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    Painting-by-Not-Every-Number During Covid lockdowns…
    ewehouse
    • May 31, 2021
    • 1 min

    Painting-by-Not-Every-Number During Covid lockdowns…

    Technically, we’re not really in a full lockdown at the moment… But we’re strongly encouraged to stay home, with gatherings of no more than two people outside a day.. Kids were home doing their HBL and usually rushed to complete their assignments by mid-morning so they had a whole day to themselves… So we kept quite a few art and craft supplies at hand… These count-by-numbers kits struck me as really intimidating and tedious at first… The numbers are absolutely tiny…! Probabl
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    ICERD Casual Racism Project (Part 2 – Illustration #7, #8 and #9)
    ewehouse
    • May 17, 2021
    • 1 min

    ICERD Casual Racism Project (Part 2 – Illustration #7, #8 and #9)

    What it Means to Be Friends I chose our iconic Dragon playground cos it is easily recognised by Singaporeans. The typical playground below our HDB flats is a common space where children grow up, mingle with their neighbours, play, fight and forge a lifetime of friendships. Ouch! What a Thoughtless Question I tried to create a scorching and uncomfortable situation here where prickly questions abound. Though once again carrying a pointed message, it was still a fun illustration
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    ICERD Casual Racism Project (Part 2 – Illustration #5 and #6)
    ewehouse
    • May 16, 2021
    • 1 min

    ICERD Casual Racism Project (Part 2 – Illustration #5 and #6)

    Love in Any Language This was one of the lighthearted, happier pieces with no sad undertones. I enjoyed putting together people of all different races and cultures, including our iconic Singapore Girl from SIA and the Raffles Hotel doorman. It was an eye opener for me that within different languages themselves, depending on how the words are written, ‘Love’ has different connotations. For instance, the Tamil word ‘Love’, depending on how it is written, can mean ‘romantic love
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    ICERD Series
    ewehouse
    • Apr 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    ICERD Series

    In recent years, I learned that ICERD stands for “The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination”, that Singapore is a part of. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singapore-submits-first-report-on-icerd-the-convention-to-eliminate-racial-discrimination I’m glad What’s Up (the awesome local children’s newspaper I illustrate regularly for) is actively trying to help our young readers understand the big issue of racism, and how we can a
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