Author Archives: Francis

On January 12 (today), I joined a croquis session again. As always, 20 minutes x 6 poses. Now, I experimented with a very uncontrollable drawing medium, shown below. As you see, these pieces of wax pastel are made of pigments … Continue reading →

On January 5, I joined another drawing session. 20 minutes x 5 times of the same model, same pose. The session began at 2:30 pm JST, by when I already heard some news on the US bombing of the Baghdad … Continue reading →

. . . . . . . . . Shown above are my very old works already listed on the “Works – Social issues” page of this website. Created back in 1989, when I was a beginner in painting, technically … Continue reading →

So, here is Stage 1 of the second piece of the Suite, “Angels of the Elements.” Just the beginning — I want this to be “flowing like water, yet with wildness”. You know what “wild things” water can do when … Continue reading →

  Currently, I’m working on a 4-piece suite titled “Angels of the Elements”. Since the suite looks coarse and wild — I mean it to be so — some might think I am working on it on a whim. Actually, … Continue reading →

So, this is meant to be coarse, and this is done! To find out why I meant this to be coarse, please scroll down and read my post below on Dec. 27. May the coarse and powerful fire from the … Continue reading →

So, this is done! “Everything that comes out of God’s mouth” — for the meaning of the Hebrew phrase “kal mosa”, just scroll down and read my post below on Dec. 21. “Kal Mosa II”, done Oil pastel on paper … Continue reading →

. . . . . . . .   I joined another croquis (quick drawing) session on Dec. 28. As usual, 20 minutes x 6 poses. With all the six poses, I experimented with “marker lines only.” The left croquis … Continue reading →

Coarse, isn’t it? Traditional visual depictions of the “angels of the elements” are often way more delicate and sophisticated than this, I know. Yet think of this — if there are some invisible beings of wisdom and force that control … Continue reading →

So, just a few steps more to the finish — To find out what “kal mosa” means, just scroll down and read my post below on Dec. 21. “Kal Mosa II”, close to the finish Oil pastel on paper board … Continue reading →