細葉榕 Ficus Mmicrocarpa (Chinese Banyan)

It was reported that this "old and valuable tree" was infected Brown Root Rot Disease, and may not be able to stay longer. Anyone know any update?

 #細葉榕 #FicusMmicrocarpa (#ChineseBanyan) #榕樹

#usk #uskhk #urbansketchers #urbansketchershongkong #watercolour

Aldrich Bay Park, Sai Wan Ho

Not only the people, young and old, but also the birds like the park. Some flew down to get refreshed from the pond, but one almost hit on my face when flying upward after drinking water!

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Hong Kong Park

I used to walk through it twice everyday going to work and back home. Our "canteen" L16 was closed, but Lok Cha Tea House still opens.

This is what I could do six years ago.

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臨摹

臨帖的精髓就係把紙頭紙尾填滿然後覺得自己好慳

The essence of copying the old masters is to fill up the leftover paper, feeling yourself very money conscious.

#芥子園畫譜

#chinesepainting

#practicemakesperfect

Aldrich Bay Promenade, Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong

This one was only done because that yacht one was completed so quickly that it wasn't tea time yet

Shau Kei Wan seems to have a lot of interesting elements that are worth sketching, and is close to home. Will come again when the weather is warm.

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Shau Kei Wan Typhoon Shelter, Hong Kong

今日去佐筲箕灣, 樣樣都好新奇

There were people on the yacht when I decided to make the yacht my motif, and I got so nervous when I saw the people putting on their shoes -- were they going to sail away the yacht?

It turned out that there was small boat like water taxi bringing them back to the shore It tells how completely no idea of me about this sailing / marine business

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Kai Yuen Street, North Point

暖佐都係凍, 每次都係草草收場

We had lived a few blocks away during the turn of the millennium, but it's only the first time I was there yesterday. I walked along the King's Road and thought, hey, that's a convenient sketching location, until I saw the 1:6 steps uphill... ...

(特別鳴謝一位電單車外賣哥哥介紹當區未來發展)

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Practice makes perfect

Let's start again from the classic

其實我仲有另一套 #芥子園畫譜

不過仲想買埋 #白話文 版

#故宮 畫譜係好野嚟

Chung Wui Mansion, Wan Chai

 Chung Wui Mansion was built in 1964 and renovated to this look in 2011.

#uskhk

#urbansketchershk

#urbansketchershongkong

#watercolour

Heng Fa Chuen Playground

An empty playground in a Saturday afternoon.  New norm under #covid19

#watercolour

Yau Ma Tei Carpark Block

Yau Ma Tei Carpark Block with Yau Ma Tei Community Centre Rest Garden in the front (and Tin Hau Temple in the back unseen)

I still remember our excitement when dad drove through the Carpark along the bridge when we were kids, but Yau Ma Tei Carpark Block will soon be demolished to give way for Central Kowloon Route.

So long.

#uskhk

#urbansketchershk

#urbansketchershongkong

#watercolour

General Post Office from Connaught Garden

I tried to catch the last bit of warmth on Thursday before the cold front arrived, but it was still getting cooler and cooler and more and more windy that I had to stop earlier than expected. The moment I hided inside the Jardine House, the cold weather warning was issued.

#uskhk

#urbansketchershk

#urbansketchershongkong

#generalpostoffice

#watercolour

Fireboat Alexander Grantham Exhibition Gallery

葛量洪號滅火輪展覽館 @ Quarry Bay Park. The Gallery is closed because of #COVID19.

#uskhk

#urbansketchershk

#urbansketchershongkong

#watercolour

Farewell flowers

 The best way to preserve your flowers is to make a sketch.

#牡丹 #MoutanPeony #繡球 #FrenchHydrangea #馬蹄蘭 #CallaLily #桔梗 #Platycodon #小蒼蘭 #Freesia

Sheung On Street

Throwback to #BoxingDay when it's much warmer. This #publicpier (or #landingstep ?) is just around the corner from home. This also kicks start my other project to sketch the #waterfront along the #HongKong side.

Stay tuned.

Happy New Year!

 How can we forget a new calendar on the New Year Day!

#2021calendar

#NewYear