Autumn Harvest

It was a Sunday afternoon, while waiting for the chicken soup to be ready, I decide to draw what we have harvested from our friend organic farm in YangZhencun , a small village about 50km north east of Beijing city.

The Oxygen

The Oxygen , Royal Victoria Dock, London

View from The Oxygen apartment at Royal Victoria Docks, London. It was 8pm and while it is still quite bright, I drew this sketch of the quiet residential blocks across the road.

Farm house Pinggu District China

Proposed design and plans for our new farm house in Pinggu District China. Work started wednesday 5th september 2012. Worker will be transporting 190 cubic meters of stone from the nearby river beds to built our fencing walls. The construction for the farm house is expected to be complete within 2 months before the weather gets cold. Hopefully, we can at least have the walls and roof up with all the electrical and sanitary fittings and fixtures.

Lakes District England

Lakes District England

Arriving in the town of Hawkshead in the Lakes District, England. Just visited the Beatrix Potter Gallery in the town.While waiting for our the bus ride back to Windermere, I took out my sketch book and start drawing the church on a small hill across the road. The church was said to be 400 years old. Such a wonderful place to sketch here ! Every little lanes and building are so interesting and inspiring.All the small cottages and houses have stone walls, slates tiled roof and have beautiful rock gardens. Flowers grow almost eveywhere, by the road side, on the roof even in between gaps on the stone walls. I did a sketch of a bunch of flower display on the table in the restaurat we have lunch earlier. the restaurant owner said these are from her kitchen garden at the back.

Lakes District Windermere Town England

Monday, September 10, 2012

Lakes District Windermere Town England

Going on a day trip today to Ambleside and Grasmere village in Lakes District. Our guide went into the office to fill up some registration while we waited for another couples to arrive. Temperature was pretty cold this morning. It has been raining ever since we arrive 3 days ago and hopefully, the weather can be better today. The trip will takes us to some slates milling site, Woodsworth museum and ferry trip across the lakes. The sketch I drew was a nice bed & breakfast hotel called The Lamp Lighters. Beside , there is a small lanes leading into another 2 little hotel. Across the road is a 'Kankku Off road' driving adventure tour office , a jeep rental outlet. It was another half hour wait at the jetty for the ferry to takes us across the lake so I did another sketch of the wooden boats and th wild birds.