New work in progress

From the Pages of My Notebook: The Forbidden Place

From the pages of my notebook

I worked from a photograph; this is not done en plein air.

New drawing

Light and Darkness (Soseki)
A World in Decay (Akutagawa)

The drawing is almost completed.

Update on progress

I have worked on my latest drawing for about eleven or twelve days. There is still quite some way to go.

Light and darkness (Soseki). A world in decay (Akutagawa).

Art aside, I read Ryu Murakami's Audition and Tanizaki's Some Prefer Nettles. I would like to watch The Makioka Sisters (Kon Ichikawa) and read Tanizaki's novel after that.

Looking ahead to 2012

I am currently working on two different series of drawings. I look forward to producing new and inspiring works in the new year.

Notes

Akutagawa. A world in decay. My drawings too.

I aspire to draw like the manga masters and Chinese painters rather than the European masters.