Where Heritage Meets The Skyline

KL Festival

Date10/05/2026

Time9:30AM


LanguageEnglish

CategoryExhibition

TagsPhysical art

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SketchAboutKL will be organising a vibrant sketch meet through the historic streets of Kuala Lumpur. We’ll first gather at the newly restored Jalan Sang Guna, lined with colourful shophouses set against sleek modern towers, before making our way deeper into the city.

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This event can be booked on an external platform.

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As part of the KL Festival 2026, SketchAboutKL hosts a special sketch meet in the historic streets of Kuala Lumpur. A freshly restored lane, colourful shophouses, and a striking contrast between heritage and modern towers — the perfect setting to capture the city in your sketchbook. Come sketch the city with us.

We also remind attendees that we don’t provide materials. Here are the supplies to bring:

•⁠ ⁠Preferred medium - anything easy to manage graphite pencil, colour pencil, fountain pen, graphic pen, make sure its water resistant inka

•⁠ ⁠Drawing pad/sketchbook A5 or A4 size

If you are planning to work with watercolour:

•⁠ ⁠Drawing pad that can withstand wet medium

•⁠ ⁠Watercolour set ~ half-pans or portable ones in a palette for mixing

•⁠ ⁠Brushes: traditional brushes / water brushes

•⁠ ⁠⁠Small plastic jar for water

•⁠ ⁠Rag or kitchen towel

Optional:

•⁠ ⁠Foldable stool

Water bottle - for drinking and for those who work with watercolour.

No registration required. Simply drop by and come ready to sketch

For any further enquires please contact gladsimpson@gmail.com


Sempena KL Festival 2026, SketchAboutKL akan menganjurkan sebuah sesi melukis di sepanjang jalanan bersejarah ibu kota. Laluan yang dibaik pulih, lot-lot kedai rumah beraneka warna dan kontra di antara bangunan warisan dan pencakar langit moden—semua ini latar cocok untuk merakam pemandangan kota dalam buku lakaran anda.

Jom sertai kami melukis kota kita.

Aturcara ini percuma bagi peserta yang mengikuti pada hari kejadian tanpa sebarang pendaftaran.

Untuk makluman, penganjur tidak menyediakan sebarang peralatan lukisan. Berikut merupakan cadangan kami untuk persediaan para peserta:

•⁠ Medium yang digalakkan - sebarang medium yang mudah digunakan seperti pensel grafit, pensel warna, pen founten, pen grafik atau peralatan yang dakwatnya kalis air.

•⁠ ⁠Pad/Buku Lukisan bersaiz A5 atau A4

Jika anda ingin menggunakan cat air:

•⁠ ⁠Pad lukisan yang sesuai menggunakan medium basah

•⁠ ⁠Set cat air ~ cat setengah pan atau bekas mudah alih bagi tujuan membancuh

•⁠ Berus: berus tradisional/cat air

•⁠ ⁠⁠Bekas kecil untuk air

•⁠ ⁠Kain atau tisu

Peralatan lain:

•⁠ Kerusi lipat

Botol air - untuk minuman atau peserta yang menggunakan cat air.

Tiada pendaftaran diperlukan. Hanya singgah dan sedia untuk membuat lakaran

Untuk sebarang pertanyaan lanjut sila hubungi gladsimpson@gmail.com

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