Travel Sketching with Thainlin Tay

This is a live recording from our Travel Sketching live demo with artist Thainlin Tay from May 7th, 2024. Thainlin joined us for this virtual event from across the world in Singapore! In the live demo, Thainlin shared samples of his art, go-to tools and sketching supplies, ideas about travel sketching, and how he approaches making art on trips! He demonstrated how he simplifies a scene, pictured below, and offered tips and techniques for travel sketching that you can take on your next adventure.

Traveling is an excellent opportunity to sketch and capture memories of the places you visit in a sketchbook, whether you travel to far-flung corners of the globe or into a neighboring town. We hope you enjoy this live demo and take some tips from Thainlin for your next outing!

About Thainlin

Thainlin Tay has been an urban sketcher for almost ten years and has refined his process to include a healthy balance of time spent on his art and with his family. In his own words, he has learned through “observation, ‘mindful copying,’ and lots of practice.” As an avid urban sketcher and artist, he enjoys visiting the city’s older historical areas to sketch buildings and places of worship that harken back to when Singapore was a trading port for the old British Empire. His goal is to capture these architectural gems to represent a part of the new and old city with his artistic input.

In January, Thainlin traveled to Bangkok, Thailand’s capital city, and documented his travels through sketches and photographs. Check out his art and a supplies list on the Art Toolkit Blog’s Sketching in Thailand. Thank you, Thainlin for sharing glimpses of what looked like a busy and colorful trip filled with found moments to stop and sketch the surroundings.

Learn more about Thainlin’s work and see his art on Instagram.

All images courtesy of Thainlin Tay.