On one of the days when Kana was busy teaching (workshop on making clay accessories), I went to do some outdoor sketching near Enoshima. I knew there is an interesting river near enough to just walk there.

It was VERY hot so my main priority was just to find a good spot in the shade to set up my two tripods (I use one for painting and another, simpler one for recording with my iPhone). I ended up painting the bridge, a mansion block and a Buddhist temple (?) on a hill in the back. It was an interesting composition - the pink mansion block was literally the only high building in the neighbourhood and it really sticks out.

I decided to paint this scene in a similar way to a sketch I did in Manseibashi (near Akihabara) by drawing the lines only on the objects in the foreground and painting the rest only in watercolours.

In the end, I was chased out of the shady spot by mosquitos and it was so hot that I was tired for the rest of the day - I guess I will have to work indoors until this hot summer goes away a little.

Technical details:

colours: My portable 24 colours watercolour set

lines: Copic Multiliner 0.5mm

paper: Watercolor paper landscape Moleskine sketchbook

かなが忙しかった日(粘土アクセサリーのワークショップを開いてた)に、ちょっと外へスケッチしに行ってみました。物件を探してた時に面白そうな川を見たので向かってみました。

何を描くかよりも、使っている三脚二本を日陰でセットアップするのは優先でした。すごく暑い！

結局描きたかった川、橋、高いマンションと背景の寺(?)が入った景色になりました。蚊と日差しに襲われるので、早く描けるのは大事です。背景にある物に線画をつけず、水彩だけで描いてみました。(この描き方を以前、万世橋で試したことがあって、かなり気に入ってます)

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