Sunday, October 27, 2024

Flame Trees

There’s a #FlameTree around the corner from home.  I sketched it in early summer, and I sketched it again in fall to appreciate the magic of mother nature.







#鳳凰木 #FlameoftheForest #Poinciana

#watercolour #watercolourart #watercoloursketching #cityscape #locationsketch


Sunday, October 20, 2024

N Seoul Tower from City Hall

A really quick one cause there's no seat and rather cold when not under the sun




#seoul2024

#uskseoul


Seoul City Hall from Tim Hortons

Done in about an hour including the eating. Not bad, not bad.




#seoul2024

#uskseoul #usk


Saturday, October 19, 2024

Thursday, September 26, 2024

趁熱鬧

 #Panda and panda




#大熊貓 #GiantPanda

#廣彩 #廣彩瓷 #Guangcai #porcelainpainting #CantonEnamel

Sunday, September 22, 2024

秋分

#秋分 #AutumnalEquinox


It’s the day when the day is as long as the night.  From then on the night will become longer and longer in the northern hemisphere as we approach the winter.  


How about we go picnic before it gets too cold?





#青山綠水 #山水 #landscape

#廣彩 #廣彩瓷 #Guangcai #porcelainpainting #CantonEnamel


Tuesday, September 17, 2024

但願人長久 千里共嬋娟

Have you had your #mooncake yet?





P.S. I did only the colouring. The lines were pre-stamped on.


#MidAutumnFestival #中秋 #中秋節 #但願人長久 #人月兩團圓 #月餅 #ValerieMooncake #不是廣告

#廣彩 #廣彩瓷 #Guangcai #porcelainpainting #CantonEnamel

Sunday, September 8, 2024

Lion Rock

Since I am printing #2025calendar , an entry of the #LionRock seems to be a must.






#獅子山 #staytuned

#watercolour #watercolourart #watercoloursketching #cityscape #locationsketch


Friday, September 6, 2024

Typhoon Yagi

 颱風天,食件蛋糕準備下午返工




#廣彩 #廣彩瓷 #Guangcai #porcelainpainting #CantonEnamel


Sunday, September 1, 2024

上海街天后古廟

I like Tin Hau Temples.


Everytime I walk by one, I would think, em…, where I am standing now, was that water before?  Was Tin Hau Leung Leung standing here all these years, looking over the “sea”, protecting the people?  This somehow gives me a connection to the changes of the city over time.






https://www.amo.gov.hk/.../kowloon/monuments_126/index.html


#天后古廟 #油麻地 #TinHauTemple #YauMaTei

#watercolour #watercolourart #watercoloursketching #cityscape #locationsketch


Sunday, August 11, 2024

Practice makes perfect

First time painting a porcelain from mixing the colours.  Not quite the result I expected, so I am doing the same again.




#荷花 #Lotus

#porcelainpaintin #仿古彩瓷

#practicemakesperfect


Sunday, August 4, 2024

Immigration Tower

I still remember how the faint air condition coming from the Immigration Tower in Wan Chai, giving the passing-bys a cool breeze in spring.  But in only 3 months’ time, the headquarters of the Immigration Department had already been relocated to Tseung Kwan O.  With the land sale in plan, I might not be able to sketch these tree cottons for very long.





#ImmigrationTower #入境事務大樓 #人民入境事務大樓 #木棉 #英雄樹 #BombaxCeiba #treecotton

#watercolour #watercolourart #watercoloursketching #cityscape #locationsketch


Tuesday, July 23, 2024

An experiment

 


我覺得效果唔錯。

.

.

.

哈哈。哈。哈。哈。


#ChinesePainting #山水 #水墨


Monday, July 22, 2024

Great Heat

#大暑 #GreatHeat

As the heat on the surface of the earth has been accumulating since early summer, it is usually the hottest time of the year around the Great Heat.





And I hope these butterflies could comfortably survive the heat…


#蝴蝶 #蝶舞 #butterfly

#廣彩 #廣彩瓷 #Guangcai #porcelainpainting #CantonEnamel


Sunday, July 14, 2024

Tree Cotton and GPO

The #TreeCotton makes a good companion of #GPO.  And this year, I had sufficient time to catch them from two different angles.







Farewell to #GPO Series No. 19 & 21


#GeneralPostOffice #HongKongPost #郵政總局 #香港郵政 #木棉 #英雄樹 #BombaxCeiba


#watercolour #watercolourart@ #watercoloursketching #cityscape #locationsketch


Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Another Chinese painting homework...

 乜嘢都試下之臨下張大千




#ChinesePainting #山水 #水墨


Saturday, July 6, 2024

Lotus

農曆六月初一

First day of June in the traditional Chinese calendar





#荷花 #Lotus

#根是泥中玉

#心承露下珠


“Its roots are like jade, unsullied by mud, like pearls are the dewdrops caught on its heart-shaped leaves.”


#十二花神 #十二花神杯 #十二花神碗

#廣彩 #廣彩瓷 #Guangcai #porcelainpainting #CantonEnamel


Sunday, June 30, 2024

New view from office

Unfortunately the curtain is always down because of the bright sun and hot summer.  This can only be seen when it rains or at night…
































#watercolour #watercolourart #watercoloursketching #cityscape #locationsketch


Sunday, June 23, 2024

More Chinese painting homework

 The base for colour exercise next class.




#ChinesePainting #山水 #水墨

Friday, June 21, 2024

Summer Solstice

#夏至 #SummerSolstice

Summer Solstice is the day when we have the longest daylight in a year in the northern hemisphere, but the hottest months will not come till July and August …





May be some vibrant colours could make you forget about the sweat for a moment, and this #GoldenYellowPheasent among the peonies definitely serves the purpose.


#嫩蕊包金粉

#重葩結繡雲


The original:-

https://theme.npm.edu.tw/opendata/DigitImageSets.aspx?sNo=04024856&Key=&pageNo=1700


#錦上添花 #錦雞

#廣彩 #廣彩瓷 #Guangcai #porcelainpainting #CantonEnamel


Sunday, June 16, 2024

Holy Redeemer Catholic Church

Travelled all the way from Island East to NT West because of the beautiful tree at the front door.  The #TreeCotton as well as other colourful trees were definitely a surprise bonus.





#HolyRedeemerCatholicChurch #天主教贖世主堂 #木棉 #英雄樹 #BombaxCeiba
#watercolour #watercolourart #watercoloursketching #cityscape #locationsketch

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Goodbye!

Saying goodbye to this view in a year’s time.

June & February 2024, June 2023







Farewell to #GPO Series No. 20, 18 & 16


#GeneralPostOffice #HongKongPost #郵政總局 #香港郵政

#watercolour #watercolourart #watercoloursketching #cityscape #locationsketch


Sunday, June 9, 2024

More Chinese painting homework...

 只要你唔尷尬...




#ChinesePainting #山水 #水墨

Thursday, June 6, 2024

農曆五月初一

農曆五月初一

First day of May in the traditional Chinese calendar





#石榴花 #PomegranateBlossom


#露色珠簾映

#香風粉壁遮


“Its colour dampened with dew is reflected on the beaded curtain, the breeze scented with its fragrance is shielded by the powdered wall.”


#十二花神 #十二花神杯 #十二花神碗

#廣彩 #廣彩瓷 #Guangcai #porcelainpainting #CantonEnamel


Sunday, June 2, 2024

高士威道

 The line of trees outside Victoria Park is so beautiful.  It is especially the case when the #TreeCotton blossoms.






#木棉 #英雄樹 #BombaxCeiba

#watercolour #watercolourart #watercoloursketching #cityscape #locationsketch

More practice requires...

懶鬼上身,今日到此為止😌

(原全想像到老師無眼睇🙈個樣 )







































#ChinesePainting #山水 #水墨


Wednesday, May 22, 2024

15 May in Chinese calendar

農曆四月初十五

The 15th day of April in the traditional Chinese calendar


#牡丹 #Peony





#曉艷遠分金掌露

#暮香深惹玉堂風


“At dawn its ravishing beauty claims the jin zhang’s share of the dew; at dusk, its fragrance entices the wind to blow through the Jade Hall.”


#十二花神 #十二花神杯 #十二花神碗

#廣彩 #廣彩瓷 #Guangcai #porcelainpainting #CantonEnamel


(Yes, I forgot about this on the first of April…)