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I’ve used ball-point pens often in croquis and sketches. Yet how about a finished drawing made with ball-point pens?I’ve decided to try that. Here is the esquis for the experiment. I think it is going to take some time to … Continue reading →

The painting is just begun — “Imaginary Rose”, Stage 1Felt-tip marker on paper 描画を始めたところです。 “Imaginary Rose”（架空のバラ）、ステージ１紙にマーカー “Imaginary Rose”, just begun / 描き始め

This is Stage 3 after the restart.The photo below shows the whole but rather unreal colors. The scanner image of the upper half carries ccolors that are much closer to the real. やり直し後のステージ３です。写真の方は全体を示していますが、色が実際とかなり違ってしまってます。上半分のスキャナー画像の方は、かなり実際に近い色彩です。 “Comma Johanneum” Stage 3Wax pastel on paperStill … Continue reading →

As you see, this oil pastel painting, intended to be child-like, is now close to the finish.ご覧の通り、このオイルパステル作品、もうすぐ完成です。子供の絵のようにすることを、初めから意図していました。

As I said before, I’m not trained to draw cartoons — still, my other website, a Japanese one spreading anti-nuke messages, requires some “explanatory” cartoons. The clumsy example shown here shows what MIRVs are, since some Japanese readers do not … Continue reading →

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 →