Photo diary | Asuka Hishiki

Asuka Hishiki

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Coming along......
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なんとか柿らしくなってきた...。
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#watercolor #botanical #persimmon #detailedart #柿 #水彩 #実りの秋 #edibleplants

This persimmon is covered with fine, delicate web

This persimmon is covered with fine, delicate web like lines. How can I capture that fine lines....
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よく見ると細くて細かい白い線がクモの巣状に…。どうしたらこの美しさ、表現できるかなぁ！？
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#watercolor #edibleplants #persimmon #harvestfall #fallfruit #柿 #水彩畫 #秋の実り

PEEK-A-BOO! Whole summer, some big praying mantis

PEEK-A-BOO!

Whole summer, some big praying mantises were wondering around my tomato plants, searching fat caterpillars. Well, it can be a great guardian for my tomato, but I was also looking for one to include my painting!
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どうも、トマトを食べ散らかす太った幼虫を狙ってるらしい。こちらも絵にしたいので探しているのに。この夏後半はほとんど幼虫を見かけなかった。喜ぶべきか、悲しむべきか。。。
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オオカマキリ（大蟷螂・大螳螂、学名：Tenodera sinensis
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#watercolor #onpapper #detailsmatter #prayingmantis #heirloomtomatoes #水彩　#蟷螂 #庭の虫

My strawberry piece at amazing Wave Hill ! It is r

My strawberry piece at amazing Wave Hill ! It is required the advanced tickets for your safety. To reserve the ticket @wavehill https://www.wavehill.org/

23rd Annual International: American Society of Botanical Artists and Wave Hill

September 5 – December 6, 2020
12:00PM – 4:30PM

Glyndor Gallery
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Thank you for the wonderful images , @plantstani and Stefan Hagen!!
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Wish I could be in the dream gardens.
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New York, Wave Hillでのグループ展
この上なく美しいお庭と、歴史のあるギャラリー。コロナ禍の中、ちょっと現実を忘れてぼんやりするには最高の場所。。。

The persimmon season has arrived! Probably, more l

The persimmon season has arrived! Probably, more like the harvest fall has arrived.
I will be super busy with a big moment of decision making, what’s the next!
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柿の実が色づいてきました。美味しそう、の前に、つい机に向かってしまう。短くて暑い夏が終わったらすごい速さで秋が。。実りの季節は描きたいものが多すぎて迷いの季節。
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Pflanzen & Co. - Plants & Company 3. October - 6.

Pflanzen & Co. - Plants & Company
3. October - 6. December 2020

at Forum Botanische Kunst
Thüngersheim, Germany

The show will be finally open soon! It was postponed due to COVID-19. I am so happy to receive the brochures even though I cannot come to attend the show in parson. Still the virus is out there, and we need special cautions, yet, it is so nice to know that we have a cultural place to go and art shows to enjoy! A big appreciation to this opportunity. I am so lucky!
It is a two women show, I and.... Maria Sibylla Merian! One of my hero artists.
Stay safe, and if you are in the area, please stop by!

https://www.botanische-kunst.de/current-exhibition.html
Gallery hours During exhibitions
Saturday - Sunday and on holidays 1.00 - 6.00 pm

Asuka Hishiki - watercolor
Maria Sibylla Merian - copperplate engraving

In cooperation with our partner gallery Kunstkabinett Strehler, Sindelfingen.

コロナ新型肺炎の影響で延期となっていた展覧会がついにオープン！
残念ながら行くことはできませんが、この大変な中、展示ができたことに感謝。尊敬するマリアシビラメーリアンさんとの二人展！　興奮します。やっぱり行けないのはこの上なく残念。

All of the tomato plants in my backyard dried up b

All of the tomato plants in my backyard dried up before the paintings are done. Three of them are still half finished. We have to wait another summer, the tomato and I.
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秋風が吹き始めて庭のトマトもすっかり枯れてしまった。結局三枚トマトの絵が完成出来ず。また来年まで持ち越し。。。

Checking my old file and found this photo! I spott

Checking my old file and found this photo! I spotted him on my tomato plant four years ago. Actually he was such a great model, not moving around, stay almost still, nibbling leaves soundlessly.
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古い写真を発見。4年前の夏、うちの庭で発見。クロメンガタスズメの幼虫。大きな幼虫は大型犬と一緒で大人しくて気性が優しいのかも。絵を描いてる間も、ずっと枝にしがみ付いてもぐもぐ葉っぱをかじって動じず、じっくり観察出来ました。
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#watercolor #heirloomtomatoes #caterpillar #tomatohornworm #幼虫 #蕃茄　#水彩

Tiny desk exhibition. . 机上の空展 . . #water

Tiny desk exhibition.
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机上の空展
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#watercolor #exhibition #miniaturepainting #miniaturebotanical #ミニチュア展 #トマト #heirloomtomatoes #蕃茄 #水彩

The afternoon walk. With my gramma, this was our f

The afternoon walk. With my gramma, this was our favorite spot when I was small. We gently sprinkled water on the small stone statues with prayers. I thought the Ojizou-sama would sort out all my worries. So, we prayed and watered them. It brought peace to my small mind.
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お地蔵様に久々にお参り。子供の頃はお婆ちゃんと良く散歩に来た。大騒ぎして水をかけてお願い事をした。全部お地蔵様がなんとかしてくれると思ってたなぁ。

Blue tomato “Ozark sunset” . It is only 10:30

Blue tomato “Ozark sunset”
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It is only 10:30 in the morning, but it is scorching hot outside. The most of tomato plants in my backyard are dead, telling me the summer is almost over, but the heat is still going strong.....
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ブルートマト　オザーク・サンセット
そろそろ庭のトマトも枯れてきて夏の終わりを感じる。。。はずなのにこの暑さ。。。
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#watercolor #tomato #heirloomtomatoes #gardentreasures #庭の野菜 #蕃茄 #水彩

Black krim. It was in green yellow with a bit of

Black krim.
It was in green yellow with a bit of orange shade on the bottom when I started. Yet, while I was chasing the color, it completely changed into delicious deep red.... Now, the piece is done, and the tomato is ready to be my dinner!!!
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ブラッククリム　エアルームトマト
ほんのりオレンジの緑のトマトを描くつもりだったのに、描いている間にどんどん真っ赤に。絵は完成、トマトは食べ頃！
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#watercolor #heirloomtomatoes #botanical #naturetreasures #蕃茄 #トマト #エアルームトマト #gardentreasures

Found unusual lily in front of our house. Today is

Found unusual lily in front of our house. Today is the anniversary of the end of war in Japan. My sincere prayer for the true, long-lasting peace.
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庭先に百合の王冠が現れました。
長く、平和が続きますようにと祈るよう。

The tomatoes are growing, and a beetle larvae that

The tomatoes are growing, and a beetle larvae that my friend @masahikohirooka gave me has been cooked in a pot! Now, the tomato is fully ready, and so does the beetle!!! I should add him to the piece.
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幼虫を譲って頂いていたコクワガタが出てきた！！！！なんと飼育セットまでいただいてた。あの幼虫がこんな美しいクワガタになって出てくるなんて、感激。ありがとう @masahikohirooka !
歩くのもすごい早さ。絵の上を歩く姿も美しい、これはコクワも描けって事に違いない。

Cherokee purple! Suddenly, the most of tomatoes in

Cherokee purple!
Suddenly, the most of tomatoes in my backyard are turning into seductive reddish at once! Eenie, meenie, miney, moe... Which one I should grab the next!!
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チェロキーパープル。
暑い夏の日差しが強くなって庭のトマトが一斉に赤く染まり始めて、焦りまくり。コーヒーを一杯、それから次の選ばれしトマトを探しに庭へ。。。

While I was obsessed with the plums, my tomatoes g

While I was obsessed with the plums, my tomatoes grew bigger and bigger, almost ready to sit in for the next project. Before moving on the new tomato, I have to finish this half-done piece... The hot summer has come finally, and my race with the short lived tomato plants has also begun !
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プラムに気を取られている間に庭のトマトがすっかり育って。。。今にどれを描くか迷っている間に全部枯れてしまう、と言う意馬心猿の夏がスタート。まずは去年途中のまま終わったトマトを仕上げなくては。。。
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#watercolor #tomato #heirloomtomatoes #botanical #水彩　#トマト #蕃茄 #summergarden #夏の畑

Almost the end of long, long rainy season. The sun

Almost the end of long, long rainy season. The sunflowers are gone, but not the rain cloud. So many places in Japan are flooded, and I am so worried if this may be new normal. What we have done to contribute this mess. Probably everything, and I did it, too....

向日葵は終わってしまったのに、梅雨はまだ明けない。夕方からは土砂降りの雨。なんだか危うい気候でますます心配ですね。。。

Completed the mold covered plum. . 黴玉プラム

Completed the mold covered plum.
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黴玉プラム完成
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#watercolor #moldcovered #mold #plum #botanical #水彩 #カビ #黴菌 #腐れ縁

Put the mask even in the studio!? I had to have tw

Put the mask even in the studio!? I had to have two layers of masks, yet I still smelled the musty air through the cloth!
Still working on the plum. Still raining outside. It is the longest rainy season I ever remembered....
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マスクを二重にしてもまだカビの匂いが。。。。これって大丈夫かなぁ、、しかしカビって美しい。
今朝もすごい雨で目が覚める。まだもう少し梅雨は続くみたい。お米、植物や虫たちは大丈夫だろうかと、さらに心配になる。

Amazing heirloom melon! This melon was long forgot

Amazing heirloom melon! This melon was long forgotten, but the wonderful farmer @atumi.ishii found the stored seeds from retired neighbor.
Should I paint or just eat...this time, probably I will eat both of them for two reasons. One: So many paintings are already on a way, waiting to be finished. Two: I cannot hold myself to eat them!!!
Well, we have to wait a couple more days the fruit to get matured fully!!!!!
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幻の古田メロン🍈
@atumi.ishii さんがもう誰も作ってないメロンを復活されたそうです！
ただ今我が家で追熟中。ヘタが枯れると食べ頃だそう。すごく栽培が難しい気分屋メロン、しかしすごく美味しいそうな！楽しみ。

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