Sketchbook

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  • Create Date：2022-10-26 06:57:25
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
  • Status：finish
  • Author：Gretchen Liu
  • ISBN：9814068403
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Summary

Singapore Sketchbook is a celebration of streets and buildings， classic scenes and marvelous architectural details。 Singapore is a thriving， modern city; but a mixture of modernity and a rich heritage， often beautifully restored， gives it a unique character。 The willingness to conserve the best of Singapore's old buildings， already well in evidence when the first edition of this book appeared， continues unabated and the results are recorded in paintings and pencil sketches produced specially for this new edition。 A stroll through almost any part of the island will take you past enchanting restored shophouses and a variety of busy religious， civic and commercial structures。

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Reviews

Lowbrow ，

Lovely urban sketches of one of my favourite cities。 I’ve been trying to copy out the watercolours。

Parka ，

（More pictures on my blog）This is the second edition of Singapore Sketchbook。 The first was published in 1995 and the second was in 2001。 I like this book more than the Oxford Sketchbook and London Sketchbook， both also by Graham Byfield。 It could be I'm biased since I live in Singapore。Featured in the sketchbook are the watercolour paintings capturing the older streets and buildings of Singapore。 These are buildings of shophouses， houses and colonial buildings from the past， some dating （More pictures on my blog）This is the second edition of Singapore Sketchbook。 The first was published in 1995 and the second was in 2001。 I like this book more than the Oxford Sketchbook and London Sketchbook， both also by Graham Byfield。 It could be I'm biased since I live in Singapore。Featured in the sketchbook are the watercolour paintings capturing the older streets and buildings of Singapore。 These are buildings of shophouses， houses and colonial buildings from the past， some dating to before World War II。 For me， it's nostalgic looking at the buildings， some of which have undergone restorations。 Many， if not all， the buildings in the book are still around。 There are captions for all the paintings the describe the sights and scenes。I wanted to point out the publication dates earlier because this book only presents one side of Singapore， that from the past。 Singapore has been developing at a tremendous rate for the last 10 years。 You don't see the modern side which are represented by the high-rise housing blocks， glass covered offices， and the many recent attractions added， such as the Singapore Flyer， Marina Bay Sands and the new Financial Centre， Gardens by the Bay， Sentosa and many more。 Perhaps there is a need for a updated and expanded edition。 Overall， it's a beautiful sketchbook recommended to watercolour and sketchbook lovers。 。。。more

Reference

google book https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=Singapore Sketchbook

hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=Singapore Sketchbook&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft

The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Singapore Sketchbook&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0