more Autumn art...

Another painting I did back in 2008.

I love those old temples, shrines and gardens in Japan.

Done with Acrylics, watercolor, airbrush and pens on paper...

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Autumn at Onuma

Did not do much painting this week, because last week I was in Tokyo to get a new passport. I had a great time with all my friends there and I also went shopping and bought some new colors and books. When I came back I did a lot of cleaning and sorting out stuff and I can't wait to paint again.
Here are 2 old paintings. Both are in a private collections...

Mushroom-hunt

Here are some pictures of our mushroom-hunt.
We drove near Onuma and encountered masses of Amanita muscarina at frist. Those are poisenous, but beautiful.

Close to that spot we luckily found some Birch Boletus (Leccinum Scabrum) *yummy*

and going more deep into the forest, we got Suillus grevillei. Highly competitive in Hokkaido. It tastes wonderful with Miso-soup.

Last but not least, we got some Pholiota aurivella. Here people also eat it with soup, but in Germany nobody picks it. I ate it for the very first time today and it was delicious.

At the end, we went to a waterfall near Mori and it was a very beautiful scenery. I want to go there next Summer again and enjoy the cool air.

Sunrise

Yesterday I was fascinated by the colors of the evening sky. Actually I wanted to paint a sunset, but I had another idea. I will do 2 paintings one called "Sunrise" and one "Moonrise", so here is the first one... "Sunrise".

Done with acrylics, ink, watercolor and airbrush on paper. Format is B4

Original will be available, when the 2 paintings are done.

Grapes

Today I finished a series I was working on for 9 months now. Autumn will arrive soon and I was in the mood for painting grapes and wine.

All 3 paintings are done with acrylics, airbrush, pens and watercolor on paper... Format is DIN-A 3. All 3 originals are available.

Bamboo 4

I repainted the Bamboo-picture this week, because I felt, I can add more details by using watercolor and pens together with acrylics. I also added some more light effects with airbrush.
It was quite hard, but now I'm finally pleased with the result.

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Himawari

I wanted to paint some Himawari (Sunflowers) I saw during our vacation back in August. I used a foto as a reference, but I played with the colors and painted a much more "autumnlike" and "soft" sky.

Done with acrylics, watercolor and airbrush on paper... format is B4, original available.