Tag: sketchbook
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Paling camellia, wind-brushed magnolia, with a mallard for companion.
This week work on a new composition for the Tokyo 2024 international ink painting exhibition has officially begun. Until I feel ready to share more, this corner will be filled again with straight from the sketchbook, relaxing moments. Today, a late afternoon ink painting garden walk with my sketchbook, as the pink camellia start paling…
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Under fresh leaves, the heron waiting for the water to clear.
After five years and 200 posts of #zenmondays it is time to go on a refreshing hiatus. We finish this series with one of my favorite summer scenes – a gray heron by the water in the iris and fresh leaves season. A scene that has been painted many times over in Japanese ink paintings,…
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Through the last irises and the first lotus leaf, a floating island of color.
Thank you for reading another zen Monday. This year zen Mondays are going outside in the early summer. Follow the on-site stories through the instagram account handle: http://instagram.com/mtenente Every Monday is zen Monday. Always a weekly dose of Japanese ink painting coupled with one photograph from my archives.
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Zen Mondays are going “plein air” this early summer.
This early summer, until mid June, zen Mondays are going “plein air”. Sketchbook in tow, I will pick a green corner of Zurich as my desk, and paint the seasons live. Head over to my instagram for more photos on my stories : http://instagram.com/mtenente Thank you for reading another zen Monday. Every Monday is zen…
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Beneath white sleeves, one’s heart awakens, soft with dew. A sketchbook tribute to Hiroshige.
Thank you for reading another zen Monday. This was the final sketch in this three-part tribute to Hiroshige. Below a close-up on the crane’s head and…
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Looking for the first signs of spring in thawing ice. A sketchbook tribute to Hiroshige.
Thank you for reading another zen Monday. Every Monday is zen Monday. Always a weekly dose of Japanese ink painting coupled with one photograph from my archives. Next week will the final part in this tanzaku three-part sketchbook tribute after Hiroshige’s original ink sketches.