Play with colors

This is a quick drawing done in one of 10 minutes in-class works of diploma course i am taking.

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End of summer

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End of summer – i caught the small bunch of sunflowers in the eyes when i passed by at a small flower stand in Sydney CBD. They were looking ‘chatty’ and they made it going my home together. It was warm day last week when i had to go to city for a short time. Virus fear started taking vigors away from Sydney. Appreciate you blooming like this. Even under what the social mood is, you are bright and the sun. #sunflower #bloom #gold #endofsummer #stillbright #shotoniphone #ig_snapshots #ig_gorld_photo #ig_flowers #flowerofinstagram #flowerphotography #sydney #australia #myphoto #ilovesydney #ilovemyfollowers

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Rhubarb and Blueberry pie ~ ルバーブとブルーベリーのパイ~

As you know, Rhubarb is very sour vegetables when consume as is, and it is suitable for jam and sauce.
The recipe I followed used Blueberries putting together with diced Rhubarb.This way the filling became milder in sourness, it actually adds nice and pleasant sweetness. The recipe also used sour cream for the crust, taking over the role of which the eggs and water play. This has produced a good shortcrust flavor and texture. I baked this twice this summer eventually, and particularly this second bake is made my favorite (in photos below). I am satisfied both with the fillings and the crust which finished better than my first bake. Rhubarb and Blueberry fillings was made nice ruby sauce and it flowed when you sliced.
It was hard to control my craving to it serving with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, but my friends couple enjoyed with the scoops! 😋

ずいぶん昔、アンナミラーズというパイ専門のカフェに入った時に初めて知った、ルバーブ・パイ。
甘酸っぱい素朴な味がアップルパイと並んで大好きになったけれど、意外にもその後目にする機会はなく。。。
こちらシドニーでも、ルバーブ・パイをお店で目にする事もないし、とりわけルバーブ・パイが好きという人に出逢いませんでした。
でもスーパーでは普通にルバーブが野菜コーナーに並んでいるし、これはいっちょパイを焼いてみようと相成りまして。。
結果、今年の夏は2度ルバーブ・パイを焼きましたが、2度目は特にパイ生地がサクサクにできて大満足。

参考にしたレシピでは、ルバーブにブルーベリーを混ぜて自然な甘みを引き出すのと、パイ生地を卵と水の代わりにサワークリームをバターと小麦粉に混ぜるという内容で、珍しいと思ったのと美味しそうだったのでそれに沿って製作。

焼きあがったパイが覚めるのを待ってからナイフを入れると、ルビー色のソースが艶やかに広がる。

酸味強すぎない控え目な甘さ。
今回体重を気にして、私はナントカ理性で堪えましたが、実際はバニラアイスクリームなどと食べると更に美味しそう。

仲間であっという間にペロリと平らげました。😋

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A piece of work of the day 32

Festive period 2019 was something very unusual for me, because of the months-long bush fires that flamed up in Australia, particularly east coast and south area over the four states.

All graphics and updates cast by the media were of heartbreaking, and the blaze did not set back on New Years Eve and New Years Day.

Temperature on Saturday and Sunday last week soared to record-breaking high, which coincidentally some source was saying, apart from the subject of bush fires, that the earth took the closest position to the sun in her orbit.

This piece below was drawn while watching the circumstances, with the inspiration driven by my sincere wish of rainfalls and / or something good of element of aqua, embrace all of the burned areas and heal them. Yep, the motif is completely unrelated to the subject, but this is how I could send my love over.

2019年のクリスマスと年越し、そして新年はこれまでのそれとは異なるものでした。

何か月も続く森林火災がまさに31日から元旦にかけて更に一段と被害が広がり、オーストラリア固有の動物や自然、そして幾つもの小さなコミュニティが燃えて無くなってしまいました。

このパステルは「水」と「悦び」に関するエネルギーを想いながらイメージしたものです。

一見、まったく森林火災とは無関係の絵柄ですが、今猛威を振っているその「火」とは違う水を想う事、そして悲しみや怒りに包まれている今の状況に、亡くなった命たちや対峙している命たちに、癒しの時が少しでもやってくるようにという願掛けの思いを込めました。

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My favourite sunrise in recent mornings ~ 最近のお気に入りの朝の空~

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The grid of the day ~ 雨を意図して ~

With my sincerest wish of rainfalls on us.

Currently Australia, particularly NSW state in where Sydney locate, have been suffering from drought and number of places have been burned down by bush fires.

I naturally and spontaneously picked up blue-based, but also some reminded me of our Mother Earth.

I have something to ‘talk’ about all pieces, but i am happy that my NZ greenstone and crystal from Arkansas joined the rock formation.

雨よ降れ降れ🎵☂️ との願いを込めて組んだグリッドには、自然と青い石が増えたような。

でも同時に地球そのもの、空と大地と水も色に入って来てくれて、有難い。

干ばつと森林火災がまだまだ続く、シドニーとニューサウス・ウェールズ州に水の恵みがもたらされますように。

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A piece of work of the day 29 ~ abstract drawings inspired by the grid ~

Oh again, I do not remember when I did this kind of drawing work last time.

This went for a friend’s birthday.

And the grid I introduced here drove me my drawing finger as it gets (yes, my pastel works are drawn by fingers most of part), actually it went OK to express my love to him.

久しぶりのパステルワークを友人宛の誕生日カードに。どんなものを描こうかとすぐにイメージが湧きませんでしたが、こちらで紹介した今回の石のグリッドから何となくヒントが得られて、このような一枚になりました。

私の友人への気持ちを色で表現したらこんな感じなのだと、出来上がって改めて思いました。

やはり色は楽しい。

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Hint of spring

is just right next to you, leaving its scent on the nose.

You can see it even under the overhung rock platform at the corner of a local beach.

春は確実に来てる。寒くても確実にその匂いを感じる。

春はすぐそこにいる。小さな海岸の隅のせり出した岩肌の影にだって。

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今日も素敵な一日を。

I’ve got constipation ~ 便秘でした ~

…on my outward expression.

Sorry, it’s not my intent to explain here about my guts state in biological perspectives.

I would have ‘roared’, ah no, written about the fact that my recent nearly zero activity on my creativity side and output them.

Yes, I have certainly busy this year. My head is filled with lots of thoughts, plans, emotions, feelings, and so on.

I have got number of great experiences this year, and I would have shared them with you in here (or other least channels I have) but it never have happened.

Well, I can say I am lazy and that could be a reason but that could be not.

So many things, so much thing came and gone passed through me in body, head, and mind. I certainly admit a change taking place in my body (generally they are good changes, like some improvement seen in my chronic derma issues and so on).

And now, my hope is to resume my small creative side starting again.

I hope I will be back on track a bit. 🙂

エネルギーの便秘。出したいけど出ない出せない、そんな状態が続いている。

入ってくるもの、受け取るものも沢山ある。毎日の奇跡に幸せも感じている。

でも自分の中の表現するエリアはずっと重かったな。なんだか避けていた。

でもこれじゃエネルギー的にも不健康。ここから少しずつ便秘解消していこう。

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