Japan sketches 2012

I became much more interested in painting from life than drawing from life in Japan in 2012, nevertheless, I still took out the sketchbook from time to time.  These are a some of the drawings I made.

bare sakura tree in autumn in Pontocho, one of the most famous Kyoto geisha districts

sakura blooms in Aomori

 

flower studies

part of a temple in Tokyo

museum sketches

Rodin bust in at an exhibition in Tokyo

another Rodin bust  in Tokyo

Van Dyck study and hand study at the National Musueum of Art- Tokyo