Painting in Progress : Brecon Mountain Railway and Squirrels

 After painting all day, it's time to take a break for now. Today I worked on the under layer of this new painting! I’m painting the curious squirrels observing a passing train of the Brecon Mountain Railway. I’ll go back to it tomorrow.

Kite Over Mong Kong, Painting in Progress 麻鷹旺角

Working on the first layer of a painting which depicts the urban wildlife in Hong Kong. A Kite, flying above the high rises in Mong Kok, looking for its prey.

 

Hong Kong Bird Series : Japanese White-eye on a Coral Tree 香港鳥類：暗綠繡眼鳥與盛放中的刺桐

Three Japanese white-eye hopping on a Coral tree! Acrylic on gesso paper. These little birds are common resident birds in Hong Kong. Thanks to veteran wildlife photographer Robert at Wildcreatures Hong Kong for taking me to Tai Po Kau nature Reserve, I took a series of photos of these beautiful birds when they were hopping on the Coral trees which were in full blossom. I had been thinking painting these birds since then and now I finally composed and painted this piece. To simulate the vibrant colours of both the birds and flowers, I repeatedly glazed the painting with layers of transparent colours, a technique which is called Flemish technique and has been used by many old and contemporary masters on their oil paintings.

If you are interested in collecting this piece, message me on Instagram : sketchergaryyeung

 

Art Demo : Common Hong Kong Birds : Black Kite Painting 香港常見鳥類：麻鷹

Art Demo : Common Hong Kong Birds : Black Kite Painting 

香港常見鳥類：麻鷹

Hi, everyone, I would like to share with you a brief on the tools and materials I used to make this painting and a time lapse video to show the whole painting process.   A friend watched my original video in Cantonese and suggested to me I should make an English version of it and I so posted here both the English and Cantonese versions of the demo.  

你好，同大家分享畫這作品用的顏料同用具簡介以及繪畫此畫快鏡全記錄。

(English Version)

(Cantonese Version)

School Mural 音樂牆畫

A mural project that I finished a few days ago.  幾日前完成的牆畫。

Landscape Painting 風景畫隨畫

The painting was done in an art party.  Though the scene is not depicting a particular location in Hong Kong, the house is painted based on some of the still existing old village houses that can still be found in Hong Kong, mostly in the more remote parts of the New Territories.

地點是虛構！小屋卻是跟據新界買小見小的老村屋來畫的。

Painting of Leisure Bookshop, Sai Kung 西貢悠閒書坊

Acrylic on Canvas
24 inch x 36 inch

Painting of Leisure bookshop

It is a painting for Leisure Bookshop I started a few days ago. Finished the outlines and the texture paste layer.

"Chang Er", The Moon Lady

Acrylic on Canvas 36 inch x 28 inch

The Moon Lady, "Chang Er, 嫦娥" has always been one of my favourite Chinese mythological figures.

New Painting in Progress

A new painting in progress. It's an exercise painting based on Rebecca Guay's "Beauty and the Unicorn" The original was painted with gouache on paper but I'm using acrylic and texture paste instead. I am also going to change the coins in the shell to roses.

Do visit her website: http://www.rebeccaguay.com/

Her paintings are wonderful!