Thursday, March 19, 2009

Fukuroda Falls 袋田の滝


This is a waterfall that isn't too far away from my hometown in Japan. It's a small tourist attraction... the wooded mountains are beautifully lush green during the summer and spring, and brilliantly red, orange and yellow during the fall. In the winter the falls supposedly freezes and you can ice-climb. And my brother liked the barbecued ayu (type of small fish found in freshwater rivers) fished, cooked and sold there.
Recently, rainfall has gone down and less water come down the falls... ten years ago the flow was so great you would get sprayed with the mist and you could barely see the charcoal-black rocks underneath.
Time: About 1 hr
Material: Acrylics
袋田の滝は私の日本の出身の町から遠くない小さな観光地。春夏は豊かな緑が美しく秋はすばらしい紅葉がみられる。冬は滝が凍るのでそれを登る人もいるとか。弟は売っていた焼き鮎が気に入ったようだ。
最近降水量が少なく、滝や川の水嵩が減ってしまったらしい。十年前は水しぶきが激しく、滝の下の黒い岩が見えないくらいだったという。
時間:1時間
画材:アクリル

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Saturday, June 14, 2008

Watercolor Landscape 水彩風景画


School project. Very little effort put in.
Time:??
Material: Watercolor
学校のプロジェクト。全然やる気がなく描いた。
時間:??
画材:水彩画

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Sunday, December 16, 2007

Latesummer Riverbank 晩夏の川辺


Second acrylic painting I ever did (finished)! It's photographed because it's too big to scan.
Actually, I used some watercolor paint at first and then used oil in the trees a bit... It's more mix media.
From both pictures and actually going to and painted at a small river at a park nearby our house. The white lines in the water are diagonal... Please ignore that.
There is about 5 or 6 layers of different color paint here on top of each other, from redoing things over and over. I feel like I wasted a lot of paint in this one.
Time: A lot of time. At least 10 hours, I'm sure. Lost count because I painted few minutes one day, then hours another, then...
Material: Acrylic, Watercolor, Oil
生まれて二作目のアクリル画。スキャンするには大きすぎるので写真です。じつは少し水彩と油を使っているのでミックスメディアに近い。
写真と実際その場所に行って写生しました。水の白い線が斜めになってるのには目をつぶって下さい...(汗)
何度も塗り直したのでペイントの層がいくつもあると思います。結構絵の具を無駄遣いしてしまった作品です。
時間:結構かけました。最低10時間。何度にも分けて描いたので数えてませんでした。
画材:アクリル、水彩、油

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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

School Hallway 学校の廊下


This is a sketch of a piece of the hallway of my school. I drew it really quickly while I was wandering the empty school building waiting for my ride after marching band rehersal. The straight lines are very crooked.
Time: 10min
Material: HB Pencil
マーチングバンドの練習の後、迎えがくるのを待ちながら人気の無い校舎をうろうろしていたとき描きました。二つの中庭を横切る廊下の一部分です。直線が直線になってません...
時間:10分
画材:HB鉛筆

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Sunday, October 14, 2007

Jugoya 十五夜



This is the first 100% acrylic painting I have ever done, drawing from memory. I was inspired of the beautiful sky I saw one full moon in September.
Time: 2hr
Material: Acrylic
初めてアクリリク(アクリル)だけで描いた絵。九月の美しい満月を思い出して描きました。
時間:2時間
画材:アクリル

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Thursday, October 04, 2007

River 川


This picture is half from a photo and half imaginary. I adjusted the color and added very unreal flowers.
Time: 30min
Material: Watercolor Paint, Watercolor Colored Pencil
半分想像、半分写真から描きました。色を変え、嘘くさい花を加えたのです。
時間:30分
画材:水彩画用色鉛筆、水彩絵の具

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Rain 雨


I painted this while trying out a new brush. Expensive brushes are sure worth the price!
Time: 20min
Material: Watercolor Paint
新しい絵筆を試して描きました。高いけど、価値のある絵筆だ。
時間:20分
画材:水彩絵の具

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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Komorebi こもれび


This is drawn from a photograph my dad took when we went to somewhere in Minnesota. The girl is me, and the boy is one of my brothers. The shadows on the sidewalk were fun to draw.
Time: Several hours
Material: Watercolor Colored Pencil, Watercolor Paint
ミネソタ州に行ったとき父が撮った写真から描きました。女の子の方は私で、男の子は弟の一人です。
時間:数時間
画材:水彩画用色鉛筆、水彩絵の具

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Thursday, August 23, 2007

Michigan Lake ミシガン湖


This is drawn from a photograph that I believe my dad took. It was during a summer vacation to Canada, and I think what we see here is either looking across the Michigan Lake at Canada from Chicago (Illinois, USA), or vice-versa. I was too young to remember. It was pretty nice how we could see the buildings in the horizon, though I didn't draw it very well. And clouds with watercolors are hard!
Time: 1hr
Material: Watercolor Colored Pencil, Watercolor Paint
この絵のもとの写真は多分父が撮ったもの。夏休みにカナダへ行ったときです。ミシガン湖で、シカゴ(アメリカのイリノイ州)からカナダを見ているのか、カナダからシカゴを見ているのか...幼かったので場所はさっぱり覚えてません。でも湖の向こうに街の建物が見えるのが面白かったです(うまく描けなかったけど)。それにしても、水彩画で雲を描くのは難しいなあ。
時間:1時間
画材:水彩画用色鉛筆、水彩絵の具

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Sunday, August 12, 2007

Mountains 山


I drew this for fun.
Time: 20min
Material: Watercolor Paint, Watercolor Colored Pencil
遊びで描いた一枚。
時間:
画材:水彩絵具、水彩色鉛筆

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Monday, March 05, 2007

River 小川


It's a bad painting... Like something one might find in a cheap picture book... But I painted this while I was playing around with watercolors.
Time: ??
Material: Watercolor Paint, Watercolor Colored Pencil
安っぽい絵本に出てくるような下手な絵ですが...水彩画で遊んでるとき想像して描きました。
時間:??
画材:水彩絵具、水彩画用色鉛筆

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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Amazon Sunset アマゾンの夕日


I painted this from a photo in a book, and it is also the first oil painting I've ever done. It's blurry, dark and I don't like it... My art teacher gave me the frame for free, so I put it in that.
Time: ??
Material: Oil Paint, Acrylic underneath
本の写真をみて描いた、初めての油絵です。ぼんやりしてて暗い、あまり気に入らない絵。先生がただで額をくれたので、入れてみましたが。
時間:??
画材:油絵、下にアクリル

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"Streets of Imari" Framed 伊万里の絵を額に


前に描いた伊万里の絵を母にあげたら立派な額に入れてくれました。私なんかの絵のために、お金を出してフレーミングまで!?うれし〜い!これはその写真です。ちなみに母がフレーミングを頼んだ画家は私の絵の先生です。
When I gave the drawing of Imari to my mother, she got it framed. A frame, that costs $$$, for my crappy drawings!? Anyway, I was really happy. This is a photo of it. By the way, the artist my mother asked to frame this was my art teacher.

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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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Saturday, December 23, 2006

Mountains 山


I painted this picture on already wrinkled paper experimenting with watercolor colors. It was very fun.
Time: 1hr?
Material: HB Pencil, Watercolor Colored Pencil, Watercolor Paint
しわのついた紙で水彩絵具で遊んでいて描きました。水彩は楽し〜い!
時間:1時間?
画材:HB鉛筆、水彩画用色鉛筆、水彩絵具

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Sunday, November 19, 2006

Lake 湖


I painted this looking at a photograph. The background is supposed to be a side of a mountain, but it looks like a sky... I have to practice more.
Time: 1hr30min
Material: Watercolor Paint, Watercolor Pencil
これは写真をみながら描きました。バックは山であるはずなんですが、空みたいですね... 練習しなきゃ。
時間:1時間30分
画材:水彩絵具、水彩画用色鉛筆

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Sunday, October 29, 2006

Autumn Reflections 秋の反映


I painted this the other day from a photograph. I'm not that good at drawing reflections on water, so I wanted to practice. The fall colors are pretty during this time in Central United States.
Time: 1hr
Material: Watercolor Colored Pencil, Watercolor paint
これは昨日写真を見ながら描きました。水の上の反射を描くのは上手くないので、練習しようかと。中央アメリカも紅葉が奇麗な時期です。
時間:1時間
画材:水彩画用色鉛筆、水彩絵具

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Sunday, October 08, 2006

Country Road カントリーロード


I also drew this from a photograph. There was a house in the background too, but I removed that to make the house in the front stand out. I didn't do a good job in he trees in the back...
Time: 15min
Materials: B Pencil
これも写真から描いたものです。後ろの方にも家があったんですが、手前の家に注目してほしいので取り除きました。後ろの方の木々はあまり上手く描けなかったかな...
時間:15分
画材:B鉛筆

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Friday, October 06, 2006

Afternoon Sun 午後の日差し


I drew this from a picture I found at my studio I attend. I really liked the contrast between the light and dark areas created from the sun.
Time taken: 10 minutes
Material: HB Pencil
これは、私が通うスタジオで見つけた写真から書きました。太陽の光と陰のコントラストが気に入っています。
時間:10分
画材:HB鉛筆

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