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Asuka Hishiki

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Moss phlox SHIBAZAKURA （Phlox subulata）A bit e

Moss phlox SHIBAZAKURA （Phlox subulata）A bit early for the full bloom...Here in Japan, it is still in a partial lock down mode. So, instead of going far, we found good places near by our house. Keeping distance, having a mask on, but still the sweet scent was wafting in a soft wind, making our spring day slightly more delighted.
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薄めピンクの芝桜。ちょっと早かったようで、満開までにはもう少し。マスクをしていても甘い香りがして、ほんの少し特別な気分。
標高も少し高いので遅めの春のよう。そういえばまだまだ桜の花が散らずに満開だった！

Very hairy tomato stems.
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なかなか毛深いトマトのお軸。
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#watercolor #heirloomtomatoes #hairly #botanical #水彩 #透明水彩 #細かい作業 #detailedwork

The second batch of heirloom tomatoes has arrived!

The second batch of heirloom tomatoes has arrived! The small orange ones are really sweet. The farmer @atumi.ishii told me that it is good for sweet jam!!!
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エアルームトマト第二便。小さいオレンジのトマトはとっても甘い、もう果物です。石井農園さん　@atumi.ishii によるとジャムにするといいそうです。トマトジャム！

Papery sounds of cicada wings.
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カラカラと小気味の良い音。
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#watercolor #cicadawing #vellum #soundofnature #水彩 #蝉 #insectwings

Red veined sorrel . Keep fishing leaves from dail

Red veined sorrel
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Keep fishing leaves from daily mesclun salad! I need one more... Somehow, I like having three for the composition, maybe because I like the movie “Three Amigos “ so much!

レッドソレル(レッドロゼイユ)
もう一枚サラダから失敬してみる。赤い葉脈の模様がなんとも言えなく素敵。
更にもう一枚並べよう。三つ並べる構成が良いなあ、と思うのはやはり「サボテンブラザーズ」の影響かもしれない。
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#watercolor #veins #mesclun #saladleaves #salad #水彩 #ベビーリーフ #サラダ #葉っぱ

Photo by Rafał Sosin So excited to see my work

Photo by Rafał Sosin

So excited to see my work among wonderful pieces!
I have just received several images of the show. Wishing I could’ve gone and seen it in person....

EXPLORING BOTANY
At Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, Poland
@mangghamuseum
02.02.2021 - 22.08.2021
Curators: PhD Anna Król, Sylvia Peter
Exhibition design: PhD Anna Król
Exhibition prepared in cooperation: Nuremberg House in Krakow

Museum Manggha is closed until 9th April.

Fishing a leaf from my salad bowl, so it ended up

Fishing a leaf from my salad bowl, so it ended up pinned on the paper, rather than fell into my stomach!
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サラダの中からつまみ出した葉っぱ。
胃袋から紙の上に行き先変更。
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#watercolor #saladleaf #leaf #salad #vegetables #水彩 #ベビーリーフ #葉っぱ #写実画

Often overlooked and insignificant pieces of natur

Often overlooked and insignificant pieces of nature, but all are in my treasure collection. What should be the next....
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取るに足らない自然の切れ端たちですが、私にとっては宝物。次は何を描こうか。。
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#watercolor #vellum #botanical #mytreasure #naturetreasures #水彩 #透明水彩 #自然の力 #落としもの

She was found in our garden shed, so I decided to

She was found in our garden shed, so I decided to revive her.
Japanese five-lined skink (Plestiodon japonicus)
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日本トカゲの幼生が、庭の納屋で干からびているのを発見。生き生きとした姿を想像してみることに。
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#watercolor #vellum #日本トカゲ #lizard #bluetailedskink #水彩 #ヴェラム

Our wild cherry tree is in full bloom! The gentle

Our wild cherry tree is in full bloom! The gentle sweet scent is wafting in the air.
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さくらんぼの木が満開。うっすらいい匂い漂ってきます！

It is my habitat to keep the top part of root vege

It is my habitat to keep the top part of root vegetables. How do you call this part?
I always say “carrot top” or “radish top”, but it is not a right name. The calyx? The stem end? Shoots??
Well, this is from the red daikon radish I painted earlier. It was almost gone when I finished the piece, so I pickled the root and saved the top. I often save those root vegetable tops and grow in my kitchen. It gives me tender edible leaves which I use for my dinner dish decoration. But this was particularly strong! Once I forgot to give water, so it dried up and almost dead.... but after few days in water, it revived. Finally, this red daikon radish even produced the green beautiful buds! I must paint!
Actually. When I started to paint this one, it was only 5 cm high with tight buds on top of the stem. While I was painting it, it grew taller and taller, moving its head wherever it feels light, so to portray this guy was a wild chase ! Finally, I reached the top, it bloomed the flower!!!　
The roots were cut off while I was painting, so I will wait a bit to get the roots come out again to finish the piece.

先日描いた赤大根のヘタを水栽培していたもの。そういえば、この部分、勝手にヘタと呼んでいるけど、正式にもヘタでいいんだろうか？
さて、この赤大根、描き終わって、根の部分はちょっと萎れていたので浅漬けにして、このヘタをいつものように水栽培に。普段から根野菜はヘタを育ててちょっとした食卓の彩りに使うのですが、、、この赤大根は凄かった！一回水を忘れて枯らしてしまい、もうダメかと思ったところからの素晴らしい復活劇。ついには蕾をつけるまでに。これは何としても描かなくてはと、描き始めたものの、描いている間中、動きまくるは、成長スピードが半端なく、間違いなくワイルドな戦いでした。。。下の方から少しづつ描き進め、蕾に到達する頃には花まで咲いたのです！感激しました。
根っこだけは描いている間に取れてしまったのでもうしばらく伸びてくるまでまた水栽培続けてみよう。
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#watercolor #botanical #spring #naturetreasures #details #水彩 #大根の花 #春 #水彩画

Romanesco broccoli . This is one of my future pro

Romanesco broccoli
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This is one of my future projects, but very overwhelmed one. Once I start working on this vegetable, I cannot go anywhere or do anything at least a month or possibly more. I always meant to portray it throughout the winter, and always found myself not painting it, but ended up eating it...
My niece came to visit me. We were painting together, and she casually picked up the romanesco broccoli from my fridge and started painting it! Then she created the master piece! It is a cliche, but children are natural born artists! I just thought she was very bold! I wished I was like her just a little bit.
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ロマネスコブロッコリー
いつか描こうと考えているお野菜の一つ。しかし、初めてしまうと1ヶ月、多分それよりうんと長い間どこにも行けず、何にもできない。。いつも描こうと思いつつ、また冬が過ぎていく。。。
先日姪っ子が遊びにきて、一緒にお絵描き。彼女は何気なーく、冷蔵庫からロマネスコを取り出して、何気なーく描いてしまう。出来上がった絵もなかなかの出来。よく言われることですが、子供って生まれながらの芸術家！なのでしょうか？ひとまず彼女の怖気付かない勇気に感心しました！私ももうちょっとそうなれればなあ、と思いつつ。。

Very sexy tomato, ”Dester”. Staring face to f

Very sexy tomato, ”Dester”.
Staring face to face more than a day, thinking if I do something more, but just can’t decide yet. So, I ended up to keep this while, until I really feel happy about the piece. Spring is just around the corner. So many plants are making line to be portrayed already!!
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非常にセクシーなトマト“デスター”
これ以上何もすることはないような、後ろ髪引かれるような、、で結局一日中睨めっこしてしばらく様子を見ることに。春が迫っていて、すでに描きたいものが隊列を成してそこまでやってきてる！
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#watercolor #heirloomtomatoes #tobeornottobe #realism #水彩 #透明水彩 #エアルームトマト　#どうする

My precious extinct and endangered brushes from a

My precious extinct and endangered brushes from a Japanese traditional brush craftsman. I was so lucky to have them. It is hard to describe, but these are just extraordinary brushes!

It is simply hard work to keep traditional craftsmanship. We are more attracted rather glorious and flashy side of the world, but I deeply admire the craftsman who patiently facing the painstaking work every day, often alone in his studio.
Every time I use the brush, also many emotions come out from me.

絶滅種と絶滅危惧種の筆たち。
運良く貴重な筆を譲って頂くことができました。うまく言い表せないほど素晴らしい筆です。
伝統技術を継いでいくのは本当に大変な仕事ですね。どうしても派手な側面ばかりに惹かれがちになってしまいますが、静かに黙々とこのとても忍耐力のいる仕事に向き合う職人さんには本当に脱帽です。

Half dried leaves, still in the amazingly beautifu

Half dried leaves, still in the amazingly beautiful deep green.
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枯れかかった葉っぱ、すっかりカラカラなのに、ため息のでるような美しい深い緑色。
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#watercolor #heirloomtomatoes

A jewel like tomato, or tomato like jewel??
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宝石のようなトマト！トマトのような宝石？

Sudden summer breeze from @atumi.ishii I ordere

Sudden summer breeze from @atumi.ishii

I ordered some fresh leaves and stems to finish my unfinished tomato paintings along with, of course, some tomatoes for my dinner table. Well, yesterday, these gorgeous tomatoes arrived! Thank you!
Now I pushed my hamlet mood aside and am having a serious meeting with them to decide which one, how, and what to portray the next!
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夏の香りが石井農園　@atumi.ishii さんから届きました！
描きかけのトマトを仕上げるために、葉っぱと茎を、もちろん食卓用のトマトも！お願いしていたところ、昨日こんな素敵なトマトが届きました。ありがとうございました！
昨夜からずっと、次、どれを、どういう順番で、どう描くか。。。。トマトと描きかけの作品を並べて真剣会議中。

With leaves, or not with leaves, that is the ques

With leaves, or not with leaves,
that is the question....
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葉っぱを加えるか、否か、
それが問題だ。。。。
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#watercolor #buddashand

So much fun working on these dried knotty twig, es

So much fun working on these dried knotty twig, especially excited to catch the bright green on it!!! Is it moss, or????
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この節くれた枝がたまりません！！グラタンのちょっと焦げたところ、と言う感じ、分かります？？ところでこの鮮やかな緑は苔でしょうか、それとも？？？

Buddha’s hand citron. I have been thinking to po

Buddha’s hand citron.
I have been thinking to portray this fruit for a long time...Unlike my usual subject - tomatoes, this citron emit slight, but very pleasant flowery scent. Heavenly!
Just catching the tip green before it turns orange yellow - This is a big fruit, and still I have a long way to go!
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仏手柑
ずっと描こうと思っていた縁起物。顔を近づけると柑橘系のなかなかいい香りがします。まだ、やっと先っぽの緑が残る部分を描き終えたところ。。。大物のみかん、まだまだ先は長そう。。

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