I sure hope the Tokyo weather forecasts, which say
today is the last day of the 100F atmospheric furnace,
are right. Come tomorrow, the temperature will
come down.
I sure hope so!
So, here is the last piece of this year’s “Surviving the
Heat Spell” series.
It’s a “curved lines only” croquis experiment, done in
20 minutes back in September 2019.
The intention was to create a drawing made only of
curved lines.
Wax pastel on paper
“Lines only” experiment in 20 minutes / 20分での「線だけ」実験
Probably two more days before the “heavenly furnace” shuts down —
Over here in Tokyo, weather forecasts still say
this “natural blast furnace” of the hot spell will leave
this coming Thursday. If correct, I have to get along with
the natural furnace just two more days.
So, this series of “praying for the weather to cool down”
will soon come to the end for this year.
Here, out of my past works, I’ve brought up a live drawing of
a human model seen from the right front.
You see, this angle, from which the model’s eyes stare right
at you, can be scary somehow.
Then, why did I choose this angle??
Easy to explain. The right fron was the only room left.
I arrived at the drawing session venue some 10 minutes
before the session began, yet most of the floor spave was already taken, and “right in front” was the only room left.
So, I intentionally drew the model’s eyes larger than life,
in order to magnify the “scary” effect.
Wax pastel on paper
100-min drawing
From Aug. 2019
100-min drawing — Read the explanation to see why I made the eyes larger than life.
OK, weather forecasts keep saying that come Wednesday,
the current life-threatening heat will leave.
So, on Sept. 3, I’ll resume my usual work.
Then in the following week, I plan to finish
this “Naricissus” off.
“Narcissus”, almost done
Pen on paper
予報を見ていると、来週水曜日で現在のあまりにも危険な
熱波は、去っていく見込みです。
そこで、その9月3日から平常の仕事を再開する予定です。
その次の週には、このNarcissusも完成させる計画です。
Narcissus, 完成間近
紙にペン
“Narcissus”, almost done
Weather forecasts here say that this killing heat spell will
remain five more days, until next Wednesday.
So, as I survive the five more days, allow me to post
a few more drawings from the past.
This 20-min croquis shown below is another attempt
to depict the resonance beyween the motif (model) and
the space around it.
Felt-tip pen on paper
20-min croquis from 2017
Subject inseparable from the space surrounding it / 対象物とその周囲空間とのつながりの模索
So, as I just described in the post just below,
I treat the “motif” and the “space around it” as a sort of
unity, or at least “two interacting with each other”.
Here is another example of that, this time attempted with
felt-tip pens.
Felt-tip pens on paper, 20 minutes
Another 20-min croquis — tried to treat the model and surrounding space as a unity / 20分クロッキー。モデルさんと周囲の空間とを、一体として扱おうという試行
The heat is still here —
The excessive sunlight makes the empty space — that accommodates
the heat — seem warped.
That reminded me of this 20-min croquis from 2017.
Without the warped background, this would seem “just another
croquis”. However, the few curves in the background create some
vibrations and movements in the model. “Empty space” is certainly
not empty.
Pencil on paper
20-min croquis from Sept 3 / 20分クロッキー、9月3日
“Undercover Treaty”
Way back from 1989 — the work itself is not with me anymore.
606 x 500mm (23.9″ x 19.7″)
Oil and collage on “double canvas” (one sheet right beneath another),
with part of the “upper canvas” torn open
Newspaper on the frame
OK, part of the “surface canvas” is cut open to reveal the soldier’s
scream on the “concealed canvas”.
Collaged on the surface canvas are:
photo film and magazine pages
The frame is wrapped up in newspaper — often, media coverages
cover up what goes on behind.
It’s over 100F again, and I cannot concentrate on
drawing / painting.
So, hoping the heat spell will end soon,
here’s a work from the past.
Looking back, every summer ended eventually,
so just let me rest for now —
Live human model drawing from January 2019
Wax pastel on paper
100 minutes
In this pose, the model was “looking faraway”,
I wanted to create an impression that she was
looking at something outside the picture.
1 hr + 40 min of kinder crayon / 幼稚園用クレヨンで1時間40分
40Cの危険な熱波が続いており、
描くことに集中できません。
そこで、過去の作品などを紹介しておきますね。
熱波が早く去ることを願いつつ。
過去を振り返れば、終わらなかった夏は皆無なので、
いずれ終わる危険暑のなか、しばし休ませてくださいな～
2019年1月の人体デッサン
紙にワックスパステル
100分
このポーズでモデルさんは、「遠くの何か」を
見つめているように見かけました。
そこで、「絵の外部に何かがある」
ような感覚を作り出すよう、意図しました。
An “over-100F” week again over here in Tokyo —
At a temperature like this, I cannot concentrate
on my “pastel/pen and paper” —
So, I just turn on my fan and lie down, with
a croquis book and a pencil in my hands,
and I work on pencil scratches.
Currently, I am struggling with some scratches of
this new work, to be titled “Out of Gravity” —
— just wait till I come up with one I like.
「38C の週」が今週も続いている、この東京。
この気温では、「パステルと紙」に集中できません。
そこで、扇風機をオンにして寝っ転がり、
クロッキーブックと鉛筆を手に
スクラッチに取り組みます。
今のところ、新しい作品のスクラッチ数種類で
苦戦しております。Out of Gravity（重力から
解き放たれて）というタイトルにする予定の新作です。
気に入ったスクラッチができるまで、お待ちくださいな。
A pencil scratch for “Out of Gravity”
Done!
完成です
Shown here is a photo of most of the work.
To see scanned images, wich carry colors closer to the actual,
just click “Works – Flowers” in the black menu above.
こちらは、ほぼ全体を収めた写真。
スキャナー画像の方が写真よりも実際の色合いに近いのですが、
すっやなー画像をご覧になるには、上の黒いメニューで
Works – Flowers をクリック。
Photo, whole / 写真、全体
“Hydrangea Phantasia 3″
Wax pastel on paper
322 x 287 mm (12.7″ x 11.3”)
Price: T o be negotiated
Just contact me at
yadokari_ermite[at]yahoo.co.jp
(アジサイの幻覚 3）
紙にワックスパステル
322 x 287 mm
お値段： 交渉で
yadokari_ermite[at]yahoo.co.jp
までご連絡くださいませ！