KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 -- For four days from August 1, some 400 people will participate in Penang's annual AsiaLink Sketchwalk.

Organising chairman Joshua Foo said this was the third time Penang was hosting the event, with the first being held in 2012 and the second time two years later in 2014.

"However, the event was called Sketchwalk George Town at that time," he told Malay Mail, adding that this year's event was jointly organised by Urban Sketchers Penang and the Penang Watercolor Society.

According to Foo, apart from Malaysia, other participants will mostly be from Asia.

Besides sketching, there will also be sketch demonstrations by sketchers from other countries.

The event, which was held in Suwon in South Korea last year, aims...