Bishop's House, Hong Kong Fringe Club and Foreign Correspondents' Club 聖公會主教府、香港藝穗會與香港外國記者會

Two historic buildings in Lower Albert Road, Central.   On the left on the terrace is the Bishop's House, the residence and office of the Anglican Archbishop of Hong Kong.  It was completed in 1848.  On the right is the Old Dairy Farm Building which was built in 1892 and further expanded 1913, 1917 and 1925.  Currently the buidling houses the Hong Kong Fringe Club (South Block) and the Foreign Correspondents' Club (North Block).

畫嘅兩幢歷史建築位於中環下亞厘畢道，分別係左面建於1848年嘅聖公會主教府同右面建於1892年嘅舊牛奶公司寫字樓。牛奶公司寫字樓後來再於1913，1917同1925年擴建至現今嘅規模。此建築物現為香港藝穗會(南座)同香港外國記者會(北座）。

State Theatre in North Point 北角皇都戲院

State Theatre was built in 1957. A building that was built in Soviet style with an iconic "flying buttress" structure. The front facade features a western bas relief which depicts a dancing woman who was one of the four most beautiful women in ancient China. Such unique combination of elements within one building! The theatre should be granted "declared monument" status!

North Point
Hong Kong

皇都戲院。蘇聯建築主義+中式主題西式浮雕古代美女三國時代的貂蟬+罕有「飛拱」flying buttress, 可為世界唯一。見證香港五十年代已華洋交融！絕對應列為法定古蹟！

Tsing Yi Tin Hau Festival 2016 青衣天后誕

My friends and I spent an afternoon sketching the festive scene of this year's Tin Hau birthday celebration on Tsing Yi Island!  Tin Hau is a very popular sea goddess in Hong Kong, worshipped by many people in every district.  The Cantonese opera street theatre on Tsing Yi Island is especially huge and the street food market is just fantastic!   After sketching, we ate our way through the street food market where many street snacks are becoming increasing difficult to find in regular shopping malls.

下午同畫友速寫青衣天后誕戲棚同食市。雖不是粵劇迷，但邊速寫邊聽粵曲，傳來句句古雅粵語，的確別有一番風味！速寫完，大家不忘掃街，串燒、大菜糕、鵪春蛋、澳門豬肉丸同椰青，食飽後滿足離場。

Sketching Shun Kee in Sai Kung 速寫順之城

I went sketching this old homeware store in Sai Kung town and was interviewed by a local newspaper on site.

速寫順之城，西貢老牌家庭用品店，同時接受本地一份報紙採訪。

Full coverage here:
新聞連結:

【專題籽】家品夠晒人情味　司馬文愛蒲西貢Harrods

Quick Sketch at Colour Brown and Details of My Mini Exhibition 速寫Colour Brown及小型畫展詳情

Colour Brown first started its business in Sai Kung Old Town.  As the old town became more and more crowded with tourists, the cafe decided to move to this less touristy location in Jordan, Kowloon where coffee fans can take time to enjoy their coffee.   

Yesterday afternoon, a group of sketcher friends assembled at Colour Brown to sketch and enjoy the coffee there.  The coffee machines, the decorations, the bottles and glasses made excellent sketching materials and in order to capture the elongated cafe, I used fisheye view to capture the scene.  

Meantime, I also have an informal exhibition going on at Colour Brown which features a number of my live urban sketches of Hong Kong and a few studio paintings.  Here's the details:

Hong Kong Colours @ Colour Brown
No. 10 Kwun Chung Street
Jordan
Kowloon
Date: 1 May to 31 May

 Colour Brown 始於西貢舊墟，其咖啡深受歡迎。及後西貢舊墟人流漸多，每逢假日，整條市場街必水洩不通，店主認為嘆咖啡絕不可急更不可逼，於是遷往佐敦一條安靜小街，等咖啡迷可慢慢享用 Colour Brown 各種各樣嘅咖啡。

昨日同畫友到 Colour Brown 速寫。面向長長嘅cafe，一堆咖啡機、玻璃樽、玻璃杯、骷顱、牛牛、河馬等擺設，便用魚眼透視捕捉全景。

同時，得店主邀請，小弟現於 Colour Brown 有一小型畫展，展出作品包括香港城市速寫同畫室作品。畫展詳情如下:

香港本色 @ Colour Brown
九龍佐敦官涌街１０號
展期：
五月一日至五月三十一日