Peel Street 卑利街公利真料竹蔗水

Opened in 1948, this sugar cane juice shop has been serving residents for many decades.  Since old buildings and old family-run shops are becoming increasingly rare in Hong Kong, this shop together with its buildings has become a gem of the city.

公利真料竹蔗水1948年開業，開舖差不多70年，專售賣竹蔗水，當日寫生完畢第一次入去品嘗，竹蔗水果然新鮮清甜。

Maryknoll Convent School 瑪利諾修院學校

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。

Cage Street 結志街

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！

Fabric Stall in Sham Shui Po 基隆街布舖

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。

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

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。

Kwun Yam Guarding Repulse Bay 淺水灣望海觀音

There are many statues placed in the proximity of the Taoist Temple in Repulse Bay.  The most famous are the stature of Kwun Yam, the statue of the East Sea Dragon King and the statue of Tin Hau.  I decided to sketch the statue of Kwun Yam as it is the most iconic among the three.

淺水灣道教廟外立了三尊巨型神像，一尊是河伯、一尊是天后、一尊是望海觀音。望海觀音最為人熟識，於是就畫佢。

Repulse Bay 淺水灣

Painting in Progress: Old Hong Kong General Post Office 開始上色：中環舊郵政總局

Now building the colour layer on top of the first layer.
完成第一層後現開始上色。

Family BBQ Party in Nam Chung 南涌家庭燒烤

Painting the Old Hong Kong General Post Office 正在畫中環舊郵政總局

Working on the first layer today.
正在畫第一層。

Sai Kung Lunar New Year Flower Market 2015 西貢年宵市場 2015

Thanks to the owners of one of the flower stalls there, I was able to get close to their flowers in the rather busy flower market and did a few detailed sketches of some of the new year flowers.

多謝花檔檔主比我近距離畫佢哋啲花！

Picnic in Ma On Shan Country Park 馬鞍山郊野公園野餐

Sketching at Hau Wong Temple 侯王廟甲午冬祭

I went to a religious gathering at the Hau Wong Temple near Lok Fu this afternoon. In the gathering, Hongkongers came forward to offer joss sticks and prayers in front of Hau Wong, the general who protected the last emperor "Emperor Bing of Song" of the Southern Song Dynasty who fled to Hong Kong. The Southern Song Dynasty ended in 1279 as the Mongols conquered all of China.

The gathering was organised by Hong Kong Resurgence Order
http://hkresurgence.com

Origin of the Temple (Info from Chinese Temples Committee)

There are different versions of the temple's history. Some believe that it was built to commemorate Yeung Leung Jit, a loyal follower and a marquis of the last Emperors of the Southern Sung Dynasty who fled with the royal family to Kowloon driven by the Mongols. A stone tablet at the courtyard, written by Chan Pak To, a Chinese scholar and officer in the late Qing Dynasty provided an account of the story. Others believe that the temple was built in memory of a villager surnamed Yeung who had cured the Emperor of the Southern Sung of an illness when the emperor family fled to Kowloon City.

今午前往九龍侯王廟冬祭，眾人上香禱告，祈求復興香港。

香港復興會甲午冬祭

http://hkresurgence.com

建廟緣起 （資料來自華人廟宇委員會）

廟宇緣起可謂眾說紛紜，有指本廟所祀的楊侯，為南宋功臣楊亮節，因襄助宋帝昺南逃九龍，護駕有功，世人建廟以作紀念，詳情可見廟前庭院牆上，由前清遺老陳伯陶所撰的碑文；也有人認為侯王就是為宋帝昺治病的楊二伯公。

The Four Pillars of the Old Hong Kong General Post Office 香港舊郵政總局的石柱

Columns that adorned the old Hong Kong General Post Office (1911- 1976) are now permanently placed inside Kadoorie farm and Botanic Garden

香港舊郵政總局的四根石柱現長放嘉道理農場內。

Flamingos at Kadoorie farm and Botanic Garden 嘉道理農場紅鸛

Wonderful birds at Kadoorie farm and Botanic Garden
有趣的紅鸛！

Old Family-Run Shops in Choi Hung Estate 彩虹邨老舖

The shop on the left is a traditional Hong Kong style grocery store, the second store sells shoes, suitcases and school bags, the shop on the far right is a pharmacy. 

Choi Hung
Hong Kong

再去畫彩虹邨，今次畫彩虹邨老舖!

The Peninsula 半島酒店

With the presence of the bamboo art installation, the whole composition became much more interesting. 

From Wikipedia:
The Peninsula Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港半島酒店), located in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, is the flagship property of the The Peninsula Hotels group. Opened in 1928, and expanded in 1994, the hotel combines colonial and modern elements, and is notable for its large fleet of Rolls-Royces painted the distinctive "Peninsula green".

前景竹做嘅裝置藝術同主角半島酒店相映成趣！
維基百科:
半島酒店（英文：The Peninsula Hong Kong），為香港上海大酒店有限公司（港交所：0045）的旗艦酒店，亦是集團首間命名為「半島」的酒店，位於九龍尖沙咀梳士巴利道22號，是香港現存歷史最悠久的酒店，也是全球最著名及最豪華的酒店之一，為一家六星級酒店。基於其極為珍貴的歷史及建築價值，酒店建築被古物古蹟辦事處評審為一級歷史建築。

Warm Winter Day at Choi Hung Estate 冬日彩虹邨

One of the oldest public estates built by the British-Hong Kong Government, Choi Hung Estate was designed by Palmer & Turner Group and was built between 1962 and 1964. The estate was well-designed and forms a quiet space in itself in the otherwise noisy urban landscape.  

Beddings hung under the warm winter sun in the estate's playground,  a familiar sight back in the seventies and eighties.

彩虹邨係港英年代由巴馬丹拿建築及工程師有限公司設計, 各樓宇由1962年至1964年間分期落成。屋邨係鬧市中自成一角，邨內環境清幽，實而不華。

暖陽下曬床單，仿忽時光倒流，返咗去細路時係屋邨見到嘅景象！

5-Day Sketch Challenge Day 5 : San Po Kong 五日速寫大挑戰 第五日: 遊走新蒲崗

The last day of my five-day sketch challenge!   I wandered around San Po Kong and sketched the following. The first sketch was the iconic plastic wares company factory building which has been around since the 70s, the second one is a lonely stone fence of a playground facing a wall of a tenement building, and the third one a Chiu Chou food stall. 

It's an interesting experience really as the limited time available each day forced me to pick up scenes that I otherwise would not sketch. Good lesson for me!

比畫友提名連畫五日畫，每日三張，「五日速寫大挑戰」最後一日啦！第一張係新蒲崗紅A，第二張係唐樓間嘅公園仔畫嘅，最後一張畫一間潮州食店。

5-Day Sketch Challenge Day 4 : Plants Around Me 五日速寫大挑戰 第四日: 植物篇

I was nominated by a fellow sketcher to take up the five-day sketch challenge. I have to produce three sketches a day, five days in a row and here are my sketches for Day 4. Due to the limited time I had, I chose to sketch several plants that happened to be around me.

五日速寫大挑戰第四日，題目係身邊嘅植物。

5-Day Sketch Challenge Day 3 : Lam Tin Public Library 五日速寫大挑戰 第三日: 藍田公共圖書館

Lam Tin Public Library
Hong Kong 

Because of the cold rainy weather, I decided to do today's sketches indoors and so I went to a nearby public library to sketch the people there.

5-Day Sketch Challenge Day 2 : Mong Kok 五日速寫大挑戰: 第二日

Nominated by a fellow sketcher to take up the five-day sketch challenge, I have to produce three sketches a day, five days in a row and here are my sketches for Day 2. The first one was the main lobby of Langham Place, second one rainy scene of Shanghai Street viewed from Langham Place footbridge. and the third one the chill out area of Pure Fitness.

五日速寫大挑戰第二日，畫嘅係旺角朗豪坊大堂、Pure Fitness Lounge 同雨中的上海街

5-Day Sketch Challenge: Day 1 五日速寫大挑戰: 第一日

I was nominated by a fellow urban sketcher in Hong Kong to take up the challenge.  For 5 days in a row, I have to produce 3 sketches each day and here is the results of Day 1 of the challenge.  I had a art party in my studio this afternoon and friends made perfect subject matter for my sketches!

一位香港速寫人提名我參加五日速寫大挑戰。參加者每日畫三張畫，一連五日，今日朋友係我畫室畫畫，就以他們為題，作畫三張。

My 2015 sketch box set now available 2015 漢思傑 推出最新嘅速寫 box set 現正有售

My 2015 sketch box set brought to you by Handscript is now available. The box set includes, a watercolour sketchbook (300gsm), a water brush and a set of postcards featuring my urban sketches.
Where to buy:
(Central）Shop204B, Man Yee Arcade, 68 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong
(Aberdeen）Rm1-5, BLK A, 6/F, Southmark, 11 Yip Hing Street, Aberdeen, Hong Kong

2015 漢思傑 推出最新嘅速寫 box set , 內含素描本（300gsm水彩紙）﹑水膽筆及小弟手繪香港速寫明信片，讓你隨時隨地描繪難忘景致。
發售地點:
(中環店）中環德輔道中68號萬宜大廈商場2樓204B
(香港仔店）香港仔業興街11號南匯廣場A座6樓1－5室

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Lion Rock on the First Day of 2015 獅子山2015的第一日

The first day of 2015, I decided to sketch something symbolic!  I spotted this view of Lion Rock between buildings and trees and settled there and started sketching.  Besides sketching the scene, I also added the huge yellow banner calling for universal suffrage for Hong Kong, which was hung there a few days ago.  Hong Kong, it's time to stand up and make yourself a nation state!

2015第一日想畫張特別啲嘅畫。行經新蒲崗永顯工業大廈，見獅子山遠處聳立，就囉畫具出里畫，畫時加埋早幾日掛係山上黃色嘅大banner，喻意香港首長，立法會全面普選，港人治港，城邦建國。