Urban Sketchers Hong Kong: August 2015

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Tung Tak Pawn Shop 同德大押

Historic buildings such as Tung Tak Pawn Shop have become increasingly rare in Hong Kong. They may not be able to yield great financial profit if preserved, however they are extremely precious and valuable to our sons and daughters as they tell stories through their architecture and of the different times, whether good or bad, that they have endured. They are living monuments of Hong Kong which witnessed the many changes of our homeland. What is more "valuable" to Hong Kong? The redeveloped property or the original monument which grew up with Hong Kong as well as you and me?

Sandy Hau

Justin Ng

Ben Luk

Catherine Chan

Gary Yeung

Cynthia Pong

Elaine Chiu

Noble Wong

Sarah Li

Serge Raïf Chehab

Vanessa Leung

Alison Hui

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Forbes Street Wall Tree

On 9 August, Urban Sketchers Hong Kong assembled at Forbes Street and spent a morning sketching the largest group of wall trees in Hong Kong. The wall trees are Banyan trees (Ficus macrocarpa). Their aerial roots grow on masonry walls in an intertwining manner and gradually thicken into wooden trunks, therefore attaching themselves firmly on the walls. The combination of banyan trees with these pre-war masonry walls is truly an icon and treasure of Hong Kong and thus they should be well-protected!

Alison Hui

Alvin Wong

Elena Klimova

Grace Tam

Guillaume How-Choong

Noble Wong

Sandy Hau

Romy Wu

Gary Yeung

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Urban Sketchers Hong Kong at the 6th International Urban Sketchers Symposium

We, a band of merry urban sketchers from Hong Kong took part in the 6th International Urban Sketchers Symposium in Singapore from 22 - 25 July. We attended workshops, lectures, sketch walks and along the way we met many wonderful sketcher friends from around the world. It was a great trip for learning, sharing and having fun.