Blog – Page 9 – Gareth Naylor

A simple line and wash watercolor of a woman reclining in a chair

Simple watercolor line and wash sketch of a woman reclining in a chair.

Watercolor painting of a beautiful green rice field

Painting of a beautiful emerald green rice field

This is a story about a cycling trip by a Japanese river that I did around 2010. During this trip I came across a beautiful emerald green rice field. I did a plein air sketch of this rice field. And later on I did a studio painting from this sketch.

Watercolor painting of a Japanese car scrapyard

My oldest watercolor paintings of Japanese cityscapes

Cityscape

Here are some of my earliest cityscape paintings in Japan. These paintings are of a place called Shinmachi which is near Oita city center. I also talk about the four times I became interested in art throughout my life.

A terrible watercolor painting of a Japanese river

River scene

I would have thrown this painting away long ago but there was a good painting on the other side. So this terrible painting got preserved by accident.

An old watercolor painting of the mountains in Aso

An old watercolor painting of mountains in Aso

Countryside

This area is called Aso. It is in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan. The view in the painting is from the top of a mountain.

Watercolor painting of a chair in a Japanese apartment

One of my oldest watercolor paintings from 20 years of living in Japan

Interior

This painting is very old and very valuable to me. I lived in this apartment with my wife and her two children. I first came to Japan in 1999 and about one year later I was living in this apartment. I lived here for about 6 or 7 years.

My few remaining drawings from my earliest days in Japan 2000 to 2010

Drawing

Nowadays, I do very little drawing and probably should do more but in my early days of living in Japan, between 2000 and 2010, I was drawing all the time. I had a strong desire to improve. Most of these drawings I have since thrown away and now only a few remain.

Gareth Naylor