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29/30 Days of Illustration – A Japanese Black Bear

I love painting animals. Continuing from my painting of the Japanese Macaques relaxing in their hot spring is a painting … More

2018, 30 days of illustrations, animals, bear, conservation, illustration, Japan, Nature, nature illustration, outdoors, travel, water colour

27/30 Days of Illustration – Cherry Blossom Coffee & Pancakes

With spring finally upon us, I wanted to paint something to suit the season. Last year when I was living … More

2018, 30 days of illustrations, カフェジャンティーク, Café Jantique 萩, cafe culture, Hagi, illustration, Japan, travel, water colour, Yamaguchi

26/30 Days of Illustration – Skier

As with the snowboarder illustration which I published just before this, the Skier was also inspired by the incredible stunts … More

30 days of illustrations, colourful, I'll ustration, inspiration, Olympics, outdoors, water colour, winter

12/30 Days of Illustration – Watching Koi Carp

Last year I took a trip to see the house of Thomas Glover, a British man who lived in Meiji … More

2018, 30 days of illustrations, colourful, illustration, Japan, Nagasaki, outdoors, Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Heritage, sketch, travel, UNESCO, water colour, World Heritage

25/30 Days of Illustration – Snowboarder

Watching the Pyeonchang Winter Olympics 2018, I’ve been endlessly astonished at the amazing tricks of the snowboarders. Hurling themselves into … More

2018, 30 days of illustrations, illustration, Olympics, Pyeonchang2018, snowboarding, sports, water colour

19/30 Days of Illustration – Shiba-inu Puppies

I was trying to think of things which remind me of spring. I think young animals is certainly one, so … More

2018, 30 days of illustrations, colourful, dog, family, illustration, love, puppies, shiba-inu, spring, water colour

18/30 Days of Illustration – Cherry Blossom

Here in Yokohama it’s been a snowy month, and I think everyone is waiting for spring. The first sign of … More

30 days of illustrations, blossom, cherry blossom, illustration, Japan, outdoors, spring, water colour

17/30 Days of Illustration – Snow Monkeys

One of the things I still haven’t done in Japan is go to see the snow monkeys. These wild Japanese … More

30 days of illustrations, animals, illustration, monkeys, Nature, snow monkeys, travel, water colour, winter

16/30 Days of Illustration – Strawberry Shortcake

I love painting cake but the downside is that I always want to eat it! Perhaps I should get some… … More

2018, 30 days of illustrations, cafe culture, cake, colourful, illustration, spring, strawberry shortcake, water colour

15/30 Days of Illustration – Green Tea and Dango

Spring is finally coming to Yokohama and I was feeling inspired to paint some spring-themed paintings! Thought I’d start with … More

30 days of illustrations, colourful, dango, illustration, Japan, spring, water colour, Yokohama

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A book I helped work on as translator has been published! The King of Circles is available from @50wattsbooks
A very quick sketch Daddy and baby Rei drawing together. Crayons and pencil. I like their line drawing lot! 🥰
A little bit of scribbly sketching in the sunshine.
Ages ago I took a course in woodblock printing and got some tools to do it. This is the first time I've tried it since then. There's obviously a knack to it - the prints came out so much lighter than I thought! But it was fun and hoping to try more. This is also the first time I've really been able to use my new studio properly ☺️
At the weekend I went for a hike up Mount Tsukuba-san, which includes two peaks of Nantai-san and Nyotai-san. It was gorgeous weather and such a lovely day. If you're interested to go, it has great access from Tokyo via the Tsukuba Express to Tsukuba Center and then Tsukuba Jinja Iriguchi!
Baby Rei Albert fascinated by something. This is based on a photo by @tanaka.suguru.3

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