30
Jul 11

PORTRAITS AFTER DARK -12th August 2011, 7.30PM

Its August!!  OIC’s very 1st official “PORTRAITS AFTER DARK” is here! This is where you can meet the most interesting illustrators in Singapore and get your portraits drawn!

Bring your friends/ love ones ( and pets too! ) for some cool portraits!!

Twit and spread the word- @oicsingapore PORTRAITS AFTER DARK http://bit.ly/oicdark01

Registration for ARTISTS:

FULL HOUSE- Registration is now closed! Thanks for the overwhelming support!

Artists!?Polish your drawing skills & catch up with your OIC buddies at the same time. Everyone gets 20 minutes to draw the “patron/ sitter” at the same time. You get $10 for each drawing sold . Make it PLAYFUL and COLOURFUL, all skill levels welcomed. OIC Portrait Day is about artists having fun and experimenting with new ways to capture an interesting image and making new friends.?You don’t have to be an OIC member to take part but you have to register and please read the FAQ. Come and draw, make friends and spread good drawing vibes.

Artists Registration is FREE (Yes FREE for this session, no typo – but we will collect a small overhead charge for all drawings sold )

Posting your work for view & sale (compulsory ) is a sign of appreciation to the patron/sitter/ poser .

Registration for SITTERS/ POSERS:

You want your Portraits drawn? Pose for us!! We will love to draw YOU!!  Email us and book the time slots you want.

email “info [at] oicsingapore.com”
subject: “I want some portraits!”.
State name/ mobile number/ email address/ couple or 3-some/ your preferred timing ( 7.30pm, 8pm, 8.30pm, 9pm, 9.30pm )
Posing is FREE, each artwork is S$10 available for purchase- all proceeds goes to the artists.

Poster illustration contributed by Jake Wu. Jake has developed into a very interesting artist and has improved alot since we 1st know him as a student. He is now serving his National Service and will continue to join our drawing sessions whenever he can.

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28
Jul 11

HP TouchPad launch/ OIC Portraits After Dark @ Klapsons The Boutique Hotel

We were invited to the special event for HP’s TouchPad launch at the Klapsons The Boutique Hotel on 26th July. Due to the smaller space allocated to us – we have to be very selective and handpick 12 “spartans”/artists to show the crowd what a portrait event by OIC is all about!
We had a wonderful time pleasing the crowd! First time we had such an intense 1 to 1 kind of session and we were very pleased that even our new comers Xin Nie and Sharon took the challenge very well! There were also many queries about OIC and what we do.
We hope to do more such sessions especially with brands like HP that believes in giving local talents opprotunities to shine.
Thanks to Hsu Wei and the HP team, Pat Law and the GoodStuph crew , Edelman, PMG Asia and of course our specially handpicked team from OIC that make this event fun and memorable!

Here is the event video

view more pictures here: http://on.fb.me/polO24


25
Jul 11

SKETCHWALK JULY

We will have a special sketchwalk this saturday. A crazy one! An all-day one! And everyone is invited.

The sketchwalk schedule is as follows:

1) Meet 9am at City Hall MRT (Starbucks entrance)

2) St Andrew’s Cathedral

3) Old Capitol Building

4) Stamford House

5) Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce

6) Armenian Church

7) 12.30pm Lunch at Funan Digitalife Mall 4th Level Food Court and “show and tell”

8) Central Fire Station

9) Peranakan Museum

10) The Substation

11) MPH Building

12) CHIJMES Chapel and Courtyard

13) 5.30pm Dinner at Raffles City Shopping Centre 3rd Level Food Court and “show and tell”

14) Head over to One Fullerton or Esplanade for NDP rehearsal fireworks for more sketching!

We are keeping it informal. So you may drop in and drop out at any time. If you can only make it for a few hours, to make it simple, choose either the morning session (9am onward) or the afternoon one (12.30pm onward). Tia won’t be around this time. So Don, Edric and me will be the organisers. If you get lost or can’t find us, please contact Don 84183032. Edric 96358132 or me, Andrew 91070735. Dress breezy, travel light, bring your own drawing materials and we hope to see you there for a fun sketchwalk!

ps. It would be helpful if everyone keyed in the above schedule into their phones.


23
Jul 11

MAAD is now on FRIDAY NIGHTS!

MAAD is having a new “birth” and the event date/ day has changed.

From now on- it will be on a pre announced Friday night. Once a month.

OIC Portrait Day is now called “Portrait After Dark”

date: Aug 12th
time: 7.30pm to 10.30pm ( Registration opening soon )

For more info about getting a stall and the new format go to: https://www.facebook.com/goMAAD


22
Jul 11

Lucian Freud ‘Portraits’ documentary

Interesting documentary about the sitters and the late artist Lucian Freud. Many times we are too busy looking and drawing the sitters’ exterior we may miss out on capturing the “being”.

Summary clipped from the youtube post

“Lucian Freud ‘Portraits’ is an analysis of the artist as seen through the eyes of those who have been best placed to study him – his sitters. Over a period of two years, film-maker Jake Auerbach and Freud’s biographer William Feaver filmed many of Freud’s subjects, ranging from the late Duke of Devonshire and the now Dowager Duchess of Devonshire to fellow painters David Hockney and Celia Paul; from friends such as Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles to ex-lovers, daughters and grand-daughters.”

All links and quoted text are from “artcatal” ( http://www.youtube.com/user/artcatal )


21
Jul 11

Ben Qwek X Street Fighter Skate Deck Auction

Ben Qwek aka MrB was also involved with the Street Fighter Skate Deck Auction. Below are some images of his work process.

You can see more artwork from Ben here : http://benqwek.com/

Do bid for the decks here: http://www.charitybuzz.com/auctions/musicforrelief11/


21
Jul 11

IFS X Street Fighter Skate Deck Auction

I am sure you must have seen Imaginary Friend Studio’s amazing Street Fighter inspired- hand painted decks by now!

This is part of a celebration of the upcoming launch of Capcom’s Super Street Fighter® IV Arcade Edition (Available: June 28th) and is in aid of an on-line auction charity drive for the “Music for Relief’s Japan tsunami relief effort”.

The artist at IFS includes- Stanley “Artgerm” Lau, Kendrick Lim a.k.a. kunkka, Brandon Chng a.k.a. Kaizo, Kenneth Loh, Yin Yuming, Chris Ng a.k.a. chrisnfy85, Marc Lee and Derrick Chew aka DCWJ. Cool hand drawn art on nice wood boards all for a good cause!

Do bid for the decks here: http://www.charitybuzz.com/auctions/musicforrelief11/

Imaginary Friends Studios http://www.imaginaryfs.com/


06
Jul 11

Illustration for a magazine (Global-is-asian)

The article title is Business Leades Climate Change idea

The article title is Demographic Trends (Singapore)

More artwork can be viewed at http://danleee.blogspot.com


05
Jul 11

OIC at *Scape – Art Park / Art Wall WIP pixs


Some Work In Progress photos from our mural wall at *Scape. Thanks to *Scape ( Kenneth, Cherie and team ) for the invitation and support of OICsingapore. Thanks to DBS for sponsoring it as well.
We assembled a team lead by AnnGee with myself and Fleecircus overseeing the team. Team members include – MrB/ Ben Qwek, Noreen Loh, and Twisstii.
We were also assisted by friends who dropped by – SanSan, Shuan Touw & his friend and a team of 1st year students from Temasek Poly – Siu Yen, Kaori, Norman, Nicole and Abigail Ng.
This wall should be completed before the middle of July. We will be posting a video and the pictures of the completed wall soon.

More pictures will be updated here: http://on.fb.me/lGbPhc


04
Jul 11

Pixs from OIC PORTRAIT DAY, 2nd July 2011

A lovely day at MAAD on Jul 2nd.

A day of celebration, a day of super cute kids and little girls and dogs, a day of lovely couples and families, a day for catching up and meeting new friends, a wonderful day out for siblings and good friends!

Thanks to all those who missed our company and drawing love and come by to support the event inspite of their tight schedules ( and injuries :D )

Thanks to all our participants!

Thanks to my helpers Li-anne, JF, Raymond and others. See you all again in August! ( Please note that there is a change of date – more info coming soon! )

See all the pictures here : http://on.fb.me/lQnMa0

Help us spread good drawing vibes!!