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Category: Paintings of river scenes
Painting of golden winter grass by a Japanese river
It is February of 2022. It is still winter and often cold, but there is the occasional warm day which cheers the spirit and brings with it the promise of spring. And on one such day, I got my painting gear and took a walk along my local river. I love my local river. It’s…
Painting of a beautiful Japanese river at dusk
In April of 2018, I visited a cafe that had a gift shop. The gifts were artworks by foreigners living in Japan. The owner, who was herself a foreigner, had asked me to show some of my paintings there. I was delighted by this opportunity. The shop is near Kitsuki town, which is a very…
Being a ghost at my exhibition
Once, quite a few years ago, at one of my very first exhibitions it was a requirement that I was there the whole duration of the show acting as the ‘host’. It was not a pleasant experience because at that time I found meeting other people quite a stressful experience.
Watercolor painting of a giant column of clouds
These spectacular cloud formations are one of the positive side-effects of the heat and humidity in a Japanese summer. During this season I wake up in the morning feeling 90 rather than 43. I have a dry throat and I feel weak, tired and too hot. I start feeling better about six or seven in…
Watercolor paintings of my local Japanese river which I did in 2014
I often go to my local river. It is called Oita river. And it is only a few minutes from my house. This river provides a wonderful choice of painting subjects as well as being a wonderful place for painting sunrises and sunsets. And in 2014 I painted many pictures of this river.
Meeting a water rat while painting Kitsuki estuary
Today was “Marine Day”. It’s called “umi-no-hi” in Japanese and it’s a national holiday. And we, the family, even went to the beach and it was wonderful. But before we came to the beach we stopped the car on route and the family had a sleeping break. While they slept I got out of the…
When you paint outdoors you never paint alone
So today I went to paint by the river. When you paint outdoors you never paint alone. There’s always something that happens. Often some kind of annoyance or discomfort. It could be a freezing cold wind or it could be an insect such as a mosquito or little flies that want to explore your nostrils.…
Watercolor painting of a beautiful Japanese river and waterfall
In 2014, I visited a place called Ogata. My purpose was to paint a beautiful display of tulips. However, I was too late and most of the tulips had gone. So I wandered around this place looking for other painting subjects. Luckily, there were some beautiful painting subjects. And I painted a suspension bridge, a…
Watercolor painting of a dramatic sky by my local river
I wanted to paint the sky today because it was very dramatic. It was a very cloudy sky but now and then the sunshine would burst out. It was inspiring stuff for me. So, I went to the river as this is one of the best places for painting a sky picture.
Watercolor sketch of a Japanese river bank on a sunny day in winter
Today was a beautiful sunny day in January. It was a perfect day for outdoor painting. But maybe not if you have a one and half year old toddler. I had a plan though. So, I took my toddler, Annie, down to the river where we could play. But I also took my sketchbook so…