Saturday, January 13, 2007

Streets of Imari 伊万里


My father took this photo when we visited a town called Imari in Japan. The town was full of small shops that sold ceramic objects and little streams flowed downhill among the beautiful buildings. I'd like to go again!
Material: B Pencil
Time: 4hr
佐賀県の伊万里にいった時父が撮った写真です。すごく良い所でまたいってみたいなー。
画材:B鉛筆
時間:4時間

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1 minute sketches 1分スケッチ



These are quick sketches of people taking no longer than a minute to make artists begin drawing from the overall shape of a person. I began doing these in fourth grade because I liked to draw others (during class) but no one ever stood still for more than a minute. Years later I would discover that this method was really practiced.
Time: 1min to 5min each person
Materail: HB Pencil
人体の全体の形を理解しそれを始めに描く練習のためにする絵画法:1分以内に誰かを描く。私はこの方法を小学四年生の時発見して(授業中クラスメイトを描くのが好きだったが誰もじっとしていないので、短時間で誰かを描く方法を編み出した)のちに私はこの練習法が本当に利用されている事を知る。
時間:一人1分から5分
画材:HB鉛筆

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Mother and Child 母と子



These are a drawing and painting I did looking at an old photo I found of my mother and my younger brother. My father took this photograph. At one look I fell in love with how well he had captured the moment. I began sketching but then thought "It might look better as a watercolor" so I painted it also. The colors of the watercolor didn't turn out so good.
Time: 40min (Pencil Sketch)
1hr (Watercolor)
Material: B Pencil, Hard Charcoal (Pencil Sketch)
Watercolor Paint, Watercolor Colored Pencil (Watercolor)
母と弟の昔の写真を見つけて描きました。父が撮ったらしいです。あまりにもその瞬間が上手くとらえられていたので描きたくなりました。はじめにスケッチをしたのですが終わらないうちに「水彩の方がいいかもしれない」と思い水彩画の方を描いた訳です。色彩がよくなかったかな?
時間:40分(スケッチ)
   1時間(水彩画)
画材:B鉛筆、チャーコール(スケッチ)
   水彩絵の具、水彩画用色鉛筆(水彩画)

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Brother 4 弟4



These are two sketches of my brother. He sways while playing the violin, so it's so hard!
Time: 5min each
Material: B Pencil
弟のスケッチ二つです。バイオリンを弾いている時ゆらゆら動くので描きにくい!
時間:5分ずつ
画材:B鉛筆

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Artist's Hands 画家の手


I drew this looking at my art teacher's hands. Old peoples' hands are difficult but fun to draw; I can see how they have touched many things in the past.
Time: 3min
Material: B Pencil
絵の先生の手をみて描きました。年配の人の手は難しいけれど描くのは面白いです。いろいろなものを触れてきた事がわかる...
時間:3分
画材:B鉛筆

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Teacher 先生


This is a 15-minute potrait of my art teacher. It's one of my best pictures of her yet.
Time: 15min
Material: 3B Pencil
絵の先生の肖像画です。いままで描いたものの中で一番良い。
時間:15分
画材:3B鉛筆

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