Author Archives: Francis

Clothes dyeing is never easy! 服を染めるのは、決して容易ではありません！ First failure: I thought the black, blue, and yellow dyes would mix with each other somehow to create unpredictable patterns of colors — so I tried, but they didn’t! So, this was the first … Continue reading →

On December 2nd, I joined another croquis session — as usual 20 minutes x 6 poses. I applied orange crayon (wax pastel) onto the croquis paper and, alas, it did not leave solid orange but the orange dots you see … Continue reading →

This is just a quick sketch of a Christmas candle I made decades ago, but with this I greet you all, my dear customers, and wish you all a very happy 2019. No matter whether you call the year “2019” … Continue reading →

Here is another 20-min experiment from November 23rd. I did not have time to work on the stool, yet I think it carries the atmosphere of a low-teen girl pondering over something — 20-min croquis Black ball-point pen on paper Not … Continue reading →

“Let’s Go Out” has been in slow progress — maybe you don’t notice much difference from the image of November 18 below, yet please take a look at the right side detail. “Let’s Go Out” in the making Soft pastel on … Continue reading →

\””(;; @ O@)/  What!?!? Usually, artists do not show study sketches like this to anyone — Yet here, I hope to discuss two different processes of painting landscapes. 1) One is called “alla prima,” a process known well as “Van Gogh’s fav,” … Continue reading →

What can one do, with just – a common writing pencil (HB), – an eraser, – a black ball-point pen, and – a sheet of paper, in just 20 minutes?? That’s what I experimented on November 23rd, at another croquis … Continue reading →

Below on October 18, I posted Stage 2 of “Bed of Photons” restarted. Here is Stage 3 — wait, where’s the difference!? Actually, if you look at the real thing of it, you can easily tell I have added some … Continue reading →

Below on October 13, I posted Stage 3 of this soft pastel painting. Here is a development of it — The developments are in the details — please look at the bookshelf, for instance. “Let’s Go Out”, Stage 4 Soft pastel … Continue reading →

Today, my landline phone rang while I was — ahem — in the bathroom! When I cannot take your call, please leave a message after a “beep”, with your name and phone number in it. I will call you back … Continue reading →