Armenian Street, George Town 檳城壁畫街

A very quick 30-minute sketch of Armenian Street, George Town. 

Old tenement buildings along Canton Road 廣東道舊唐樓

Old tenement buildings along Canton Road.  The type building in the foreground on the right is becoming increasingly rare in urban Hong Kong as one by one, they are being replaced by super slim high-rises just like the one which stands in the background in the sketch.

Hong Kong Bird Series: Red-billed Blue Magpie 香港雀鳥：紅嘴藍鵲

Hong Kong Bird Series: Red-billed Blue Magpie. I have seen quite a few of these medium-sized birds recently in Lam Tin and decided to paint one. 

Congteakafe 茶咖里

Cafe by a Ficus wall tree hidden in a very quiet alley in an old district on Hong Kong Island. #urbansketchers #urbansketch #livesketch #livedrawing #watercoloursketch 

Abandoned Tenement Building along Des Voeux Road West 德輔道西棄置塘樓

Abandoned Tenement Building along Des Voeux Road West, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Birds: Red-whiskered Bulbul 香港雀鳥：紅耳鵯

Hong Kong Birds: Red-whiskered Bulbul Watercolour and gouache on paper A common resident bird and a wonderful song bird too!

Hong Kong Birds: Fork-tailed Sunbird 香港雀鳥：叉尾太陽鳥

Drawing something new! As the weather was wet and foggy, I stayed home and drew something new! The topic is Hong Kong birds.

Hong Kong Birds: Fork-tailed Sunbird

今日出面大霧濕納納，留喺屋企畫香港雀鳥
香港雀鳥：叉尾太陽鳥

Spring is Back 春回大地

Spring is back! A nice afternoon sketching the spring colours and listening to the songs of birds at Lions Nature Education Centre in Sai Kung

春回大地，鳥語花香，下晝去咗西貢獅子會畫畫，見到不少龍友四處影桃花。

Tin Hau Temple Sketch 天后廟速寫

A challenging sketch! I set out to sketch the Tin Hau Temple (Goddess of the Sea) in Sai Kung this afternoon but after applying the watercolours, the sky started drizzling! I first kept on drawing with my umbrella open but soon, the drizzling rain started to dissolve the watercolour and I had to find shelter to finish the sketch!

下午係西貢天后廟速寫，惜天公不造美，雨粉飛飛，初時擔䉀繼續畫，不過雨越落越溶，水彩都溶埋，為有搵地方避雨同畫埋張畫。

Lunar New Year Flower Market and Queen Victoria 維多利亞女王與維園花市

This is Hong Kong. The Statue of Queen Victoria sits quietly while everyone is busy buying flowers at the Lunar New Year Flower Market.

維多利亞女王與維園花市

Guy Arab Mark 5 British Bus in Hong Kong 英國製六十年代三十座位舊巴士

A 30-seat old British bus (Guy Arab Mark 5) which used to serve residents on Hong Kong Island back in the sixties. It's now fully refurbished to working order and was one of the stars at Motoring Clubs' Festival in Central yesterday. 

此輛英國製 Guy Arab Mark 5 三十座位舊巴士曾於六十年代服務香港市民。昨日此舊巴士乃於中環香港車會嘉年華中觸目登場。

The God of Love at Wong Tai Sin Temple 黃大仙廟月老前

Unearthed an old sketch!   The god of love aka ‘the wise old man on the moon’ at Wong Tai Sin Temple, arguably the most famous Taoist temple in Hong Kong.  Girls came here to pray in front of him so that they can soon meet their true love and get married.     

舊速寫一張！妙齡女子踏足黃大仙廟，恭敬站在月老前，祈求早日覓得如意郎君。 

Hong Kong Cemetery 香港最早的基督教墳場: 香港墳場

The earliest Christian cemetery in Hong Kong which all started at the beginning of the British colonial rule.  Thos who rest here include British military personnels who died in the two world wars, early missionaries, the early elites and Mr Yeung Ku-Wan, who worked closely with Dr Sun Yat-sen but was assassinated in 1901 in Hong Kong by an agent sent by the Qing government.

香港最早的基督教墳場始於英治1845年。在此處安息的包括於兩次世界大戰中戰死的英軍、早期來華的宣教使、香港開埠早年的精英，還有被潛入香港的清政府特務暗殺的楊衢雲先生等。

Evening Lights in Prince Edward 太子畫黃昏

The evening lights captured at Boundary Street and Poplar Street, Prince Edward, Hong Kong.
黃昏身處太子界限街與白陽街交界。

Sai Kung Workboat 西貢漁船

It’s great weather to sketch today. I settled at the Sai Kung Wholesale Fish Market and sketched a workboat docking there.

天氣和暖，陽光充沛，我在西貢魚批發市場速寫碼頭傍的漁船。

Sketching at Cafe Zest, Cardiff 卡迪夫咖啡店速寫

A great afternoon spent with Polly from Urban Sketchers South Wales at Cafe Zest at House of Fraser, Cardiff.

下午遇上南威爾斯速寫人Polly，於是我哋一齊到卡迪夫市中心一間咖啡店嘆茶同畫畫。

View from Cardiff Central Library 卡迪夫中央圖書館外望

This is my first sketch in Cardiff this Christmas. Thanks again to Clara from Urban Sketchers South Wales for bringing me to this location where I could sketch this charming view from the warm indoors of the Cardiff Central Library. I look forward to sketching with you guys again in the future:)

今個聖誕第一張在卡迪夫畫的速寫。好多謝南威爾斯速寫人Clara帶我到卡迪夫中央圖書館溫暖嘅室內，可以慢慢畫卡迪夫迷人的城市景色。

Lights and Shadows at Chun Yeung Street. 春秧街早上的光與影

The second sketch of Urban Sketchers Hong Kong's sketch crawl at Chun Yeung Street. The lights and shadows really caught me in the late morning and I had to capture that magic moment!

春秧街速寫早上光與影。

Sketching Charming Beetles (Volkswagen) 速寫甲蟲車

There were so many charming beetles and so little time so I decided to do a collage sketch to capture as many beetles as possible in one single sketch! 

速寫甲蟲車。下午時間有限，就盡量將現場見到的甲蟲車畫埋同一張紙上。

Sketching Volkswagen 速寫甲蟲車

What a great morning sketching the bugs and listening to pops from the seventies! Thanks Ben for inviting and thanks to the car owners for letting us sketch all these amazing vehicles!

天色清朗，陽光充沛，係戶外速寫好日子。多謝甲蟲車會比我哋畫足一日！

Westminster Abbey 倫敦西敏寺大教堂

Finally got this sketch scanned! It's a big challenge and it was so much fun sketching the spectacular Westminster Abbey!

畫倫敦西敏寺大教堂促促畫了三個鍾頭！

Urban Sketchers Hong Kong USK Workshop 10 x 10 Workshop 10: Story-telling in Your Sketches

This is my second workshop and the last of the 10 x 10 USkHk workshop of this year. I'm delighted to share with you several things I have learnt through sketching on location. The following are the details of the workshop: 

Sometimes one sketch is simply not enough to capture the essence of a vast place. Have you ever considered putting and arranging multiple sketches on one single sheet of paper? In this workshop, we will look at ways to document a site more effectively by juxtaposing different sketches together, such as macros and micros, colour and black and white sketches, sketches of different perspectives etc. 

Date: 9 December  

Time: 10:00 am - 1:00pm 

Place: Wan Chai District 

What to bring: 
As the sketching location is on the street, please bring along the following: A small foldable stool Large sketchbook or large sheet of sketch paper (e.g. A3 sketch paper) that allows you to put in a number of sketches, sketching tools of your choice (pencils, pens, ink pens, watercolours etc.) 

Registration: 
This workshop is limited to 15 people maximum.  Please email urbansketchershk@gmail.com. Successful applicants will be notified by USkHK and given a PayPal link to proceed to payment. The workshop fee will be HKD 300 per person. Please note that all payments are final once made via PayPal. There will be no refunds.

#uskhk #usk10x10

Classic Car Show 2017 香港老爺車展 2017

After finishing a workshop in the morning, I managed to get to the Classic Car Show in Central around 2:00pm and spent one and a half hours sketching this magnificent car. I included a bit of the background to show the context of the location as well. 

下午趕到中環老爺車展，個半鐘頭內畫了架好靚嘅老爺車，然後再加上一點背景。

Sai Kung and Beyond Opens on 4 Nov 飛越西貢畫展 十一月四日開幕

This group exhibition features three artists, Gary Yeung, Magi Chen and Elena Klimova who have collaborated through their connection with Urban Sketchers to bring a wonderful collection of paintings & drawings inspired by Sai Kung and other parts of Hong Kong.

Sai Kung and Beyond opens on 4 November at H Studio Gallery

Opening Reception 

Nov 4 (Sat) 6-8:30pm

Nov 4 - Nov 16

H Studio Gallery 

Gallery Hours 12-4pm

(Wed & Fri Closed)

1/1 Wan King Path, Sai Kung Town

(Above Standard Chartered Bank)

Contact Helen Boyd:  91238644

H Studio Gallery Presents: Sai Kung and Beyond 飛越西貢畫展

We are eager to share with you our on-location sketches and studio works which depict the many sides of Sai Kung in our upcoming exhibition!

我哋三位西貢友會喺今次畫展中展出多張以西貢為題的現場速寫及畫實作品，歡迎前來欣賞。