Saturday, March 28, 2015

Maryknoll Convent School 瑪利諾修院學校

Sketching Maryknoll Convent School

Maryknoll Convent School, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
The school was founded in 1925. This beautiful school is now a declared monument in Hong Kong.
始於1925年,瑪利諾修院學校環境優美,歷史悠久,成績標炳,校園更在2008年列為香港法定古蹟。

Sketching Maryknoll Convent School

Saturday, March 21, 2015

Cage Street 結志街

Cage Street, Central

Many of these buildings are waiting to be torn down for redevelopment and many of the old shops here will soon be gone.   Thanks to the money-oriented Hong Kong government!

結志街,嘉咸街一帶唐樓處處,老舖隨處可見,可惜重建在即,巨變將至,好快又係名店,連鎖店同超高層住宅商廈嘅世界!

Cage Street, Central

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Fabric Stall in Sham Shui Po 基隆街布舖

Fabric Stall in Sham Shui Po

It was really quiet on Sundays in this part of Sham Shui Po as most metal ware and fabric shops are closed. I was sitting in front of the only open fabric stall in the street. His colourful rolls of fabric made good subject to sketch! The owner was really interested and came forward to look at my sketch and he was rather pleased that I made him look so young. 
Ki Lung Street
Sham Shui Po

星期日基隆街大部份布舖休息,街道格外寧靜。我坐在唯一開檔嘅布舖前作畫。布舖一卷卷七彩嘅布料同冷清嘅街道相映成趣。布舖老闆好奇,行過來看並高興我張佢畫得好年輕。

Fabric Stall in Sham Shui Po

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Abandoned Tenement Buildings at Berwick Street 巴域街空置舊唐樓

Abandoned Tenement Buildings at Berwick Street

A band of adventurous urban sketchers sneaked up onto the rooftop of an abandoned tenement building in Berwick Street to search for great views of the Shek Kip Mei area.  We were not disappointed.  The connected rooftops and the cluster of abandoned buildings not only provided us with excellent views of the cityscape around us, they were in themselves a strange but tranquil world that worth to be sketched.  It's really a pity that these buildings are now awaiting redevelopment.

走入荒廢唐樓,爬上幽暗梯級,我哋一班香港速寫人今午走到巴域街一排空置舊唐樓天台作畫。唐樓天台彷如鬧市中神秘綠州,榕樹寄生唐樓外牆同天台煙通出口處 ,天台欄邊長出開大型吊鐘狀紅花植物,身處其中作畫,心情舒暢。可惜唐樓拆卸在即,如此由歷史建築同大自然攜手編織嘅綠州好快消失。

Abandoned Tenement Buildings at Berwick Street