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(Click to enlarge / 画像をクリックすれば、拡大します） . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I joined in another croquis session today — as usual, 20 minutes x 6 poses. Today, I experimented … Continue reading →

This is a failure! I wanted to treat Lycoris radiata as “something burning and radiant”, as I said below on September 11. So I tried to turn the flowers into flames, but I don’t like the result shown here. Now, … Continue reading →

So, this portrait of the saint is still in progress. Allow me to skip Stage 6, and here is Stage 7. I wanted to present the saint facing many tragedies of our world and is about to speak up. Speak, … Continue reading →

Today, September 16, I joined a drawing session. Unlike my croquis sessions, today we worked on the same model’s same pose for 120 minutes. The model carried a pure, untainted yet friendly atmosphere (not “angelic but inaccessible”), so I tried … Continue reading →

Felt-tip markers can be a good painting medium, when it comes to pointillism on paper. IF you simply draw lines with them, well, markers are quite limited in expressions, but pointillism can make more of their ink colors (especially, their … Continue reading →

Obviously, this is a sketch for a new painting. I’m going to work on “Lycoris radiata”, a very common roadside flower of September over here in Tokyo. In most of Japan, this flower is not loved by many, since — … Continue reading →

A harsh typhoon just hit Tokyo. I’m OK. I pray all of you in eastern Japan are doing OK. 東京を強い台風が直撃しましたが、私は大丈夫です。 東日本にお住いの皆様、ご無事でしょうか？ On September 8th, I joined a croquis (quick drawing) session again. As usual, 20 minutes x 6 poses. This … Continue reading →

So, “Rose of Sharon” is done. As I said below, this is meant to be coarse and wild, since I intended to represent the plant’s vital force — standing straight under the scorching sun, it also provides nectar to bees … Continue reading →

So, this protest painting is done. The photo above shows the whole picture, yet the colors are somehow darker than the real ones. So, I show you four detailed scanned images as well below. “Prosperity Gospel” 455 x 530mm Wax … Continue reading →

So, this painting is still in progress. Here’s some progress from August 25 shown below. The work still goes on — as you see, here I am working in a very old way of oil painting — a thin layer … Continue reading →