So long, 2023

Have a sip, and enjoy the last few hours of 2023.

#NewYearEve 

#watercolour #watercolourart #watercolourpainting

Boxing Day

It’s already Boxing Day evening … back to work tomorrow, everyone … 

#Christmas #xmas #festiveseason #seasongreetings 

#watercolour #watercolourart #watercoloursketching

Merry Christmas!

I went several times doing it bit by bit.  Even there’s one time the security lady got so close that no one had ever tried to stop or disturb me.  Such a good experience :)

#Christmas #xmas #festiveseason #seasongreetings

#watercolour #watercolourart #watercoloursketching #cityscape #locationsketch

#AFairytaleChristmas #PPFairytaleChristmas

The Impossible Trial

Re-run

第二次入場

今次帶埋十二怒漢（右上）嚟踩場

24/12尾場再見

#有幾多邂逅會終生也未忘記

#HowManyBondsLastBeyondALifetime

#大狀王

#TheImpossibleTrial

Narcissus

農曆十一月初一

First day of November in the traditional Chinese calendar

#水仙 #Narcissus

#春風弄玉來清晝

#夜月凌波上大堤

“The spring breeze blows playfully over the rose, heralding a clear day, under the moonlight the narcissi are massed on Dati.”

#十二花神 #十二花神杯 #十二花神碗

#廣彩 #廣彩瓷 #Guangcai #porcelainpainting #CantonEnamel

香港海防博物館

My favourite place – Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence!

I went too late, and the museum people didn’t allow us to walk down the hill when the Museum closed

#HongKongMuseumofCoastalDefence #香港海防博物館

#usk #uskhk #urbansketchers #urbansketchershongkong

#watercolour #watercolourart #watercoloursketching #cityscape #locationsketch

December 2023

Are you ready to say goodbye to 2023?

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#2023calendar #December #十二月

#watercolour #watercolourart #landscape #locationsketch

#KowloonUnionChurch #九龍佑寧堂

Wisteria

Yes, I am taking on the challenge of #ChinesePainting again.  This time picking a class simply because of convenient time and location.  Let's see how long I can stay on this time.

#紫薇 #wisteria

#嶺南派 #LingnanSchool #嶺南花鳥 #花鳥

Cymbidium

農曆十月初一

First day of October in the traditional Chinese calendar

#蘭花 #Cymbidium
#廣殿輕香發
#高臺遠吹吟

“The delicate fragrance of cymbidium pervades the spacious palace, stirring thoughts of the far capital.”

#十二花神杯 #十二花神碗

#廣彩 #廣彩瓷 #Guangcai #porcelainpainting #CantonEnamel

Lest we forget

//The City Hall Memorial Garden was built in memory of the glorious dead in the war years between 1941 and 1945.  Inside the 12-sided Shrine are placed a Roll of Honours and wreaths.  On the wall were inscribed these words: "These had seen movement and heard music; known slumber and waking; loved; gone proudly friended".//

On Remembrance Day and always, lest we forget.

#lestweforget #RemembranceDay #poppy #CityHallMemorialGarden

#usk #uskhk #urbansketchers #urbansketchershongkong

#watercolour #watercolourart #watercoloursketching #cityscape #locationsketch

Practice makes perfect

 A quick one downstairs from home to refresh the feelings of the hands.

#watercolour #watercolourart #watercoloursketching #cityscape #locationsketch

The Cenotaph, Central

1 #November 2023

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#2023calendar #November #十一月

#watercolour #watercolourart #landscape #locationsketch

#cenotaph #TheGloriousDead #英魂不朽 #浩氣長存

Chrysanthemum

農曆九月初一

First day of September in the traditional Chinese calendar

#菊花 #Chrysanthemum

#千載白衣酒

#一生青女香

“A thousand years ago, a white-garbed attendant brought wine (to Tao Yuanming), throughout his life he treasured the fragrance of the chrysanthemum.”

#十二花神 #十二花神杯 #十二花神碗

#廣彩 #廣彩瓷 #Guangcai #porcelainpainting #CantonEnamel

 

Sketching season begins!

From Cityplaza to Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, if you can find it...

Accidentally started the fall sketching season. Not sure when will be the next time due to the uncontrolable schedule.

#watercolour #watercolourart #watercoloursketching #cityscape #locationsketch

Busy October

1 #October 2023

This will be a very busy October.

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#2023calendar #October #十月

#watercolour #watercolourart #landscape #locationsketch

#觀塘 #KwunTong #牛頭角 #NgauTauKok #百靈樓 #PakLingLau

Murray Building

Fall officially commenced yesterday (despite the Very Hot Weather Warning is still on), and this is the last post of the previous fall/spring sketching season.

I had worked at the Murray Building for several months, and then moved to the then Citibank Tower for several years, but I hadn’t noticed there was a Pink & White Shower tree back then. I was standing on the bridge that day, with heavy traffic underneath (and the bridge was somehow shaky), mosquito biting, and weather forecast of a serious thunderstorm on the way soon. I had no choice but to act quick, and I am more than satisfied for the result.

#節果決明 #Pink&WhiteShower #美利大廈 #美利酒店 #MurrayBuilding #TheMurray

#watercolour #watercolourart #watercoloursketching #cityscape #locationsketch

Osmanthus

農曆八月初一

First day of August in the traditional Chinese calendar

#桂花 #Osmanthus

#枝生無限月

#花滿自然秋

“The branches of osmanthus are nurtured over endless months. When they are laden with flowers, surely it is autumn.”

#十二花神 #十二花神杯 #十二花神碗

#廣彩 #廣彩瓷 #Guangcai #porcelainpainting #CantonEnamel

Rainy Sunday

Some flowers on rainy Sunday, especially for those who have been working hard to make the city back to normal.

#watercolour #watercolourpainting #watercolourart

Chinese Rose

This series of 12 month “bowls” (versus the original 12 month “cups”) had once started last year, but had to stop due to unforeseeable circumstances. Let’s start again from the first day of the second half of the Year of Rabbit.

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農曆七月初一

First day of July in the traditional Chinese calendar

#月季 #ChineseRose

#不隨千種盡

#獨放一年紅

“Unlike a thousand other flowers that bloom and perish, it alone blazes red throughout the year.”

#十二花神 #十二花神杯 #十二花神碗

#廣彩 #廣彩瓷 #Guangcai #porcelainpainting #CantonEnamel

英雄樹

There are still sketches done in spring that I haven't posted yet.

This is one of them when the #cottontree blossomed… …

Farewell to #GPO Series No. 15

#GeneralPostOffice #HongKongPost #郵政總局

#木綿 #英雄樹 #BombaxCeiba

#watercolour #watercolourart #watercoloursketching #cityscape #locationsketch

It's August!

 @ 九龍麵粉廠 Kowloon Flour Mills

1 #August 2023

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#2023calendar #August #八月

#watercolour #watercolourart #landscape #locationsketch

#九龍麵粉廠 #KowloonFlourMills

It's a bird!

Practice can be very boring sometimes And so I am watching YouTube while doing this . Guess what I am watching?

#懶

Phone case

You ordered your new case before you bought your new phone

Well, I thought it’s a norm.

#ClockTower and #TheFlyingFrenchman #尖沙咀鐘樓 #翱翔的法國人

#watercolour #cityscape #casetify

早場之友

This is what I see every time I go Sunday morning movie, on the way on the escalator to the cinema. I think this deserve a sketch on its own.

#watercolour #watercolourart #locationsketch #cityscape

Drunk

Four bottles and a pen. Just make sure you won't drink from the wrong one!

#watercolour #watercolorart #watercolorpainting

循道衛理聯合教會 - 香港堂

Walking past this place for so many times that I have finally had the courage to put it in my sketchbook.

#循道衞理聯合教會香港堂 #ChineseMethodistChurch

#usk #uskhk #urbansketchers #urbansketchershongkong

#watercolour #watercolourart #locationsketch #cityscape