Sketching heritage buildings in Georgetown

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I hope this link works.  Here's a couple of Japanese MM2Hers who go around sketching heritage buildings in Georgetown.  Sounds like a very fulfilling interest to have - though of course you do need to have the talent.  Looks like they've created some really nice pictures.  Also interested to note that Mr and Mrs Sato are one of 1700 Japanese MM2Hers residing in Penang.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=160825&id=35880687452&ref=mf

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hi, papaya,

Interesting link, and nice sketches. I see that Mr. Sato was a Professor of Architecture before retiring. Obviously he's got talent although I don't think that it's necessary for sketching.

Just go at it.   

If anyone needs a bit of help then try and pick up a copy of Betty Edwards' book "Drawing with the Right Side of the Brain."

Why do I Keep Hearing About Betty Edwards and Her Book "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain"?
"In 1980 Betty Edwards published the first edition of her book, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, which applied the concepts of right and left brain to learning to draw. She put forward techniques whereby you can consciously access the right side of the brain when drawing, which helps you draw or paint what you see rather than what you know. It's become a classic and helped many people who believed they were incapable of drawing."
http://painting.about.com/od/rightleftbrain/a/Right_Brain.htm

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Papaya, thank you so much for the link.   I did see someone doing the streetscape sketching by the roadside two weeks ago when I had my meal at Amelia on Armenian Street.  I  thought they were participating in a competition, so didn't bother  . But after your posts, I now realise that they are Japanese retirees and it seems there is a growing culture of street sketching in George Town now.  Will have a closer look if I bump into this scene again.

One more thing, 1,700 Japanese MM2Hers in Penang?  The number also seems to have shot up fast as I reckoned there were only 500 Japanese MM2Hers in Penang few years ago.   I might be wrong, could Mr Sato also be associated with a company called Leisure XXXX (couldn't remember the exact name) who specialises in promoting Penang as a MM2H destination in Japan?  There was also a news article few years back saying that Penang was the second most favourite destination among Japanese retirees after Chiang Mai.

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Very interesting Scott.  Did you do the quiz on the website?  I came out as very slightly left brain dominant - tho' no wiser if I'd be any good at sketching.

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hi, papaya,

You're lucky, I came out "no brain, refer to maker."   

I came across the book years ago. It's a great help for building confidence, and it's easy to follow. My own sketching improved considerably. And if it doesn't it doesn't matter. Look at Picasso, he couldn't get anything right or even square.




The statistics shown on the MoTour site (www.mm2h.gov.my) give a total figure of 1011 folks from Japan from 1996 to 2009. Japan ranks number 4 in the Top 10 countries.

BTW, it's never been clear if these figures are per person, or per application.

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Interesting quiz. I thought I was Rt brain dorminant but turned out 16 Lt brain and only 4 Rt brain answers Not any better in remembering people's names, can draw abstract easily but dislike abstract arts and frustrated with realistic as they never turned out as realistic as I wanted them to be  

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No brain - ha ha    I got the feeling, from the questions, that the left brainers were neat and tidy peoples and the right brainers were unpredictable.  I bet Picasso was a right brainer for sure.  I guess BB is neat and tidy.  I seem to be 50:50.  And Scott, well, who knows 

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Right brainer!