Category Archives: Art

Urban sketching at the Cambridge

Cambridge open studios

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autumn is good season to walk around the outside.

I love the open studios event. I joins these events in Somerville and Cambridge so far in the past.

This year the Cambridge open studios held in September. I completed the central sq area gallery last time. So this year I wonder around the edge area of the Cambridge.

Day 1 Walking from porter sq .

Urban sketching video
Urban sketching at the Cambridge

I enjoyed so many different styles of art. Also I like to visit the artist cozy home gallery.

all open house art is has super nice organized room with great furniture settings. I hesitate to ask permission to take photos of home of course. So at least outside I sketched on the train back home.

“E-tegami” using Sumi ink and chopsticks

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Hi, do you like snail mailing?

I like sending letters and cards.

In Japan, we have art post cards with very short messages called ”E-Tegami”.

“E” means picture, tegami means messages and letters.

Usually people draw pictures on the postcard using Fude brush with sumi ink and some water colors. Add some messages to friends as postcords.

I try Sumi ink painting on the blank postcoard.

I use disposable chopsticks instead Fude brush.

Why?

Because I wanted to try unexpected lines from chopsticks with ink.

It is fun!

Now I start urban sketching with chopsticks and Sumi Ink.

Sketching, and painting…and now, I have enough amount of Sumi ink art in my stock.

I will post those Sumi ink paintings at somerville public library during this September!

Now, personal post cards will hang on the library wall!

Origami flower bouquet for kids classmates

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We are planning to go to Japan in the middle of the school term.
Kids need to say goodbye to their classmates and teachers.

I want to make some thank you and goodbye gifts for their friends.

As my kids are half Japanese, so I think Origami might be interesting. Would origami flowers on pencils be a memorable gift?

The colored paper I use is from the kids school.

Yes, school gave us lots of letters, news, and homework papers. I kept the colored paper.

This origami flower is a tulip, it is very easy to fold.
After creating the flower part, cut the bottom a tiny bit, stick a pencil to the cut hole, and tape around the pencil.

I used green floral tape to attach the flower to the pencil. That tape is bit stronger than washi tape.

Hmm… 40 pencil flowers. Still lots to go!