Saturday, October 31, 2015

The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal 香港終審法院


It was quite challenging to get the geometry of this building right on site!  If it was possible, I would love to do a close-up sketch of the pediment and the Statue of Justice up there.  

Info about the building from Wikipedia:

The pediment sits on the top  the central section of the building facing Statue Square. Above it stands the Statue of Justice and under it is the inscription "Erected AD MDCCCCX" (Erected AD 1910). The pediment incorporates a semi-circular window and the carving of the British Royal Coat of Arms. The shield shows the various royal emblems of the various parts of the United Kingdom: the three lions of England in the first and fourth quarters, the lion of Scotland in the second and the harp of Ireland in the third. The shield is supported by the English lion and Scottish unicorn and is surmounted by the Royal crown. The motto of the Sovereign, Dieu et mon droit (God and my right), is displayed underneath it. The figures of Mercy and Truth are located on both sides of the British Royal Coat of Arms. 

今日下午去畫香港終審法院大樓,一座好想仔細畫,又能代表香港的建築。畫起來才發覺要準確畫低佢都唔太易。




Thursday, October 29, 2015

A sketch of See Cheung Street 泰式午餐後市場街速寫

A sketch of a group of chatting workers along See Cheung Street! I was sitting right behind them having Thai lunch while sketching.  

八月畫的速寫。食完泰式午餐後畫眼前街景,順便畫埋坐係道幾位阿哥。

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

上窰民俗文物館 Sheung Yiu Folk Museum


It was a fine afternoon at Sheung Yiu Folk Museum with a band of merry urban sketchers! 

From left to right, the sketch illustrates the entrance guard tower to the fortified Hakka village, a typical hat to be worn to fend off the sun while working in the paddy field, eating utensils such as bowls, cups and a teapot, a wooden machine for working on the harvested rice, a wooden bucket, a rattan basket and a large pot and finally on the right the inner courtyard as viewed from the entrance guard tower. 


香港速寫人共聚上窰民俗文物館,齊畫此得以保留嘅客家古村。

由左至右,古村更樓,門口左右寫上風調雨順,五榖豐登,古村內擺放各種舊時生活用品,客家帽、碗碟茶具、打榖機、木桶、籐籃同瓦缸,最右係入口更樓內望,兩層平房同前地。



Wednesday, October 14, 2015

The Royal Robe for a Local Deity "Yuen Tin Sheung Dai" 藍田玄天上帝的龍袍




I went sketching at the birthday celebration of the deity "Yuen Tin Sheung Dai" in Lam Tin this evening.  What I like most was the royal robe for the deity which had a flying dragon on it.  The sparking spots surrounding the dragon resembled stars in the sky.   

得知玄天上帝寶誕係附近,便前往速寫。玄天上帝件龍袍上有龍,龍身有雲同星包圍,像徵天上翔龍。玄天上帝全名真係長,全名係北極鎮天真武玄天上帝玉虛師相金闕化身蕩魔永鎮終劫濟苦天尊。來頭好勁,但對此神靈真不太了解,查查先知玄天上帝即係北帝。


維基百科係咁寫:



玄天上帝,本名玄武大帝,宋真宗大中祥符五年,為避諱聖祖趙玄朗之名而改稱為真武。全稱北極鎮天真武玄天上帝玉虛師相金闕化身蕩魔永鎮終劫濟苦天尊,通稱北極玄天上帝。常被簡稱為北帝、真武大帝或玄天上帝。其又有玄武神、真武神、元武神、玄武大帝、開天大帝、北極大帝、北極佑聖真君、北極蕩魔天尊等稱;俗稱上帝公、上帝爺公、上帝爺或帝爺公。
其象徵北極星與四象中的玄武,為統理北方之道教大神,北方在五行之中屬水,能統領所有水族與水上事物(故兼海神),因北方在五色中屬於黑色,又稱黑帝。
玄天上帝亦是明朝鎮邦護國之神、降妖伏魔之神、戰神,明朝公家建了許多玄天上帝廟,並由官方祭祀。北帝據說擁有消災解困,治水禦火,護持武運及延年益壽的神力,故頗受擁戴。