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construction site

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I saw this construction site a few weeks ago and found it visually interesting, I like all that scaffolding it's a like a work of abstract art with people moving around on it.



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# by garethn | 2014-01-11 22:46

kanaike dori

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Today was a beautiful day for painting. I found a warm place out of the wind. Someone came up and had a brief chat with me. A nice day, although this is a painting that I need to redo in the studio.



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# by garethn | 2014-01-10 21:48

freezing cold fingers

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What a day! Although I thought I had found a good place to paint I ended up in the shade with a freezing wind blowing down my neck. I had to finish early due to my fingers becoming too cold. When I put them under warm water the pain was excruciating. Have to be more careful in future. However, it can be difficult to find a place that is sunny and protected from the wind and have an interesting scene to paint!


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# by garethn | 2014-01-09 19:27

studio piece

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Rainy day today so I retreated to the study and had another go at an old painting from Shonai.


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# by garethn | 2014-01-08 23:19

Sweating in January

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It's January in Japan and hot - at least when the sun shines and the sky was pure blue today. I was sweating. However, as soon as you enter the shade it's chilly. I really wanted to paint the man on the moped, recently I've developed a visual attraction for mopeds. I don't know why. And while I was painting another English man appeared and shared a few hurried but polite words with me before he hurried to the bus stop. A little later a Japanese woman stopped and briefly chatted to me while she waited for the traffic lights to change. Upon discovering that I was English she told me delightedly that her husband loves football (I rarely watch football perhaps because my father liked rugby - which I also rarely watch). These brief chats filled me with a wonderful warm feeling, perhaps a feeling of connection. And, of course, that warm sun shining down on me was wonderful.


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# by garethn | 2014-01-07 23:13