Sungei Billabong, 17 YEARS AGO October 28, 2019

Posted here is a scene, viewing outwards from Sungei Buloh at the mouth of Sungei Billabong in 2002.

A dying Sonneratia Alba standing defiantly against time and tide on a shallow sand bank. Veterans of  this wetland  reserve may recall its last stand there from platform #1. Its long gone now, water currents and  consequent erosion took its toll. It exists now as a nostalgic memory and this painting.

On Deepavali Day 28, 2019 Oct I conducted my monthly outdoor sketching session there. Picked out two “attractive” scenes to demo to my students. No arresting visual element to use as the subject. The river mouth had lost a defining landmark not so long ago. So I make do with a nearby mangrove tree and a distant coastal scene from neighbouring Johor

 

 

2002

2019

2019

Paint Along with Pui San July 25, 2019

Paint Along with Pui San at Sungei Buloh.
Dear FB friends you are welcome to join me this coming Sunday 28 July at the old Wetland Centre at 9am to enjoy nature using art. Bring your own art materials and be guided on sketching nature in this reserve. Posted below is a sketch of the plentiful telescopium snails, a part of our rich biodiversity here.

Paint Along with Pui San 28 Apr 2019 April 22, 2019

View of Hide 1 C from the Main Hide.

We meet at 9am at the Wetlands Centre.Please bring along any art material you  wish to use. See you this Sunday.

Notice the next condo development in Johore in the background.

, and the silhouettes of egrets in the foreground.

Buloh  still has a place for waders.

Encounters with nature 2002 March 27, 2019

The year was 2002, when I first signed up as a volunteer guide at Sungei Buloh Wetland reserve. 17 years  and counting. We have a bigger reserve now and it is still growing in size and community participation. Thanks to National Parks, volunteers and nature lovers, we all have a common interest to conserve, appreciate and enjoy our  nature environment.

These two postcards were part of my contribution to raise funds in 2002. Glad I still have a set of these to share.

Paint along with Pui San 30 DEC 2018 December 25, 2018

Dear friends, 2018 was a busy year for my volunteering at National Parks. However the events held regularly at Sungei Buloh Wetlands and Botanic Gardens kept me much in touch with  Nature physically and in my capacity as Chairperson for Friends of Sungei Buloh.

My passion in painting Nature has not diminished in any way. My biggest ever art exhibition called Beyond Gingers was held in SBG from 14 April to 7 July 2018, with almost 14,000 visitors.  And a Limited Edition coffee table book on this exhibition would  soon be published and made available at Nparks. All proceeds would go to the Garden City Fund.

To round up this year Art in Nature activities, I will be conducting the last outdoor art session for this year on 30 Dec 2018, at Sungei Buloh Wetlands.

We meet and sketch at the Main Hide at the Wetlands Visitor Centre (the old Neo Tiew Entrance) from 9 to 11am on SUNDAY 30 DEC 2018.

You are most welcome to join us for this year end  appreciation of Nature through your creative expression of our beautiful wetlands. You may bring any art materials you have.

Posted here is a sketch ( with a brush pen) from Boardwalk Shelter #3.

Cheers and a Happy 2019 to you, and hope to see you at Sungei Buloh.

Paint along with PuiSan August 22, 2018

This Sunday 28 August we will meet at the ApiApi Lab at 830am, have a briefing there  and weather permitting go outside to explore the coastal forest, all the way to Eagle Point to do or nature sketching. Bring along  any art materials  you have and have fun learning to translate the wetlands in your own special way.

See you at the New Visitor Centre at  Sungei Buloh Wetlands on 28 Aug Sunday at 0830am.

Posted here is a graphite sketch of my favourite croc at the reserve. I call him Alex.

Artists get-together at Sungei Buloh Wetlands August 1, 2018

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Seletar Dam

Does nature inspire you? Ever felt a burning desire to create art projects and dust Sungei Buloh with your magical artistic touch?

Gather your fellow artist friends and come join us for an artist get-together on 4 August (Saturday) at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve! We’ll go on a walk and be inspired by nature for possible art projects around the reserve!

 Here are the details:

Date: 4 August 2018, Saturday

Time: 9am to 11 am

Location: SBWR, Visitor Centre, Kranji Way Entrance (60 Kranji Way, Singapore 739453)

 Kindly RSVP with the number of guests and their names to florence_sim@nparks.gov.sg

 Best regards,

Florence