Sunday sketches

Not really the weather for this woolly hat! But I like it.

It's getting hot in here

It's hot and humid and the rainy season is upon us. It's hard to keep cool. This sketch illustrates how hot I feel just now.

It's been a tough weekend

Here's hoping that next week is much better!

Sunday sketches

The original scanned-in drawing - looks much lighter than original

Colours adjusted slightly to reflect original

Colours adjusted somewhat more

Sepia toned

Colours adjusted to fiery orange tones

I am super busy during the week now building up my PR and marketing business, so only have a small amount of time each week to be creative. Yesterday it rained heavily, which was the perfect excuse to do some sketching and then play around on paint.net. Which version of this illustration do you like best?

Hong Kong Art Fair

On Thursday night I was lucky enough to attend a special viewing of this year's Hong Kong Art Fair. I was blown away by the works of art there, which was mostly contemporary art. The exhibition was enormous and jam packed with many different artists from around the world, including lots and lots from China including Yu Chen, Zhao Fang and Wang Yi-guang. Exhibits from Damien Hirst, Matisse, Avedon (photo above) and La Chappelle were also at the show. I felt completely spoiled to see this exhibition and hope to return over the weekend as three hours were not enough to see everything. Apologies for the quality of the photos - I took them with my iphone.

Below is a video about the show. The show runs until Sunday.

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!