There is no greater pleasure than painting outdoors. I had the privilege of joining an outdoor painting class when I first attended art school in Singapore, under the tutelage of a very fine artist, Mr. Tong, who was a great proponent of plein air painting. He brought us to many scenic and interesting places. We painted at the harbour, the port, the riverside, from street corners to rural kampongs. We went for painting retreats in fishing villages and towns in Malaysia, and even made a painting trip to China, which remains a most memorable experience for me to this day. I am permanently hooked to plein air painting. Nowadays, I am not able to do this as often as I would like. Finding this photograph of me painting waterlilies (above) at the Botanic Gardens in Singapore many years ago makes me yearn to do this again, soon!
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| Waterlilies, Watercolour on paper by Artist Bee, plein air. |
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