趣味のアクリル画 (冬から春へ）
外はまだ冬。室内は暖かい。屋内外に置かれた物を対比させた構図を試みた。
(F10, on paper)
Although the outside is still winter, the inside is warm. The pictorial form is aimed to contrast the still life in the room with the shapes seen outside.
花屋さんと契約して、毎月季節の華を送ってもらうことになった。これは3月の花束。
活け方が難しいので、投げ入れ。(F6, on paper)
We have contracted with a florist to send us flowers every month. As the fine arrangement of flowers is hard task for me, I do flowers as they are.
今年はどこも桜がきれいに咲いた。満開の桜はとても幻想的に見える。背景にはメタセコイアの冬木。(F6, on paper)
額縁に初めて鎖を使ってみた。ネックレスの雰囲気。マットはウィリアム・モリスのマスキングテープを利用。
This spring, cherry blossoms were beautiful everywhere, the full blossom of which was quite visionary. There is a bare metasequoia in the background.
A fine chain is applied for the first time to decorate the frame. It looks like a necklace.
It is convenient to use the masking tape designed by William Morris.
趣味のアクリル画
部屋に置かれた山鳥の剥製を見て、
山鳥といえば和歌にも詠まれる美しい長尾が特徴です。
* ペンテル社製の水性ペン PulaMan は乾けば水ににじまず、アクリル画材とも相性がよい。
The first impression of a stuffed copper pheasant tempted me to paint a kind of delicate and elegant beauty.
As written in an old Japanese poem, the copper pheasant is known for its beautiful long tail feathers. I decided to put the tail and the head along a line running from the upper right side to the lower left side of the paper. An imaginary branch was added as a guide for the hight of the bird, and to keep the balance of the composition. Although the actual color of the copper pheasant is brown, as is the English name, green colors were added to show off the painting. The drawing was made with pen and non-aqueous ink so as to represent the details of the bird on a small paper in size (F6; 407mm x 320mm). The foundation was made with pearl-silver paints.
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クリスマスを彩るポインセチア。年も改まり画を載せるのが遅れてしまいました。画を描いてみると、花弁とみえて葉の擬態なことがよくわかりました。なぜこうなるのか、目的論的な説明に判ったようにお茶を濁しますが、自然界のもつ不思議さを感じます。
プレゼントの箱は心を込めて包みました。
Poinsettia is well trimmed in the Christmas season. The insertion of this paint has been delayed until the new year, regrettably
The painting work teaches me that the petals are mimicry. Although the teleological explanation seems to satisfy me, it is strange why the leaves change to petal-like figures. I feel the wonder of nature.
I packed my sincere heart to you in the box.
夏から秋へ（アクリル画） Summer to Autumn (Acrylic drawing)
ある夏の日、絵画教室の戸棚に造花のひまわりとインドの操り人形を見つけた。それをモチーフにして描いてみた。手ごろなインド模様の壁紙を描いて愉しい雰囲気とした。
One summer day, in a cabinet of the ASAHI culture school, I found a bunch of artificial sunflowers and a marionette playing a recorder. I set them up for the motifs of the present drawing. Funny figures are added in the background to make the atmosphere pleasant..
この2年間、コロナ禍で旅行に出掛けられずに風景のスケッチができない。風景画を描きたくて、数年前に訪れた袋田の滝を写真から描いてみた。滝の詳細を表すのにほどよい流量であった。これは一番下の展望台から滝を見上げたところ。
Since the COVID-19 prevents us from traveling in these 2 years, I am frustrated by the inability to sketch scenery. I tried to draw Fukuroda Falls by using a photograph, which I took several years ago. The water flow was adequate to emphasize the details of the falls.This is a view from the lowest lookout.
モデルさんを描く
鮮やかなウルトラマリンブルーは、釣り合う色を見付けるのが、なかなか難しい。
（ペンとアクリル画材、紙）
趣味のパソコン画
山法師 ; Japanese strawberry tree
額紫陽花（隅田の花火）; Lacecap Hydranea (Firework on the River Sumida)
季節の花をパソコン・ソフト（Windows, ペイント）で描きました。
パソコン画の利点
(1) 絵筆による水彩などではパレットで色を混色しながら描くわけですが、パソコンソフトでは、画面上にある色パレットから色を選んで描いてみて、色が合わなければ、すぐまた消して、明度や彩度を変えて描き直せるので便利です。輪郭線が閉じた図形には一度に色を流し込めたり、画面上に描いた色を、その場所からスポイトで採って、別の場所に使うこともできて作業がはかどります。助手を使って作画する気分。
(2) 画を写真に撮ってメイルで送ると、色が正しく再現しないのですが、パソコン画なら元の色そのものが送れる良さがあります。
(3) 輪郭線からの描画はどうしても平面的でイラスト的になります。それもパソコン画の良さでもあろうと思ってます。
Good points of software painting
(1) Painting with software is more convenient than with drawing barshes. This work can be quickly achieved on the same computer screen only with a use of a pen-type mouse. It is easy to replace a painted color to another color having slightly different brightness or chroma. We can use a tool called a "syringe" to convert the color from a painted frame to other positions. It is also able to fill a closed area at once with a selected color. I can feel as if I employ an assistant.
(2) In the case of print, it is not easy to recreate exact colors of pictures. The colors of a work painted with a software, howeve, are not discolored when it is sended.
(3) Usually, I start a software painting from an outline drawing. Although the work is apt to be two-dimensional and seems like an illustration, I think it is a good feature of the software painting.
趣味のパソコン画
山法師
紫陽花（隅田の花火）
植物園 Greenhouse
植物園：新宿御苑 Greenhouse, Shinjyuku Gyoen National Garden
ガラスで覆われたおおきな植物園は光に満ちて、熱帯植物で溢れています。一度この植物園を訪れた方は、この画が植物園のどこで描かれたのかをすぐに言い当てると思います。
館内に入ると植物と水とが醸し出す静かな雰囲気を感じます。通路が狭いので、画の三脚などを立てることは禁じられていて、しばらく立ったままスケッチ。そして画の素材用に何枚か写真を撮りました。この画を描き上げるときには、水面の広がりと素通しのガラス窓を表すのに試行錯誤。
A big greenhouse covered with glass is sunny and is filled with tropical plants.
Those who have visited this place can recognize at a glance the spot from where this painting was viewed. I felt the silence that was produced from the plants and water. Since the passages in the greenhouse are narrow, visitors are not allowed to set up a tripod for painting. I stood still for a while to sketch the scenery, and took photos of elements for the picture. It required some effort for me to express the water surface and the clear window.
