The Gong of Fortune 銅鑼一嚮 大吉大利

The Gong of Fortune is placed in front of the Sai Kung Tin Hau Temple during the Lunar New Year period. If you want a new year filled with good fortune, go hit it :)

農曆年間，西貢天后廟前銅鑼一嚮，全年大吉大利，你敲咗未?

Golden Afternoon in Nam Chung 南涌的下午

A very beautiful and peaceful place.
南涌的下午,  平靜、美麗。

Veggie Lunch in Nam Chung 南涌午餐

A wonderful lunch prepared by my dear brother!
由巴打泡製的蔬菜午餐！

北角春秧街花檔 Lunar New Year Flower Stall in Chun Yeung Street

The last day before Lunar New Year, Chun Yeung Street was filled with people looking for the right flowers of the season and delicacies that cannot be absent on this occasion.

年三十春秧街好多人辦年貨同買年花，熱鬧非常。

Sketching the Tang Ancestral Hall 速寫鄧氏家祠

Info from Wikipedia

The Tang Ancestral Hall is one of the largest ancestral halls in the territory. It is located between Hang Mei Tsuen and Hang Tau Tsuen.

It was constructed by Tang Fung-shun, the fifth generation ancestor of Tang Clan about 700 years ago. It is the main ancestral hall of the Tang clan of Ping Shan. It is a three-hall structure with two internal courtyards. The wooden brackets and beams of the three halls are carved with auspicious Chinese motifs. Shiwan dragon-fish and pottery unicorns decorate the main ridges and roofs. There are ancestral tablets at the altar at the rear hall.

This ancestral hall is still used regularly for worship and celebrations of traditional festivals and ceremonies, as well as a meeting place for the Tang clan of Ping Shan.

维基百科資料

鄧氏宗祠座落於香港屏山，是鄧族的祖祠，由屏山的三圍六村所環抱。據鄧氏族譜所載，宗祠由五世祖馮遜公興建，至今已有700多年歷史。鄧氏宗祠是香港最大的祠堂之一，為屏山文物徑的重點古蹟之一，於2001年12月被列為香港法定古蹟列表。

A Busy Store in the Flower Market 花墟一角

Lunar New Year is coming.  Flower shops around the city are all packed with flowers of the season and shoppers alike.  I wish everyone good health and a productive year ahead and may Hongkongese unite together and fight for the sake of Hong Kong! 

農曆新年快到！全城花店擺滿年花擠滿人。祝各位身體健康、國泰民安。香港人團結一致、齊建城邦！

Summer Court, Kun Ting Study Hall 覲廷書室消暑軒

I went with a few sketcher friends to a historic building in the Tin Shui Wai district to sketch today. It was a a nice study hall built in 1870 for the local villagers. 

Summer Court, Kun Ting Study Hall
Tin Shui Wai
Hong Kong

今日去咗位於天水圍好靚好舒服的覲廷書室消暑軒寫生。

维基百科資料:

覲廷書室是一所位於香港屏山坑尾村的私塾，於1870年落成，是屏山鄧族廿二世祖香泉公為紀念先父覲廷公而興建，設立書室以培養族中子弟考取科舉，進身仕途，提升家族的社會地位。因此，覲廷書室兼具教育及祭祖的意義。

覲廷書室是兩進式建築，第一進是門廳，後進為正廳，供奉歷代祖先靈位，中間為庭院，兩旁有耳室。室內的祖龕、斗拱、屏板、壁畫、屋脊裝飾、檐板和灰塑等別具特色，為當時工匠精湛之傑作。 覲廷書室的修繕工程於1991年完竣，書室回復昔日光采。修葺費用由香港賽馬會捐助。

Sketching in Chater Garden 遮打花園寫生

Today was Sketchcrawl 42 and a big group of sketchers assembled in Statue Square and the neighboring areas to sketch.
今日喺Sketchcrawl 42，一大班sketchers齊集皇后像廣場一帶寫生。

Oil Painting: Sai Kung Boat Lady 西貢艇家

Oil Painting on Canvas 26 x 38 inch 
油彩畫布 26 x 38 inch

Interested party please contact me.
email : contact@studiogario.com

Oil Painting: Sai Kung Old Town 西貢舊墟

Oil Painting on Canvas 26 x 38 inch 
油彩畫布 26 x 38 inch

Interested party please contact me.
email : contact@studiogario.com

Street Market in Graham Street 嘉咸街街市

Large street markets are charming in their own way.  Cheaper prices,  more diversity, and a natural integral part of the neighborhood, they are what modern supermarkets cannot replace.   French people know well the importance of these street markets and law was passed to protect them.  How about Hong Kong?

大街市物價較低、貨式種類多、還有大型超級市場無的人情味。   法國人就深明由個體戶構成的街市有幾重要，並立法保護。香港呢?

Sketching an Old Building in Graham Street 嘉咸街畫舊樓

This rare building is vacant and is awaiting demolition!  It should be preserved instead of being pulled down and rebuilt!

這類舊樓香港所剩無幾！  政府有責保留，不是將之拆毀重建！

Urban Explorer (Sketching Workshop) 探索城市 (寫生工作坊)

I'll be hosting a sketch workshop organized by West Kowloon Cultural District Authority M+ on 12 January, sharing a number of my sketches, techniques and ideas. I'll take the participants out to the streets to sketch as well.   我將於1月12 日主持一個由西九文化區管理局M+主辦的寫生工作坊。屆時會談及我一部份作品、技巧同題材，並會同參加者一同出外寫生。

Urban Explorer (Sketching Workshop)

12 January (Sun) 3:00 – 6:00pm

Urban sketcher Gary Yeung will share with the participants the joy and challenges of sketching within the city through this outdoor sketching workshop, and reveal how the act of drawing is an enjoyable practice of observation and contemplation of the people and its surroundings.

速寫素描家Gary Yeung將會通過分享他的都市素描經驗，帶出繪畫作爲觀察及反思人與其及周邊環境的一種實踐，並會帶領參加者移師室外，親身體驗都市素描的樂趣與挑戰。 

Urban Explorer (Sketching Workshop)

日期 Date:

2014.01.12 (星期日 Sun)

時間 Time:

下午 3:00 - 6:00 pm

地點
Venue:

香港港島東太古坊康和大廈1樓ArtisTree及港島東中心露天廣場滙圃
ArtisTree, 1/F Cornwall House, TaiKoo Place, Island East, Hong Kong and
around Via Fiori, landscaped garden outside One Island East, Hong Kong

講者 Speaker:

速寫素描家 楊復始 Gary Yeung, Urban Sketcher

語言 Language:

粵語 Cantonese

對象 For:

適合13至18歲青少年 For age 13 - 18

名額 Quota:

15

報名：登記資料 Registration Info

Sketching on Ladder Street 樓梯街寫生

I visited Ladder Street once more with a sketcher friend today.  This charming old tenement building here is vacant and no one knows what would be it's fate. To be refurbished or to be demolished just like so many others in Hong Kong?  

今日同畫友再到樓梯街寫生。此空置唐樓名運如何無人知！保留定拆卸?

Sketching Plants 畫植物

It was warm around noon and I went to the Lions Nature Education Centre again to sketch plants.
中午和暖，我再到獅子會自然教育中心畫植物。

At the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences 香港醫學博物館

Despite the cold weather, a group of 20 sketchers got together to sketch the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences today.  The building was of Edwardian style and was built in 1906 as a Pathological institute.  The building was declared monument in 1990 and in 1995 it was converted into the current Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences.  As I was late today, I saw my fellow sketchers already working when I arrived and I decided to include them in my sketch.  

今日天寒地凍，二十人齊集香港醫學博物館，齊畫這座建於1906年的愛得華式大樓。前身是香港細菌學檢驗所，大樓於1990年列為法定古蹟並於1995改為香港醫學博物館。今日到達時見大家正畫得興致勃勃，於是走到幾位畫友後方，順便把他們畫入畫中。

Sketching the skyline at Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens 動植物公園內的中環天際與異葉南洋杉

I went to Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens late afternoon and sketched the skyline on top of a balcony near the central fountain.  It was nice to sketch some of the most important buildings from this angle.  From left to right was IFC2, the twin towers of the Landmark, 9 Queen's Road Central, Standard Chartered, HSBC, AIA and Cheung Kong Centre on the far right.   In garden, an Araucaria heterophylla (Norfolk Island Pine) stands out as it is one of the tallest trees in the garden and it is slanting to one side.  

今日下午在動植物公園內畫園境同另一角度的中環天際。園外由左至右分別是國金二期、置地廣場、皇后大道中九號、渣打銀行、匯豐、AIA 同長江中心。園內則有一株高人一等的異葉南洋杉，與背後的高樓大廈相映成趣。

Sketching Plants at Lions Nature Education Centre 獅子會畫植物

Sketching plants at Lions Nature Education Centre, Sai Kung
Three edible plants.

I started with a leaf of a papaya tree. I really liked the structure of it. I went on to look for other plants and I was pleased to see the red Rosselle!

今日到獅子會畫木瓜、彿手瓜同洛神花！

Old YMCA Headquarters, Hong Kong 必列者士街青年會

A merry group of sketchers assembled in front of the old YMCA building in Bridges Street this afternoon and sketched whatever they found pleasing.   I chose to sketch this handsome building which was built in 1918, the oldest of any YMCA premises in Hong Kong.  

天寒地凍，一班畫友齊集必列者士街青年會一帶作畫。我選了青年會大樓寫生。青年會大樓建於1918年，為全港最舊的青年會建築物。

Old Ladder Street 樓梯街往昔

Oil on Canvas

Ladder Street (Chinese: 樓梯街) is a street in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, consisting entirely of stone steps.  The painting is based on an old black and white photo.

此油畫是跟據一張舊黑白相畫的。

資料來自维基百科

樓梯街（Ladder Street）位於香港上環，顧名思義，是一條以樓梯為主的街道，除了荷李活道以南，文武廟旁邊一小段可供車輛駛進四方街外，其餘各段皆為石級。早於香港開埠初期的1841年至1850年間興建，歷史悠久，現已被古物古蹟辦事處列為一級歷史建築。

Ho Chung Cher Kung Temple 蠔涌車公廟

It was an overcast day.  However, the sun came out briefly and I quickly outlined the shadows cast on the temple before it hid behind the clouds again.

Info from Wikipedia

Situated on the banks of the Ho Chung River,and half a mile from Ho Chung Village of Sai Kung District, the temple is one of the oldest in Hong Kong and worship General Che, his son and his grandson. Initially built in the mid-16th century, the temple predates its popular counterpart near Tai Wai in Sha Tin who is said to worship the grandson of General Che. The present temple structure probably dates largely from 1878, while the temple furniture probably dates from the Xianfeng era (1850-1861).

今日多雲。太陽暫現，我快手在畫紙上打影。

資料來自维基百科

蠔涌車公廟主要供奉車公，它是宋朝的大將軍，曾經平定華南某場戰爭叛亂，道教人士奉之為神靈。此車公廟有470多年歷史，與沙田車公廟的設立時間相距約200年，兩者更有著爺孫的關係。目前此廟已被列為香港一級歷史建築。

我第二本港人畫港記事本正式出版！ My second HANDSCRIPT notebook is out now!

The theme of this blank sketchbook is Tai O. This one together with the previous one, "Old Aberdeen" are now available at the following outlets:
Design Gallery, Wan Chai Convention Centre
Dymocks Bonham Road 
Dymocks MTR Hong Kong Station
Dymocks Hopewell Centre
Commercial Press  
Popular Book Store 

港人畫港記事本之大澳現已於下列地點有售:
設計廊 香港灣仔港灣道一號香港會議展覽中心地下 
Dymocks 般咸道
Dymocks 港鐵香港站
Dymocks 合和中心
商務印書館 
大眾書局

About the notebook:
Blank sketchbook
192 pages
120 x 170 mm
Expandable inner pocket

Sai Kung Tin Hau Temple (Goddess of the Sea) 西貢天后廟

The Tin Hau Temple in Sai Kung Town is not just a place for worship, locals still meet here for meetings, celebrations and ceremonies.

西貢市天后廟不只是供奉神靈之地，亦是本地人商議地區事務同舉行慶典之地。

Items of Fireboat Alexander Grantham 葛量洪號滅火輪的配件

Second sketch done at the Fireboat Alexander Grantham Gallery.
第二張於葛量洪號滅火輪展覽館畫的速寫。

Old Village House: East-Meets-West Style 中西合壁慎德居

This is a close-up sketch of the entrance of a large village house in Yuen Long.  The interesting bit is how the Roman columns are incorporated into this old traditional house and they mix really well together.  

元朗慎德居大門，中西合壁。
還有好對聯，慎言是則，德行為先。