Monthly Archives: December 2018

Usually, an artist does not show “miserable croquis” like these in public, but I am an exceptional artist that certainly shows his/her process of experimentations. Two 20-min croquis from a session of Dec. 16 — (;;  >_<) >    Top: … Continue reading →

As you have noticed, recently I’ve been painting landscapes and human figures, but architecture has been something missing. In fact, I haven’t drawn architecture lately, so “just for practice” I drew a mansion in Tokyo. Lucky, I found this mansion … Continue reading →

As of December 12, shown below, I had yet to decide what to paint on the dyed shirt. I decided to paint the Greek word “ελπis” (“elpis”, hope) and some forthysia flowers (whose flower language is “hope, anticipation.”) Here is the … Continue reading →

Thanks for prayers, my fever is gone, and I’m up and well again! Now, way below on November 26 (Please scroll down and click “Older posts” on the bottom), I posted an unintelligible quick & rough sketch. Here is an … Continue reading →

I don’t know what went wrong, but I am currently running a high fever. So, please wait until I get well and make my next post! 何がいけなかったのかは不明なのですが、現在、高い熱が出ています。 ですから、回復して次の投稿ができるまで、しばらくお待ちくださいな。

You know, at many croquis sessions, the artists are not supposed to ask the model to “take a —- pose”. The model usually decides what pose he/she takes. And at my croquis sessions, some 20 artists surround the model. Quite … Continue reading →

Here it is, “Bed of Photons” is done! Please keep in mind that the “real thing” has very subtle shades on it, my camera did not capture them well. (;;; >_<) >    I scanned the painting as well, but the … Continue reading →

So, below on December 7, I showed you how I got over double errors in dyeing a shirt. The story continues — Here is the back side dyed and dried. Now, I’m going to paint something on both sides. Yet … Continue reading →

Usually, in croquis, artists use soft and dark pencils like 6B or above. Here, in this 20-min croquis from December 2, I chose to work with a common “writing” pencil — HB. As you see, the result has some “illusionary” … Continue reading →

Clothes dyeing is never easy! 服を染めるのは、決して容易ではありません！ First failure: I thought the black, blue, and yellow dyes would mix with each other somehow to create unpredictable patterns of colors — so I tried, but they didn’t! So, this was the first … Continue reading →