Workshop B: Extending and Expanding: Combining Multiple Sheets of Paper to Capture Large Scenes

Instructor: Ch’ng Kiah Kiean (Malaysia)

Location: National Library of Singapore

Have you ever encounter with the problems that I want to do a big piece of sketch while travelling? It’s too troublesome to carry a big or long paper especially travels by flight. Have you ever want to do a super long panorama sketch, street or aerial view but the paper is not long enough?

Workshop Description

• Participants will learn how to combine multiple sheets of same size paper to capture large scenes.
• Tips of sketching panorama aerial view.
• Tips of leaving white or blank space in your sketch creatively.

Learning goals

• Re-think of the usual sketching format.
• Re-think of the traditional sketching composition.

What are the materials/ tools that participants supposed to bring?

• Same size 1/8 imperial (or 19 x 28 cm) watercolor papers (at least 10 pieces or more)
• Sketching materials that you often used
• Sketching board
• Masking tape

Workshop schedule

30 mins             PPT introduction (tools and sketching techniques overview)

15 mins             preparing the sketching tools

30 mins             demo

90 mins             sketch exercise

15 mins             review and Q&A