I like tiny book of tiny pleasures . Even I have a tiny calendar of tiny pleasures.
The book (and calendar) contains tiny happiness pictures in everyday life.
I want to collect my little pleasures too!
what do I feel happy for ? I like going out to step on new snow.
Those happiness are not big things. Easily miss that happiness unless try to notice and memorize.
I like big art exhibitions in outside.
Last year, I enjoyed the Boston downtown art exhibition called “ BOSTON WINTERACTIVE”
That is a huge art installation event at multiple location I down town Boston.
It’s free and open to public. ( That’s important)
The BOSTON WINTERACTIVE started this year again. January to March 30th.
I can wait to see these installations till March for the comfortable weather.
Because It’s cold now. How cold it is?
Boston common pond is freezing completely.
Actually many people enjoy walking on the frozen pond though.
In this cold weather, ( or always )I become very lazy and not go outside at all.
I should walk !
I need a motivation to walk! So this WINTERACTIVE event give me the good excuse to walk in the cold weather.
First art I found was pink man.
It is the entrance street from park street station to downtown crossing.
The big butt is very standout .
At the corner of downtown, there is volunteers guide for Boston.
I got an art map.
But there is no address for the art location.
I am not good of reading map. When I was rotating the map to find where I was,
The guide man taught me all locations of pink man ( Actually their name are Mr.Pink )from his memory.
Impressive memory!
Mr.Pink were cute. I could not tell Mr or Ms. Very easy to find from the distance.
Most impressive one for me was Living Lantern.
That Lantern moves very organically and make small squeaking noise like a small bird.
Surprisingly that organic movement and sound made by the wind of the street.
Secondly I liked the balloons in front of the south station.
I enjoyed the color changing ball sculptures with south station landscape. Also the balloons inside has moving objects which makes interesting shadow animations on the balloon’s surface.
The biggest balloon has small windows where people can see inside snowy villages.
And there is more to enjoy it!
This day I only found the 3 pink man , light
and living Lantern,
I can’t wait to find left of other arts!
I am doing urban sketching anywhere, in the train, at the table in the restaurant or cafe.
Mostly people around me, landscape sometimes. When I find the people with cute outfits, cute couples or friends having fun time together, I want to sketch them to keep the happy moments on my sketch books.
Usually sneak peek and draw in less than 3min.
Sometimes I want to sketch Peoples who are moving around, passing by me with bicycles or moving mobile.
I need to memorize super quickly strongly the moving people like take snap shot with my eyes.
Now I have collection of the sketch who were sitting in front of me or passing by .
Might be you project is showing those quick sketches with little it information (
Sketch date, and places)on to the Instagram and this website.
So…
Someone may notice, “Is this sketch …me?”
I don’t take any photos. So there’s no evidence that my sketch is you.
But this portrait might be you!
The Cape Toi.
The very south tip of Kyushu island in Japan has the protected area for the wild horse.
Wild horses are living in that cape freely eating grasses, mating and walking around the road.
There is a gate to keep the horses in the cape. The gate closes 6pm.
So we rush to enter this cape.
On the way to south of this cape, there is a small island, Sachisima, for wild monkeys.
What a wild heaven! Want to visit someday but not today. The horse gate!
we just barely pass the gate the stuff almost close and finish her job of the day.
once we entered the wild horse area, All driving cars need to respect the horses. 30km/h is maximum speed we can drive.
There are few hotels and camping site in the area.
We stayed one of small hotel owned by quiet fisherman.
There is a mystery structure on the building roof.
He taught us, we can see the rocket launcher from the roof top.
yes!
we see the Kagoshima JAXA rocket launcher pad.
This place ,just be a great sunset view spot.
He also run a boat tour to catch the flying fish.
He is a chef too, so he cook after we catch the flying fishes.
of course dinner were amazing seafood. We enjoyed the real daily catch.
these are cheapest meal courses. Became super full.
I want to try that fishing cruise to catch frying fishes next time, also want to see the rockets launching. I must come back here.
There are few hotels in this cape. Which means super dark at night.
I was excited to see the stars in the darkest night. I pick this spot. Komatsugaoka Hiroba.
this is also this is a one of wild horse’s favorite spot to eat grasses.
we saw the great Milky Way and shooting stars.
…and horses!
These wild horses do not care about us.
they keep eating and came very close to us.
during we gaze the stars (and horses)
the police came came by. I. Why The police came to this very dark dark quiet parking lot?
I like quick and easy art work to end my day being happy.
every time mom in low visit our boys, she buys lots of Dunkin’ Donuts.
everyday I got 2-4 donuts paper bags.
so, I cut the clean parts of the paler bags and paste it as I like.
unlimited donuts bags in my hand.
even I have the timhortin donut shop bags too after the traveling Quebec.
this donuts bags collage work become my one of collage series collection now.
this “fresh” paper was the apple picking bag.
in March, the paper source had a desk of scrap papers, stamps glues. It was for making card by your self desk.
I enjoyed to make the card using beautiful paper pieces in that store.
for Easter, I cut just egg like shapes ( or stone like shape) and glued on the card.
I keep the card boards just in case kids want to make something suddenly.
but after kids messed the cardboard, I chopped the large cardboard box in to small square.
then collage for the month of July.
of course still using the used wrapping papers too.
＂ｌｏｖｅ ａｎｄ ｐｅａｃｅ ＂?
made miss spelling? Yes and no. I love the small last pieces of the work．🤣
finally I completed the large house quilting piece.
this quilting painting took me 20min
but actual pieces took me almost 10years 😂
when I had long driving travel . I took this quilt with me and keep sewing in the car.
these houses are pocket . So I can use as a wall pocket organizer.
yes , each has a tenant now.
now I want to make more patchworks❣️
Hi! I am a paper book lover. Always want to read and see the actual paper book , not e-book.
Also I wanted to make book by my self.
last week I finally learned simple book binding technique.
This is the first book I made.
We used large sketchbook paper. It is not best paper to use water color. But the sketch paper is easy to fold and bind.
The art teacher said I can make any shape.
So I challenged to make interesting pages. Book cover page can be fish shape, Why not?
Each page has different type of papers．
watercolor envelope gives me the space to the secret landscape inside .
I like this envelope page ideas.
now open !
I made one more book .
“Book”
I cut out the “book” then used in the another book.
and thinking what’s next.
First book of the main book, I used the bird origami illustration I found in the newspaper advertisement.
after I paste it, I realized this ads is for the funerals. Oh!
next page, paste the leftover of friends cut. looks like the soul travel away to the ocean.
book making journey will continue.
I see some flowers started blooming and sun light!
this place is like spread a big blue star ocean carpet.
but still chilly and breezy here.
so my first spring image painting is this. Flower petals dancing with the spring wind.
and I saw the multicolor crocus .
so I wanted the flower in my room too.
paint the circle,and more circles
simple continuous work has a meditative effect for me.
after enjoying the grocery round at the Trader Joe’s, I can’t wait to paint the colorful flower .
I am not good taking care of flower, so paint amd decorate the wall instead buying flowers.
but! I got the eucalyptus because I like the smell of the eucalyptus❣️
Of course when I have the real plants in my hand, I will draw it.
with…. Midnight guilty wine.
good night!
Hello!
Finally little bit nice weather to walk. We have pond and lakes near us. And this season I can meet the swans.
Ducks, geese, swans stay in couple. Looking them in the chilly pond is so calm.
I got the Christmas ornaments at Michelle’s .
It is hard to paint on the surface of a clear plastic ornament.
first, apply gesso on the ornament, then paint with acrylics.
ends up this.
Flower is my imagination. we don’t have flowers yet.
and I love birds!
I like painting crafting. Always making something like a breathing everyday.(happy!)
but it is not always to have satisfied results. Sometimes, I enjoyed making art but not liking the art I made.
then what? Throwing away is probably most of people do.
but I want to use it!
Wanted to try modern art , abstract painting.
Yeah, it was fun, but I don’t have senses of unintended painting.
what do I do with this painting?
this was canvas tempera paint.
so I can easily fold and keep shape .
this time I made a boat
Done!
then added the person ( another cut paper work)
accordion fold
I painted sunset color on huge paper.
I liked this painting as flat condition too. But wanted to try different view of this .
fold like pleated. Or pinch center to make ribbon shape?
add LER light from back of the art?
still ongoing project for this.
I made this gel print at MFA craft workshop. It was fun activity with kids.
For a while we hang on the wall.
Now I want to change the style. The wall and flame are limited. Next art is waiting the spot light．
so old art piece were cut out and fold to make a paper sculpture.
then this art becomes brand new art.