Sorry I couldn't post yesterday.
Added 2025-05-27 10:43:25 +0000 UTCI'm sorry I wasn't able to upload a picture yesterday. My goal is to post every day, but it is difficult.
Yesterday, I was selecting paintings to display at my solo exhibition. It took almost all day!
Surrounded by piles of my past work, I was surprised by how much I had done. On the one hand, I was surprised by how many paintings I had done in the past. On the other hand, I wondered if this was all I had done in 30 years of painting.
When I look at my old paintings, I try to recreate my past successes, and I find myself dwelling on the past. However, after 30 years, my mind has changed. I now think that looking back at my paintings from time to time may help me grasp my current direction, prevent me from developing strange habits, and help me learn from them.
This painting is a miniature colored paper of lain, which I plan to sell at my solo exhibition.
I bought some art supplies called "watercolor pencils" and tried many things. However, I was disappointed because the colors did not blend as I expected, even when I traced them with a water brush. To my surprise, I found a regular pencil in a very similar package.
Once again, I tried painting with the watercolor pencils, and they blended in nicely. I will try using them in different ways.
昨日は、絵をアップできなくてすみません。毎日投稿を目指していたのですが、難しいですね。
昨日は、個展で展示する絵を選定していました。ほぼ一日がかりでした。
過去に描いた絵の山に囲まれて「こんなに描いたのか！」と驚いたり、逆に「30年描き続けてもこの程度なのか」と思ったり、複雑です。
昔の絵を見ると、つい過去にうまくいった描き方を再現しようとしてしまって、意識が過去に向いてしまうので、描き終えた絵は見返さないようにしていたのですが、30年目にして、考えを改めました。時々見返した方が、自分が向かっている方向性が掴めたり、変な癖がつくのを未然に防げたり、得られるものもあるかもしれない、と思うようになりました。
この絵は、個展で販売しようと思っているlainのミニミニ色紙です。
水彩鉛筆、という画材を買って、色々試したのですが、水筆でなぞっても思ったように色が伸びなくて、途方に暮れていたのですが、なんとよく似たパッケージの普通の鉛筆を買っていました。
改めて、水彩鉛筆で塗ってみたら、いい感じに馴染みました。色々使い方を工夫してみます。
