Month: March 2020

white & black

"Black Bottle and Apple" 2020 Watercolor

white thing、drawing black things、Feels like a bit of a challenge。"White things" are expressed by darkening the surroundings.、“Whiteness of whiteness” is、Accurately measure the order of darkness between the main body and the surrounding area.、Must be expressed in that order。Moreover,、Not stepless、Summarize into 5-6 steps、Operations such as rounding are also required.。

Same goes for the black ones、If you just paint it flat and black, it will just become a “hole”.。By subtly depicting changes in brightness and darkness within the black、Expressing the texture of black objects。On paper, the difference between "black" and "darkness" is、The criterion is whether there is a material feel or not.。A camera-like eye that discerns light and darkness、Other than techniques to distinguish it、There is nothing that supports “black things” as objects.。And yet、Even if you can draw well, the gradation is rough at best.、It just looks like a photo、With its sparkling gorgeousness and rich taste of color,、almost unrelated white and black。However, for the artist、This stoic mania、It's strange because sometimes I want to taste it just like I remember it.。

Tempera or Aquila、"Apple" in oil and green apple in watercolor、Between last November and this March、I drew about 20 pictures from No. 4 to No. 120.。I don't think there's enough production.。“Apple” in tempera and oil is painted in the head.。Watercolor “apples” are drawn with the eye.。Too much time is spent on the “head”。Is this the right relationship between the head and eyes, or is it just a hug?、I'm not sure myself at the moment。

In the sketch above, the green apple is the dummy (tentative) protagonist.、The role of the eye catcher。The real star is the black liquor bottle (center of the screen)、maximum contrast)。Even though it's the main character、My hobby is cutting off the top.。I'm thinking of making a play (pantomime).。

It's good to have free time

"Snickers" 2020 Watercolor

Classrooms have become irregular due to the aftermath of the new coronavirus (COVID-19).、I have a whole week off from today (3/15).。On Saturday, there was a watercolor class in the morning.、I drew a watercolor sketch in the morning and afternoon.。

when is the sketch、what、It's fun to draw in any shape。Don't think about anything difficult、I just enjoy the confrontation between what's in front of me and my senses.。I don't draw with the intention of showing it to anyone.、Even if you stop halfway、Even if I draw it playfully, it doesn't bother me at all。This time too、Because there happened to be a snicker in front of me、I just thought I'd try drawing it a little more realistically.。

But、That's because I have free time。If it was COVID-19 that gave me that free time,、indirectly I benefited from it、Could that be the case?。in any case、If you don't have time, you can't sketch.。What is a professional painter?、I think it's someone who buys time in exchange for money.、Most people in the world are just the opposite.、You may think of yourself as someone who sells your time in exchange for money.、I know at least。

Culture is created by free time.、It is often said that。However、For the “Hima people” who are the origin of it,、Society, at least since modern times, has become very uncomfortable.。work with sweat on your forehead、work hard、work at the expense of...etc.。for the company、for family、Only things such as for the sake of society are “productive”、This is because the Himans have been seen as ``useless people.''。Everything is for me personally、The common denominator is that it is not。Is there a Japanese aesthetic called “selflessness”? There is a gap where。It is also the root of what we call black ideology in modern times.。someone's、I don't deny that it's good for something.。But no matter what the damage is、それが「滅私」の上に成り立っているならば、そういう「生産的」には100%反対だ。

忙しい人が、時間をやりくりしてヒマをひねり出す。そのヒマで、好きな鉄道旅をしたり、人の通らぬ山や川での昆虫や植物を採取する。それがひたすら「自分ひとりの愉しみ」であっても、やがて水が高いところから低いところへ流れるように伝わって、全ての人々の幸せにほんの少し繋がっていく。趣味と言ってもいいが、そういうヒマを大切にしたいと思う。

chaos

「Green Apple」 2020 is 15 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake

"Chaos" is usually translated as "chaos" or "disorder"。This word is often used to mean "I can't find the answer" or "it's random."、here、It is used with a slightly mathematical meaning.。

Everyone can predict the future。Calculate how long it would take to go to a certain place by car at 30km/h、I call a friend to give me the estimated arrival time, including traffic jams.。In mathematics, things that can be predicted simply by calculation are called "linear."。1If you sow 100 kg of seeds on a hectare of land, you will get a harvest of 500 kg.。Then, if you sow 200 kg of seeds over 2 hectares next year, you can expect a harvest of 1000 kg.。This is also a kind of future prediction.。However, the price of seeds is unstable.、Not sure how many seeds you can buy、The relationship between planted area and yield cannot be easily predicted in conditions where the climate is unstable and heavy rain can uproot the crop.。In this way, various conditions are intricately intertwined.、(Predicting the future is not simple) This kind of thing is called "nonlinear" in mathematics.。This means that many things in daily life are nonlinear.。

Well then、Does chaos mean nonlinear?、That's what I'm thinking, but it seems a little different.。For example, let's say there is a weather forecast that says "light rain tomorrow afternoon."。Then I'll do the laundry tomorrow.、I'm thinking of going out the next day in the morning.。The weather map also confirms this.。The next day will be a laundry day as predicted.。But the day after next、The rain that was supposed to start in the afternoon started in the morning.、And even though it was raining heavily, I went out with an umbrella.、The rain stopped in the afternoon。Everyone has had such an experience.。Calculated from the weather map、I can predict it、The result is not what I expected。“The results may not (necessarily) turn out as expected.”。That's chaos (in a mathematical sense)。

Although the situation is similar、A small difference can make a big difference in the results。This is "chaos theory"、This is a mathematical theory published in 1961 by a meteorologist named Lorenz.。I think this theory is a good representation of the reality around us.。In the beginning, my drawings got better each time I drew.、It was fun and I was able to take on more and more challenges.、For some reason it's not fun these days。I have the technical ability to draw anything, but the results are inconsistent.。around the same time、I'm jealous of my friends who started in the same way and are drawing with Runrun...Isn't this chaotic?。If we change the conditions a little、I might be able to make a particularly wonderful picture tomorrow.。This is also chaotic。But、Just because you keep doing it hard doesn't mean you can produce great works one after another.。Everyday life is "nonlinear"。