On and around Lamma Island

A masterpiece in Pak Kok

This table is missing some good food, wine and great friends

Incredible colourful orange and pink flowers

Lamma seafront

And the sun setting

These are just some of beautiful sights from Lamma Island, where we live.

Roz's sketchcrawl appears on Lammazine

Photos by Lamma Gung

A story about our recent sketchcrawl, organised by Roz Keep, appeared on one of the best blogs ever - the Lammazine, the online magazine for Lamma Island. Click on the first image above to read more about our wonderful little island and the sketchcrawl!

Sketchcrawl 15 May 2010

Today was sketch crawl day on Lamma Island. Five of us met up in the Green Cottage, Yung Shue Wan Main Street before heading off to sketch this lovely island. Today was 30 degrees and 95% humid so we didn't stay out for long.

The top two images are of one of the pagodas on the island, this one is just behind the fishermen's village. And the bottom image is Vicki, one of the sketch crawlers. Her legs aren't as wonky in real life. I will post a link to everyone's work later this week.

Sketchcrawl

The view from my window, Lamma Island, Hong Kong

Roz Keep organised a sketchcrawl this weekend on Lamma Island. Above was my submission. You can see the results and find out more about sketchcrawl here. It involves getting groups of sketchers together to spend the day drawing the world around them, mostly buildings and people in there home towns. It's a brilliant event and worth taking part in if you fancy something different! Why not organise a sketchcrawl in your town or city? The next one is 10 May 2010.

Dim sum and then some

The dim sum ladies on the island

Morning from sunny Hong Kong! I got up extremely early today so I could have dim sum for breakfast to ease the pain of getting back to work on a presentation that I have to do tomorrow. Cha siu bao and ha gow are my favourite, which is basically pork bun and little shrimp dumplings. Yum! This food definitely makes everything seem so much better.

I was working on the presentation yesterday too - it's a toughie - 30 minutes! But stopped for a little break to do this sketch. I think I'm going to play around with this sketch later today....watch this space.

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This week's art class - colour!

Just finished Roz Keep's art class on the island. I haven't drawn anything for about a week so felt out of practice but desperate to start drawing again. I've been having withdrawal symptoms! I have even been dreaming about drawing and creating things. Does anyone else experience this??

Today, we learned all about colours, which I can vaguely remember from art classes about 20 years ago! And while it may seem extremely basic - it is so good for me to learn the absolute basics again otherwise I would cut corners by using paint straight from the tube or pair colours that really don't work together.

And I even managed to squeeze in a little sketch of the fishermen's village. The water is REALLY that colour!

Fishermen's village, ink and watercolour, 2 Feb 2010

Where I live

Lamma waterfront

Lamma Main St

One of the lovely beaches on the island

The island has lots of beautiful plants

and old ruins

and fabulous fresh produce!

Originally from Scotland, I moved to Hong Kong in 2005. I live on a little island in the South China Sea called Lamma Island. With no cars, and only 3,500 people - this is an idyllic place to live. It's easy to be inspired by everything you see around you. And it is so peaceful. I love seeing the stars at night and hearing the birds in the morning. Something you see very little of on the metropolis that is Hong Kong island, which is only 30 minutes away on a ferry.