“Comma Johanneum”, Stage 4, photo — My camera is unable to capture the true colors. ステージ４、写真 ・・ 私のカメラでは、実物の色を再現できません。
As you see in the photo above, my poor camera is not able to capture the true colors of this work in progress. So, shown below are scanned images of its upper half and lower half. They show colors that are closer to the real.
“Comma Johanneum”, Stage 4, scanner images of upper and lower halves Wax pastel on paper Still in progress
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 finish off —
Esquis for a “ball-point pen drawing” that is NOT a sketch or croquis Pencil on paper
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.
An “explanatory” illustration to my other website / 私のもう１つのウェブサイトに使う「説明」用イラスト
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 know what they are.
“Fine art” paintings have their place. Yet people do need something else as well, “explanatory illustrations”. These two should occupy different places. Yet either is superior or inferior to the other. Both serve necessary and different purposes.
As an artist basically trained in “fine art” painting, I often find much of “fine art” ignorant of social issues, though in reality nothing in the human society is 100% isolated from that society. Today, much of “contemporary art” is “political” and/or “deals with social issues”, as you know. If art intends to establish its own “freedom”, it needs to be well aware of what its social environment is doing to it. In the case of my anti-nuke website (written in Japanese), my clumsy “explanatory cartoons” are part of my effort to free the planet from nukes.
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”, started over, Stage 2 Photo above, scanned images below Wax pastel on paper
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 post here this Monday, Tuesday, and possibly Wednesday. I’d appreciate your understanding in advance!
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 5 Oil pastel on paper
