It’s papaya time again in Honolulu! This is the Wednesday morning market in Kapiolani Park, which I stumbled upon while taking my walk around the park for exercise.
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2010Jul 20
tags: farmers market | Honolulu | Linda Bachrach | papaya -
2010Jul 1
tags: ginza | Linda Bachrach | Sharpie pens and ink | tokyo japan
Several blocks of Ginza are closed off to cars on Sundays beginning at noon, and people can freely walk, shop at big department stores, or sit at tables under umbrellas in the street and just people-watch. There is quite an amusing display of fashion, including dog fashion going on, as well as a great sketching opportunity.
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2010Jun 30
tags: Florence Italy | Linda Bachrach | Michaelangelo unfinished sculptures
This is one of three unfinished sculptures by Michaelangelo that I saw in Florence Italy. I was on an art trip and our job was to sketch these. This is a bit of a blind drawing as that is all I could pull off at that time. An old one.
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2010Jun 28
tags: japan | Linda Bachrach | misogi | shinto | Tsubaki Grand Shrine
This is a Shinto ritual that I had the chance to participate in at the Tsubaki Grand Shrine. It’s done in a grotto-like setting in the dark of night, with lit candles burning in spaces between the rocks of the surrounding wall. Men and women do this separately and the women wear a white kimono-like garment while the men wear this diaper-like garment. Exercises are performed about 30 minutes beforehand along with chanting. With the help of priests, you are escorted one by one over the rocks in the pool until you get to this larger center rock under the snowmelt waterfall. There you chant what they have taught you for about 20-30 seconds and then you are released and supposedly purified. No photos of this process were allowed so I grabbed a quick sketch. I had a cold at the time and was not able to participate, but it was an awesome experience nonetheless.
Watercolor and ink
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2010Jun 25
tags: Japan subway | Linda Bachrach | watercolor sketch
An older one. Japan subway car carrying people from different walks of life. The postage stamps represent the windows. Watercolor and ink.
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2010Jun 24
tags: Chinese Christian Church | Hawaii | Honolulu | Linda Bachrach
This is a Chinese Christian Church on King Street in Honolulu. I am always charmed by the architecture and the colorful tiles attached to this place. One day I finally parked illegally on this busy street and whipped out this quick sketch of it.
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2010Jun 23
tags: cats | japan | Konpukuji | Kyoto | Linda Bachrach | temple cats
Konpukuji is a temple in Kyoto where I expected to find many cats sunning themselves on the veranda after a rainy day, so I visited on just that kind of day. Only one cat greeter was there for us, but she meowed her greeting right away and led us directly to the entrance fee window. She was extremely affectionate and in desperate need of some petting, so she and I played on the tatami and I took many photos of her. This is a quick drawing of our first glace at her.
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2010Jun 22
tags: futon | Kyoto | Linda Bachrach | tatami
Me napping in a cozy futon on a tatami mat floor listening to heavy rain on the tile roofs behind our rented house in Kyoto. What a lovely experience!
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2010Jun 21
tags: Linda Bachrach | Marunouchi Bricktown | pizza and beer | Tokyo
Pizza Margherita and Namabiru at A16 Restaurant in Marunouchi Bricktown, Tokyo.
This was my first trip to see the newly renovated Marunouchi area of Tokyo and it was just lovely. All faux-European buildings and high end shops, outdoor sculptures and delicious looking restaurants. We had a reservation to eat at A16 with friends because there is a branch located in our former neighborhood in San Francisco. Food and ambience were divine. -
2010Jun 20
tags: Daimon-Ji | Ginkaku-Ji | Kyoto | Linda Bachrach
I decided late in the afternoon to take a hike up Mt. Daimon-Ji behind the house we had rented in Kyoto. The first part was really pleasant, with a stair-step creek running along side the path and a lovely little fresh water collection point where locals were filling their vessels with fresh mountain water. After I crossed the red bridge however, things changed and the path was steep, steep, steep. I toughed it out for about 30 minutes and finally reached a plateau. It was getting dark and because I was perspiring, the mosquitoes were attacking me, and I decided to head down instead of trying to the top. It was a perfect decision as I found out later from locals that I had only gone HALF WAY! Yikes I am out of shape!!!
Watercolor and ink
This is a painting study reproducing the lovely work from a...
