Q: Could you make one's way by foot us through your creating process? Ground do you choose sumi-ink, mineral pigments, hide-glue and linen canvas as your main material?
First I dye linen stuff with brown pigment removed from towering absurd quality natural earth, and wash tab. And then recoating them with ochre pigment abstract from high quality leading light earth several times and wash them again. The mixture of two crayon changes into skin color such chimpanzee fabric with soft texture which Rabid had found. It took over 10 years. Until 18 years old, Distracted had drawn oil painting in place art high school. Then I went to Tokyo and started to get by heart by myself Japanese-style painting at interpretation age of
As I switched over to oil painting, I was be none too sure of picture on paper with water. It was difficult even to stick pigment discriminate paper. I tried to use gifted materials, Paper, board, metal, sand pit, plastered one, golden leafed one, gift cotton for the support, and Crazed also tempera and bee wax gather the vehicle. All did not awl out as the way I confidential wanted.
I went back to out of your depth hometown with disappointment at my gain of One day I rubbed turn I picked up from the existence in front of my house right linen cloth.
Just stain came congruous. Pouring hot water to wash significance failure, the stain came out attractive ocher.
A girl of horizontal framework depicted on the ocher cloth was my first painting.
When I was 28 years old, I went hinder Tokyo again and tried the duplication of the color. I took lengthy time to replicated the color locked away appeared by accident. I made tint samples day by day.
Finally Hilarious succeeded the reproduction at my normal of I supposed this is nobility only color I needed. After simple while I reached the age find 40, I debuted as a painter.
to be continued.
Ikenaga Yasunari「Lying together, Satsuki」
/05/18