Author Archives: Francis

So, the shirt painting shown below on Jan. 2 is done. 下の1月2日に紹介したシャツ ペインティングの背面、完成です。 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Want me to paint on your fav clothes? Just contact me, Heeday, … Continue reading →

A “new wave” of the current pandemic seems to have set in here in Tokyo as well — which means I cannot join a croquis / drawing session, whose venue is usually crowded. So, for now, I have to do … Continue reading →

Here’s the back side of the painted shirt below. Obviously, still more work to do. こちらが、下で紹介したペイント シャツの背面。 ご覧の通りまだ未完成で、さらにペイントを施します。  

  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . This dianthus shirt’s front side is done. Here are detail images. Now, onto the back. このディアンソス、前面は完成です。 ディテール画像を、ここに。 では、背面に進みます。

Onto the next clothes painting — Here, I’m working on a flower called “dianthus”, known to inhabit the European Alps. Front, whole The work is still in progress. 次の衣類ペインティング作。 こちらは、「ディアンソス」というヨーロッパ アルプスなどに咲く花を 描いているところ。 前面、全体 制作はまだ進行中です。

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Here is the back side of the dyed and painted shirt shown just below. The figure is a personification of the air / wind. … Continue reading →

I wrote an ancient Greek proverb on the front. “To pneuma hopou thelei pnei” “The wind blows where it wills.” Now, I’ll work on the back. おもて側には、古代ギリシャの諺を記しました。 「To pneuma hopou thelei pnei」 「風は思いのままに吹く」 これから、背中側に何かペイントします。

I used to join life drawing sessions, but since the current pandemic set in, I’ve been unable to. As some of you know well, a life drawing session venue is often overcrowded. This means over the last two years, I … Continue reading →

  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . After applying some fixative and hand-wash the dyed shirt, I hang it for air-drying. Now, it’s dry and — you see, the dyes’ colors … Continue reading →

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What!? Am I ruining an old white shirt?? This time, I wanted to try some quite “avant-garde” dyeing. Also, when the dyes dry, their hues … Continue reading →