2025 Core Committee
Singapore Sketchers is driven by the passion and dedication of our volunteer members. Many juggle full-time careers, artistic pursuits, and family responsibilities, yet they generously donate their time to keep the group thriving. This shared love for art and sketching fuels our efforts.
In 2025, we're excited to welcome new members to our committee! This expansion will allow us to organize more engaging events and offer even better services to our sketching community.
Singapore Sketchers was founded in 2020 by Whee Teck during the pandemic. Feeling isolated and eager to connect with fellow art enthusiasts, he started the group on a whim.
After a series of successful events, Singapore Sketchers is now expanding its offerings. Whee Teck has assembled a dedicated team to bring more exciting events and enriching educational programs to our members and the public.
Whee Teck brings a wealth of experience to the group. He is a 30-year veteran of the IT industry and currently works as a soft skills trainer for professionals. He also shares his artistic journey and insights on his YouTube channel.
Tay Thain Lin
During the week, Thain Lin leads and manages IT projects in a large professional business service firm. Over the weekend, he immerses himself in making art, using his talent to visually document and interpret the urban spaces that inspire him.
His preferred mediums are ink and watercolours. He creates intricate and expressive art pieces with these mediums. He also likes to work with oils and acrylics, often producing impactful, large-scale works that is admired by many.
Thain Lin enjoys connecting with people through his art. His commissioned pieces of cherished places bring life to his clients. It is his belief that art serves as a bridge to happiness, and this is very much reflected in his vibrant, heartfelt creations.
Events Chair
Instagram @thainlin
Michael TSG us a Design and Art educator with extensive experience in design and teaching. He has received numerous design awards in branding and identities, typography, packaging design and print.
He has delivered courses in communication design at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He is well known for his innovative teaching methods prioritizing in practicality, relevance and interactivity, resulting in positive feedback from his students. Mike also teaches visual arts at primary and secondary levels.
When Mike is not teaching, he likes to draw and cycle. He is also very involved with SG Sketchers, a group in Singapore that is dedicated in promoting and celebrating beauty, culture, heritage through sketching and painting.
Karen Tham
Karen’s love for art started when she was young, but she only pursued it later in life. She holds a BA in Art from Curtin University and a Diploma in Fine Art from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.
She has exhibited and participated in many art competitions in the UK and Singapore. She is an active member of the urban sketching community both in Singapore and in Oxford. She likes to work with oils and pastels. Since taking up urban sketching, Karen has also grown to like watercolour and ink painting.
A mother of three boys, she grew up in Singapore but is currently living in Oxford, in the UK. Family and art keep her busy. She is also a keen golfer and competes at County levels. Now that her children have all grown up, she has more time for her interests.
Sherlee began her art journey in 2016, seeking an outlet to relieve stress but it evolved into a path of self-discovery and growth. She realised that painting was more than just a hobby, it was a mirror reflecting her evolution and the building of confidence, both within herself and her art. Each stroke and sketch became a step towards understanding what she could do and what truly motivated her. The process was not always smooth, with moments of effortless creativity encountered by doubt and frustration. These challenges taught her resilience and patience, revealing the depth of her passion and clarifying why she creates.
Monique Tendencia
Monique is a Filipino artist based in Singapore, with a diverse creative background that spans photography, design, calligraphy and more. By day, she manages marketing for a cake company, by night she continues to explore her artistic passions. Coming from a family of artists, Monique took a break to focus on academics and the corporate life, but she is now looking at returning to her creative journey with renewed focus and intention.
Social Media
Instagram @moetendencia
Belle graduated with a Computer Science degree from the National University of Singapore and has worked in the IT sector for local banks, specifically providing support for Treasury Systems. When she left the corporate life, she switched her career to being a Kindergarten teacher for several years.
Belle is now fully retired, happily pursuing her passions for travelling, learning to play a few musical instruments and drawing.
Tisha Kono
Tisha has a background in architecture and interior design and is currently the regional design manager for a global beverage giant. She started sketching regularly in 2020 during the pandemic, with watercolours and fine liners as her go-to tools. Tisha loves to sketch the food she eats and is gaining more confidence in sketching people and places "en plein air". Come see the world through her playful and colourful lens!
Events
Instagram @mooshkin_makes
Originally from Mauritius, Marie Joëlle is a passionate sketcher who has been living in Singapore since 2015. As a self-taught artist since 2017, she has become an outdoor sketching enthusiast and loves meeting like-minded individuals. She has gained recognition as well as praise in the Singapore Sketchers community for her intricate, soulful sketches which skillfully capture the essence of wherever she chooses to wander. Marie Joëlle draws inspiration from her daily life, preferring to express herself with black ink on paper.
Kelvin Lee
Over the years, Kelvin has held senior, leadership roles in the military and MNCs but he is currently managing logistics in a firm.
He is very much an artist at heart. From a very young age, Kelvin developed an interest in doodling, it became a habit, and he has not stopped since.
He sketches extensively using a variety of mediums, including Procreate, a digital app on iPad. His mural artworks can be found in five MRT stations; namely City Hall, HarbourFront, Tampines, Canberra and Marine Parade.
Kelvin also volunteers and conducts regular art sessions at an Active Ageing Centre.
Membership
Instagram @realmoods
Kent is an NUS Information Systems graduate and former army officer turned designer, volunteer leader, Chinese tutor and caricature artist. He founded MadAboutDesign in Singapore and Shanghai, bringing with 30 years of branding expertise and 16 years of experience in China.
A passionate community builder, he co-founded SingCham Shanghai and served as its first Secretary General. During Shanghai’s COVID lockdown, he published Keep Calm and Stay Dumb, a collection of daily cartoons reflecting on life’s small victories amidst chaos. Now that he is back in Singapore, he enjoys sketching everyday scenes and spreading kindness.
Hanna Esa
Hanna believes in the power of art not only to convey critical messages, but also as a tool to galvanise communities towards worthy causes. She is the co-founder of URBANSketch+, a programme that combines urban sketching and entrepreneurship, aimed at empowering youths to work towards a brighter future. When Hanna is not designing digital learning solutions, she loves to produce mixed media art to record moments and memories and evoke quiet joy.
Children's Program
Instagram @hannaesaart
Pocholo is an Architect by profession and is now working as an Executive Landscape Architect.
He has been an active member of Urban Sketchers Singapore since 2010. He also founded Urban Sketchers Cebu, is a Commute Sketcher and a member of the International Watercolour Society in Singapore. Over the years, he has also taken part in many International Art exhibitions.
Pocholo is passionate about art, be it sketching or designing. He has used his art to inspire friends and family, including his own children. His mission is to hopefully help as many people as he can when he has more time to spare.
Aye Aye Thein
She also goes by the nickname of Crayon. Aye Aye or Crayon as she would like to be called, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in architecture. She also holds a Diploma in Art from Myanmar.
She is currently working as an event designer in Singapore. She is very enthusiastic about art and spends much of her free time drawing. Over the years, Crayon has also participated in many art shows in her hometown, Myanmar.
Community Engagement
Instagram @crayonthein
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