Tag: brush pen
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Artwork Spotlight – Kitsune
As we came across the beginnings for this piece in yesterday’s post I thought it would be worth connecting all the dots that led to this artwork. Like the Komainu piece that I did, this kitsune statue can be found at the Otoyo-jinja shrine in Kyoto. I loved the way these statues balanced with nature…
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Current Sketchbook
August 2023 While other things are in the works thought it would be nice to show a page of my current sketchbook. I’ve alluded to one of the things I’ve been drawing lately in my Artwork Spotlight – Tengu post. For the beginnings of this sketchbook I have continued on with the theme of tengu. Drawing…
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Artwork Spotlight – Tengu
The most recent dive In the Sketchbook – Week Five in Japan came across the first tengu sketch/drawing that started the journey to this piece of artwork. Mt Takao 高尾山 was one of the first places I visited this last trip, and the Yakuoin Temple at the top is dedicated to the mountain gods / tengu.…
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Artwork Spotlight – Osaka Castle
I particularly enjoyed the last Artwork Spotlight piece I wrote so I thought I might turn it into a new section of the blog. There is a lot that goes into a piece of art and often you only get to see the finished piece. This particular piece came about from a A Day Trip…