Honoring Mt. Fuji. I painted it using traditional Japanese Gansai paints instead of my usual European watercolors.
Kakizome is the first writing of the year. For my first attempt at Japanese ink calligraphy, I wrote “Art”.
Practicing 100 Views of Mount Fuji with Taccia Hokusai-koiai (indigo / Prussian blue) ink from the Ukiyo-e collection.
Japan is full of fascinating textures. I used the frottage technique to capture them in my sketchbook.
I finally reached the Pacific. I glued black volcanic sand from the beach into the sketch, right before an eagle grabbed my brush.
My first attempt at creating a manga page using the same materials.
At a traditional calligraphy store in Nara, I was kindly given the rare opportunity to use a 100-year-old inkstick and an 80-year-old brush.
Drawing the traditional garden of the guesthouse where I lived for a month in Nara using traditional Japanese oil pastels.
I painted the plum blossoms in Nara en plein air, inspired by Studio Ghibli and using the same Nicker paints, surrounded by deer.