Category Archives: Still life

What will be next?

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Setsuko

I woke up in the morning and had a cup of coffee. Then I drew the eggshells. I need to find something interesting to paint or draw. Graphite on Bristol 8.5″ x 4″

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An egg holder and marbles

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Setsuko

I have a pair of beautiful antique egg holders. When I played with one of them and marbles, they look very pretty together. So here they are sitting on my desk. 5″ x 5″ Illustration Board Acrylic

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David A. Leffel knows how to create beautiful images. He can manipulate oil medium like a magic. Some day I like to figure out his magic which he is generously explaining how to approach the solutions. Yet I am still standing in … Continue reading →

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Loose and Tight

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Setsuko

I painted these bottles before. It did not work out well. Probably because its dimensions were too big. This is a small painting and works much better. But I am sighing because I am trying to loose up a bit and ended … Continue reading →

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Summer is here

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Setsuko

School is over and real summer has started. However, I was so busy that I did not have a time to pick up a pencil nor a brush to create a new image for a past few days. Next two days … Continue reading →

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School Project

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Setsuko

The spring semester is almost over. We are drawing the final project which is a still Life set in the class room. We started yesterday and will work on this drawing until next Monday. I also located myself among students … Continue reading →

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Colored Pencils

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Setsuko

It takes quite a long time to build up layers when I use the colored pencils. But I set a time which is only a few hours and finished it. I know that I will keep refining this image if I … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 20, 2015 by Setsuko

I drew this image as an exercise with my students at school last Wednesday. Compared with the geometric forms, they found that it is quite a challenge to figure out the value patterns. Newsprint 14″ x 17″ Charcoal

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