digital watercolor

Painting with watercolour was never my jam. It’s requires a gentle touch and patience – qualities I don’t think I possess. A few days ago, however, I bought two packs of digital watercolour brushes. I wanted to see whether I could handle the medium digitally. Needless to say, digital watercolour painting doesn’t require the same…

japan – day 27

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo is an amazing space. A huge structure of metal and glass – it’s beautifully bright and airy on the inside. I’d like to share some of the pieces I saw which resonated with me. From the MOT Collection, “Walking, Traveling, Moving―From the Great Kanto Earthquake to the Present”….

japan – day 22

Art, art … and more art (continued) I’ll tell you about our day visiting Benesse House Museum – a site designed by Tadao Ando. On a side note, we also visited the Ando Museum – a small but insightful window into his work. At the museum, we saw Ando’s drawings for the Benesse House Museum….

Boscoe Holder

Years ago, when I was living back home in Guyana, every January an insurance company would give out calendars to its customers. The calendars were nicely printed on thick, glossy paper and usually showcased the work of a creative person or curated Caribbean folktales. One year, the calendar featured an artist named Boscoe Holder. Till…

3 stages

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tatami view

Ozu, Yasujiro, the Japanese film director, started his career in the 1920s. Let me guess! You’re imagining a black + white movie and you’re already losing interest, right? Okay — this post isn’t about animé or a bright Tokyo-esque story. But if you read on, I’ll tell you about this man and perhaps you might…

process

Some time ago, I decided to paint the shower-curtains for two bathrooms in my house. I did a blog post (decisions, decisions) asking for readers’ votes on which designs they preferred. This design was the one most people liked. For this project, I used two kinds of paint: acrylic and flashe. Flashe paint is new…

a radish walks into a bar…

Okay, so maybe you’ve heard that one before, but how about this one? How does a radish beat the heat? It strips down! (okay, okay….put the tomatoes down, please !) 😀 But sometimes, it’s fun to look at the same thing on different days and see how it presents itself to you in different ways….