Author Archives: Francis

I’m thinking of a new pointillism painting of an imaginary rose —I need some time to think and work on it. Shown here is just an initial outline of it.Color pencil on paper 新たに、架空のバラを点描で描こうかと考えております。それを考えたり描いたりするのに、いくらか時間が必要ですね。 ここに示したのは、単なる描き始めのアウトライン。紙に色鉛筆

I’m back from my “second shot”, with no problem any more! As shown here, “Comma Johanneum” is in progress — yet my poor camera is unable to capture its color subtleties. The scanned images below capture them better! “Comma Johanneum”, … Continue reading →

Dear friends,I am expected to take my second shot of an anti-COVID19 vaccine tomorrow, Monday.This means I might have to send the whole next day (Tuesday) resting, to get over some side-effects.In that case, I will not be able to … Continue reading →

Back to St. Francis, and here is a scanner image.I think it is a lot better than easy photos, which fail to carry the smoothness –> tenderness of colors. St. Francis with Birds, Stage 5Oil pastel on paper 聖フランシスの絵に戻りましょう。こちらは、スキャナー画像。安直な写真より、スキャナーの方が良いようですね。写真だとどうも、色の滑らかさ → … Continue reading →

Way below on August 2, I abandoned a version of this made on poor-quality paper.Here, I’ve started it over, on better-quality paper, with wax pastel. You see, the smoothness of colors is way better.Why did it take so long to … Continue reading →

Another “cartoon” to illustrate my other website, which is available in Japanese.It elaborates on the inseparability between nuclear power generation and weapons.I tried to create a single cartoon that stands for that inseparability. Alas, that was a tough job —I … Continue reading →

So, here is another “just cartoon” to illustrate my other website — but as many of you notice, it is inspired by Alexej von Jawlensky !私のもう1つのウェブサイト「やかんをのせたら～～」のための漫画をもう1つ。単なる漫画ですけど、ご察しのとおり、ヤウレンスキーから着想を得ています。

Recently, I described some hardship I experienced while working on cartoons to illustrate my other website, a Japanese site on inseparability between nuclear weapons and power.I have been trained as a “fine art” painter and NOT as a cartoonist. I, … Continue reading →

Over here in Tokyo, a series of cool, comfortable days are in, after weeks of literally killing heat.(“Literally”, many citizens were carried in ambulances due to heat strokes.)In a time like this, I need a few days of rest to … Continue reading →

As I confessed in the post just below, I’m trained as a “fine art” painter and not asa cartoonist. Yet then, why do I work on some cartoons at all?My other website, which is a Japanese anti-nuke one, contains some … Continue reading →