AsiaLink is a network of urban sketching groups from the Asian countries region comprise of Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, etc. Many of the representatives of Asia Link are local chapters of an international urban sketching movement, called Urban Sketchers (USK).

Every year since 2012, the group has organized annual regional urban sketch meeting called Asia Link Sketchwalks (ALSW), in different cities across Asia. These ALSW events have drawn creative of various disciplines artists, architects/ designers, and sketchers of different ages from Asian countries and around the world to visit and sketch the hosted countries on the location.

This year AsiaLink Sketchwalk 2019 will be held in Hanoi city the capital of Vietnam during 3-6 October 2019 under the event name “ AsiaLink Sketchwalk Hanoi 2019”.

Ticket price :

1. “Sketch pass” is 50 usd., This ticket is the basic ticket which everybody must buy first , will have 200 tickets available.
2. “Workshop pass” for one workshop is 25 usd. This ticket must be bought additional from Sketch pass ticket, will have 20 tickets available for each workshop.

***Children under 12 years old are free of charge.***

For example :

1. If want to join sketchwalk and one workshop, must buy one Sketch pass ticket and one Workshop pass ticket (Total amount : 50+25=75 usd.)
2. If want to join only sketch walk, must buy one Sketch pass ticket at the price of 50 usd.

One sketcher can buy ticket for other people as many as you want , just fill the ticket owner’s name when you buy.

Sketch pass ticket : able to join
1. the opening session / closing party
2. Demo
3. Sketchwalk

Workshop pass ticket : able to join
1. Workshop (one ticket per one workshop )

AsiaLink Sketchwalk Hanoi 2019 Program

3 - 6 October 2019 , Hanoi, Vietnam

DAY 1 : Thursday, 3 October 2019

1 P.M. - 4 P.M.	Registration at Kim Ngan Communal House
6 P.M. - 9 P.M.	Opening session at Hanoi University of Pharmacy (HUP)
	Night sketching (optional) or
	visit Ta Hien and Luong Ngoc Quyen street

DAY 2 : Friday, 4 October 2019

9 A.M. - 12 Noon	Sketch the Old Quarter (see map of Day 2)
	Long Bien Bridge and shophouses
12 Noon - 1.30 P.M.	Lunch (own expense)
1.30 P.M. - 4 P.M.	Sketch Dong Xuan Market and
	shophouses in the Old Quarter (see map of Day 2)
3 P.M. - 4 P.M.	Lecture (to be confirmed the lecturer)
4 P.M. - 6 P.M.	Workshop 1 : Kiah Kiean Chng Malaysia
	Workshop 2 : Elena Klimova Russia
	Workshop 3 : Alvin Mark Tan Singapore

	Demo 1 : Arkar Myo Myanmar
	Demo 2 : Arki Mark Philippines
	Demo 3 : Khoo Cheang Jin Malaysia
	Demo 4 : Romy Wu Hong Kong
	Demo 5 : Suppachai Vong Thailand
6 P.M.	Dinner (own expense)
From 7 P.M.	Special night sketching group demo (optional)
	at Hoan Kiem Lake by Bangkok Sketchers

DAY 3 : Saturday, 5 October 2019

9 A.M. - 12 Noon	Sketch the Old Quarter (see map of Day 3)
	Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son Temple
12 Noon - 1.30 P.M.	Lunch (own expense)
1.30 P.M. - 4 P.M.	Sketch the Old quarter, Big Church (see map of Day 3)
4 P.M.- 6 P.M.	Workshop 4 : Darman Angir Indonesia
	Workshop 5 : Don Low Singapore
	Workshop 6 : Supmanee Chai Thailand

	Demo 6 : Tzou Chin Feng Taiwan
	Demo 7 : Binh Chu Vietnam
	Demo 8 : Hai Dinh Vietnam
	Demo 9 : Thuy Duong Vietnam
6 P.M. - 7 P.M.	Dinner (own expense)
7 P.M.- 8 P.M.	Group ShareTalk
	Topic : Urban Sketcher Now & Then
	1. Pramote K. Thailand
	2. Tia Boon Sim Singapore
	3. Khoo Cheang Jin Malaysia
	Moderator : Pat Ng
8 P.M.	Night sketching at the Old Quarter (optional)

DAY 4 : Sunday, 6 October 2019

9 A.M. - 12 Noon	Sketch Hanoi Downtown (see map of Day 4)
	Trang Tien street
12 Noon - 1.30 P.M.	Lunch (own expense)
1.30 P.M. - 4 P.M.	Sketch Opera House (see map of Day 4)
4:30 P.M.	Gathering at Hanoi University of Pharmacy (HUP)
5 P.M. - 6 P.M.	Exhibition
6 P.M. - 9 P.M.	Gala Dinner and Closing Party
	Group traditional singing and performance
	"One Song One Country"

Remarks :	1. Venue:
	Kim Ngan Communal House
	Address : No.42-44, Hang Bac street, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi.
	Hanoi University of Pharmacy (HUP)
	Address : No.13-15, Le Thanh Tong street, Hanoi.

	2. Day 1 : 3 October 2019
	4 P.M. : All sketchers will gather at Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square (near Hoan Kiem Lake). Shuttle buses will accompany sketchers round trip to Hanoi University of Pharmacy (HUP) for the Opening session.

Description :

In this workshop I will teach the participants to make own sketching tools from dry twigs and dish washing sponge. We will also explore the use of Chinese ink as the main medium and the traditional Chinese ink painting concept of leaving white space. Learning Goals Sketching with Dry Twigs & Chinese Ink encourages the participants to handmade their own simple sketching tools with dry twigs collected from the surrounding. Explore the three basic elements: dots, lines and shades in sketching with the medium of Chinese ink.

The Line: • Discovering how to use the twig and brushes as mark makers

The Environment: • Seeing the architecture of the city with a different eyes

The Composition: • Understanding the art of leaving negative space in your composition

The Technique: • Strategies for applying limited color to your sketches

Material list prepared by participants :

• Your normal sketching tools

• Loose sheet watercolor paper (Saunders Waterford Hot Pressed (HP) and Cold Pressed (CP) 300 gsm or any other paper brands)

• Twigs and bamboo braches (cut to pencil size)

• Cutter knife • Stencil brushes or oil painting brushes (small and medium size) • Chinese painting brushes (small and medium size)

• Watercolour set

Supplied by Instructor :

• The twig I use (one each for every participants) • Chinese ink (the brand I use for everyone to try)

Instructor Profile :

Born 1974 in George Town, Penang. He graduated from Universiti Sains Malaysia with Architecture Degree. After running his own graphic design studio for about 10 years he is now a fulltime artist based in Penang. He published Sketchers of Pulo Pinang in 2009 and Line-line Journey in 2011. Kiah Kiean joined Urban Sketchers in 2009 and co-founded Urban Sketchers Penang in 2010.

Workshop 2 : Elena Klimova

Title : Urban Shades

Date : 04/10/2019

Time : 4 P.M.- 6 P.M.

Description:
Do you feel overwhelmed by urban landscapes? Too many tiles, windows, trees and hanging wires? This workshop will help you handle this flood of real world details. We will explore the basics of composition, the Notan sketch technique and surprising ways to capture complex urban motifs using mostly pencil and eraser.
All skill levels are welcome.

Instructor Profile:
Elena Klimova is a Russian artist based in Hong Kong, where she has been working as an art teacher for the past 7 years. She studied fine art and folk art in Russia, at the Abramtsevo Art Industrial College.
She paints with oil and watercolour, both in the studio and en plein air. Being a part of the USk community gives her the opportunity to discover many hidden gems of HK and abroad, and to learn about Asian culture.

Workshop 3 : Alvin Mark Tan

Title :  People in Urban Sketching

Date : 04/10/2019

Time : 4 P.M.- 6 P.M.

Description :

The movement and flow of people on a bustle street adds so much life to a scene. The only thing is that they keep moving, and that can make it hard to draw. This 90 minute session is broken into 2 parts :

 A) Sketching the Figure and

 B) Complementing in the background.

 In the first part of the workshop, Alvin will show you a simple method to capture people. This will provide the infrastructure for sketching the rest of the figure. In the second part of the workshop, once the figures are being laid out, we add the background to complement the scene using design.

Materials list :

Loose A4 Paper or sketch book

Fountains pens

Brush pens

Pens (optional)

Markers (optional)

Staedtler Tradition Graphite Pencils or similar (no mechanical pencils) (optional)

Instructor Profile :

Alvin Mark Tan is a full-time artist based in Singapore. He paints traditionally in oil and illustrates in ink and watercolour.

Trained in Graphic Design and Advertising in Los Angeles, Alvin started out as a graphic designer at MINDEF. Later, he branched out into advertising, environmental design and documentary-making at Singapore Press Holdings. He also graduated in an Animation programme, with a focus in concept art. In 2016, He graduated from the Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy, where he studied Natural Realism under Maestro Michael John Angel for three years and did a one month stint at the Repin Academy in St Petersburg.

Apart from commissioned works ranging from still lifes to portraits to murals, Alvin also runs workshops in and out of Singapore. Alvin loves studying nature, and is often spotted outdoors doing plein air paintings or urban sketching. He documents his journeys on Youtube of his art expeditions in and out of Singapore. His goal in being a full-time artist is to encourage others to live their lifes out passionately as they can. Alvin manages Alvin Mark Studio in Singapore.

Workshop 4 : Darman Angir

Title : Imaging Hanoi in lines

Date : 05/10/2019

Time : 4 P.M.- 6 P.M.

Description :

Actually line (in sketching) doesn’t exist in reality, what we perceived as line is the demarcation of different values (light and dark).

Line is a product of human intellect / conceptualization therefore its nature is subjected to comply our personality & preference.

In this workshop, first the instructor will show how we can make various different kind of lines in drawing, whether it is clean line, intuitive line, squiggly line, nerve line, etc. The type of lines we choose can produce different mood even it is the same sketching object. Each kind of lines have its own expression.

In the second section, the instructor will show how to use complementary colours to make the whole range value of neutral colours. We don’t have to use many colours to make a beautiful sketch, even just using 2 complementary colours and negative lines & white space will do.

Instructor Profile :

Darman was born in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, in 1970.

He graduated in 1994 from Petra University, majoring in Architect. As an architect, He has designed and built mostly residential projects for the last two decades.

He spend a lot of time travelling around Surabaya during public holiday. He found old buildings are more enjoyable at those times. Most of his sketches are closely related to all about the city old buildings, urban settings, and other daily activities.

Workshop 5 : Don Low

Title : Buildin up Your confidence in Drawing Figure- in Motion and Repose

Date : 05/10/2019

Time : 4 P.M.- 6 P.M.

Description :

The workshop aims to help participants overcome the fear or anxiety of drawing figures in urban sketching by providing simple, practical tips on drawing figures in public, drawing proportionate figures in their sketches, telling effective stories by observing and translating action poses, make quicker drawings by simplifying body shapes and facial features, and eventually rendering with some light and shades with the medium of their choice.

Material List :

1. Relatively cheap sketchbook or a stack of cheap copy papers

2. Drawing board (support) to hold your sketchbook or papers with binder clips

3. Any drawing tools that deliver medium to thick lines, e.g.

A. 0.8 and 1.0 Black Markers

B. Fountain pens

C. Brush pen or thicker markers

4. Brush pen (black ink) to fill in the darks quickly

5. A coloured pencil for light lay-in drawings

6. Simple watercolour and medium brush

7. Stool (if you don’t prefer drawing standing up)

Instructor Profile :

Graduated with a Master of Fine Arts majoring in Animation from Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD), Don Low has been sketching ‘seriously’ since then and more so when he became a correspondent for Urbansketchers international blog representing Singapore. He is also involved in the area of art education and has taught courses in Foundation Drawing, Drawing for Animation, human figure drawing and workshops related to sketching people. He has also worked as an illustrator and comic artist with his most current comic book project titled “Kungfu Dough” funded by National Heritage Board. He was also part of comic anthology, Liquid City 2 as a contributor. His sketchers are also featured in “The Art of Urban Sketching”, “An Illustrated Life 2”, “Urban Sketchers Singapore Vol 1”, and “Urban Sketching: The Complete Guide to Techniques” and etc.

Workshop 6 : Supmanee Chai

Title : Negative painting for urban sketching

Date : 05/10/2019

Time : 4 P.M.- 6 P.M.

Description :

The painting technique is alternative way to create object by painting around the object rather than by painting the object itself. This method helps you creating interesting painting with more depth and dimension with each layer of color.

Instructor Profile :

Supmanee was born in Bangkok . She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree (Architecture) and a

Master of Architecture(mainly in Architectural Technology & Environmental Design) from the Faculty of Architecture and Planning from Thammasat University in Thailand.

She worked as a sustainable architect in DTGO group of company for 8 years and an assistant project manager in Arsom Silp Institute of the Arts in Thailand for one and half years. Currently she works as full time artist with it being the most important thing in her life which she loves to do. She has passionately and energetically practiced exploring innovative art styles inspired by observations in nature.

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