31/01/2007 Wednesday

Candle light

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Kenyan candle. It was difficult to select the correct colors while painting in the dark. How did the old masters like Georges de La Tour paint? I painted this on the 2nd February, 2006.
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30/01/2007 Tuesday

My wife on needlework

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My wife did some sewing today. It's a bit hard to capture her when she kept moving but quite interesting. What she stitch is obi of Japanese kimono.
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29/01/2007 Monday

Apple

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Tried to paint an apple on a toned paper. Since the paper surface is a bit rough, it was hard to fix oil pastels on it. I painted this on the 14th of January, 2007.
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25/01/2007 Thursday

Tea leaves

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This 500g package of tea leaves is sold at the James Finlay tea factory in Kericho, Kenya. Yes, being a fresh product directly from the factory, its quality is quite high. I painted this in a hotel room at Nairobi on the 14th of December, 2006.
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24/01/2007 Wednesday

Kiwifruits

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Another painting I used sgraffito (I did it on Japanese oranges in a net). I think scratching the painted surface can be one of the best expressions for light, minutely haired materials such as these kiwifruits. I painted this on 19th of November, 2006.
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23/01/2007 Tuesday

The pocket book of the world

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Carrying the world in your pocket is a lot of fun! I have bought this pocket-sized (actually a bit too big for a pocket...) atlas in Kenya to check where I was flying on the way back to Nagoya via Dubai. This was painted on 11th January, 2007.
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09/01/2007 Tuesday

Oranges in a net

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I painted Japanese oranges in a net. The area of the oranges was masked with red (the color of the net) after sketching the outlines, and then I painted the oranges on the red mask. I drew out the lines of the net by removing the surface. How does it look?
This work was painted on the 6th of January, 2007.
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