The taste of pen

"Yacht Harbor" Pen/Watercolor F4

This is a pen sketch that I have been drawing for a long time.、Lately, I've been having a bit of a "my boom" within myself again.。Once you start using a small sketchbook, you won't be able to stop.。The other day, I drew an entire sketchbook (about 17 pictures?) in one day.。still、I wonder how much I can do、I regained some confidence。

In the past, I have drawn about 100 outdoor sketches in a day (less than 500 in a week).。Sketching is faster than taking photos、A story about when I was full of confidence.。From early morning until dusk、Draw the front, back, left and right from one place、Draw while walking or running、Traveling by car and immersing yourself in sketches。The memory of this time is still vivid。I was young、It was fun。I don't even think about running now。

The quality of the pen、After all、The strength of the solid lines。Soft like a pencil、Although I can't expect delicacy,、It has the purity of being a one-off, like the chisel marks on a sculpture.。Once I put pen to paper、can't be erased。I feel that this is also connected to the “cleanliness” of the pen.。(For those who think that "cannot be erased" is a drawback,、(We also sell "erasable pens")。the softness of a pencil、strength of pen。It is interesting that they cannot coexist together in one picture.。

Not here

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"Absent" Watercolor F4

A pomegranate on the sketchbook、A scene that looks like it's waiting for me to come home...。Because it's a small size picture、I usually don't make any studies and just go for it one shot.、in this case、Request that the background is messy and needs to be organized、Partly because pens have become interesting again recently.、Without hesitation, I decided to try making an Esquise (study).。

It seems that the result was correct.。It became a simple background with almost black light and dark.。

A landscape with a river

From the train window
“Moto Arakawa Landscape” Watercolor

The photo above is、I always pass by when transporting paintings to Tokyo.、View from the train window from the bridge over National Route 4。I have a feeling it's a picturesque place.、I never got out of the car to interview.。I thought that if I went out to interview again, I would definitely get a good result.、Once that time passed, I didn't think about it until the next time.。

Maybe it's good that there isn't anything that emphasizes "this is good!"。A suitable place to express “calm daily life”、I guess that's what。War is spreading all over the world、Even in Japan, people are feeling uneasy due to disasters and fraud incidents using SNS etc.。"A picturesque place"、It may have been 10 years since I first thought about it, but it's only now that I'm drawing this kind of landscape.、I don't think you can just blame it on your age.。