pastel cleaning tip パステルの埃とる裏技⁈

it may be kind of common to art conscious people. But do you have any pastel that broken and dusty? I do... 

I read from some pastel books that rice is good to clean them so I tried.

知る人ぞ知るですが、折れて汚れたチョークやパステルがありませんか？あったんです。笑 

パステルの本で見てお米できれいになると知り、やってみました。

First, put a 3 one hand rice in a container... 

片手に３杯分程度の米を小さい入れ物に入れて…

Dump dusty chalks or pastels... 

汚れたチョークかパステルを入れます。

Simply stirring around with brush top and rub them with a hard brush on the surfaces. .... and ta da! 

普通にかき混ぜて、硬めの絵筆で軽く表面をこすってください。米が真っ黒になって、こんなにきれいになりましたヨ。(*^^*) 

medium transfer experimentation

 

medium transfer experimentation

やってみたけど、コツが難しいです。

sketchbook project digitized version published!!

‪#‎sketchbookproject‬ Brooklyn Library 15' 
just found that it was digitized !!

You can see the sketchbook digitally and the library information.

“Reunited with Arty San Francisco”

• By: Artist Tomo
• Pages: 36
• Theme: Wanderer
• Location: Minamikawachi-gun, Osaka, Japan
• Project: The Sketchbook Project 2015
• Tags: san francisco  photo collage  travel journal  city walk 

• Library Call Number: 246.9-4

https://www.sketchbookproject.com/library/16638


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Campbell Soup JP

Campbell's JP mixed media

I started when I was showing my art works at a cafe in Osaka last year, but put it aside for a while, but I somehow inspired to cover them up with pastel and markets today.

Background is acrylic paint.

a cap and glove on going

fixed the background of the still life I did long time ago. was brown garden ground but didn't get a good reflection from my teacher so I decided to make it more pop I don't know what to do from there but may fix the cap and glove later... 

何年も前に学校のクラスで描いた絵、背景がイマイチ評価悪かったので、ポップな色に塗り替えました。

これからどうするか未定ですが、多分、帽子とグローブも修正すると思います。

keroko in progress...

This is my painting for the swap painting from the part of the Skechbook project at the Brooklyn Art Library in NY. 

I have painted most today except her dress. 

Group exhibition at me and art gallery in Sydney

The me and art gallery just send me the photo of the new gallery and exhibition.

http://meandart-sydney.webs.com


The current art works are showing on May 1 to June 12.

I see my painting on the right in the middle. 

I see my painting on the right. 

It reminds me of art mania cafe gallery in Yokohama?! 

I see my painting on the right side. 

It is the only one but this is the one I am showing.
Oil and collage on canvas,
"Gay Parade Observers"

experimenting with medium transfer

I tried doing medium matte transfer with Japanese advertisement paper, leaflet and bread bag. 

Maybe glossy paper wouldn't work well. 

I will try again with my own photos later. 

investigating how to make image transfer

investigating how to make image transfer

I hope to do mine soon!! 





I think he explains throughly what I need and what I should do.... This is a good instruction to use my photos with....



I got some idea from him using another color of acrylic paint.
He said matte medium is another kind of acrylic. That means you can transfer any acrylic kind of paint. (maybe not opaque one?)
How about manicure (nail enamel) maybe?!