Today is the dragon boat festival. And the weather is perfect with a good breeze and big puffy clouds to offer some intermittent shade. (to learn more about the dragon boat festival and history click here) Now I did not
Stanley Beach House – painting
This is not the first time I have sat under Tin Hau Temple in Stanley and painted this section of beach. I like it here because of the shady trees and it’s far enough off the path I can spread
Life Guard Tower #1, BWB – painting
The sun did not come out as I expected. It must have been because I put my sun hat in my bag and applied lotion before going out this morning. Despite that, the temperature was around 19C with gusty winds.
Shek-O Beach – painting
Wow. How long can this beautiful weather hold up? The humidity is up in the 80-90% range, but with not a cloud in the sky my paint dried quickly and I was able to paint this before lunch (although it
Tower #2, Big Wave Bay
Chinese New Year is winding down and most people have gone back to work. The beach only had a few stragglers laying about and most of the shops hadn’t bothered to open up for business yet. Today was about 80%
Life Guard Tower #1, Big Wave Bay
Today started out cloudy and very windy. Knowing the sun would eventually come out I headed to the beach with my big paper. And while the sun came out after lunch, the wind never let up. I’ve never painted with
Cape D’aguilar Rd.
Even though I live only 1 kilometer from the Chai Wan MTR Station, it’s about 10k by bus or car. Shek-O Road, the only way into my village, is a long, narrow and winding road wrapping around the Southern District.
BWB Composition #1
Ok. Learned today not to begin painting sitting in full sun. I started this one at 8:30 today, but by noon I was cooked. Guess I’ll make sure the tip hat I buy is big brimmed and keep suntan lotion
Under the Mangrove Trees
It took 2 days to paint this image due to sitting in the shade and slow drying time. The sand fleas are bad under the trees too and I went through quite a bit of Off.