Author: Takashi

Painting with a combination of watercolor + pastel、A very recent attempt。The combination of watercolor and pastel itself is a very common method.、I didn't have many examples.。When I start again、Not only can you take advantage of the best parts of both techniques, but also、is 15 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake、It has become clear that the hurdles for both pastels are lower.。this is a very useful discovery。I would like to recommend it to many people。

What does it mean to have a lower hurdle?、For example, in the picture above、When drawing a person's face with watercolor、Assuming you are using pastels, it is enough to paint the face color with a reddish-black surface.。No need for delicate techniques like painting only with watercolors。Afterwards, add a strong contour line with storyboards、Pastel only colors that are lighter than the surface painted with watercolor、You can write with the intention of drawing light.。I don't like pastel dark colors.、I have them underpaint it with watercolor, so it's very easy to draw.。No need to have too many pastel colors、Kill two birds with one stone。

I guess the problem is the staying power of pastels.。If you try to fix it firmly with fixer、Bright pastel colors fade。It is better to keep it to a minimum。Oh dear、I thought that powdered paint would fall off.、I think it would be more fun to not worry too much about permanence.。

My "Apple" first appeared in the late 1980s.、At least 30 years already、continues with interruptions。I feel like there's going to be a new series now.、What I would like to say around here is、 I don't want it to be converted to "Apple"。

I'm almost all year round、eat an apple after every dinner。“Apples, apples” are “real things” to me.、It's not just an image。Also、I don't usually call apples "Apple"。that's why、“Apple” as a work is to me、An image (abstract) as a form、It is not intended to depict real objects that are eaten or eaten.。"Apple" is called "Apple"、Completely different from apples、It's a different dimension、I want you to think that。

If you think so、This picture can be easily understood just by looking at it.。The overall shape is like an apple, but、If you look closely, you'll see a muscular man.、(It also looks like a cloak.、You may be able to see a picture of someone flying (“with wings” that also resembles a feather)。That is "Apple"。

Actually、Paintings with this kind of mechanism have been around the world since ancient times.、I also refer to them、I have tried many different things so far.。However, the recent "Apple" (in my own production) has a distinctly different mindset from previous ones.。What will happen from here on?、I'm also looking forward to it myself。

About 2 months ago、I keep drawing pictures like this。I keep coming up with ideas, so、It will continue for a while。Another one titled “Seed”、He continues to draw pictures that seem to contain a muscular man inside a seed.。It's almost a similar picture、For some reason this doesn't work very well。

It looks like a modern painting、The method of drawing purposely adopts the method of classical painting.。In other words、Grisaille (drawing only black and white tones of light and shade)、Next, it is a painting method that deepens the color by alternating layers of glassi (thin layers of transparent color) and white.。Whether it's a modern painting or a classical painting.、I think this method is the best for expressing deep and rich colors.。

I have my own ideal image of painting.。Having something like that itself、Setting aside the criticism that it limits painting.、Many painters work hard every day to realize their own ideals.、I think。That's fine up to that point。But、in my ideal image、Contains divisive contradictions within itself、That has been tormenting me for the past 20 years.。

for now、There is no way to integrate the contradictions.、Production is possible only by ``choosing not to look at either side'' of contradictions.。Aiming to balance both、Due to my experience of being severely depressed for a while。Most recently、it's not a contradiction、Shouldn't we think of them as two completely different "ideals of their own"?、I also think that。Is it something like the equator and the north and south poles?。If so、There is no point in integrating it。