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#sadamikonchi A #promoter with #dreadlocks at #Parramatta #station. Last Sat, train lines were on mend! Bus was not time efficient. Rain got heavy. Instead of attending a sketch meeting, I sketched the #friendly #man. We enjoyed a chat. Thank u! #ドレッドヘアー の #プロモーター さんは とても #フレンドリー な方でした. 土曜日に #アーバンスケッチャー の ミーティングに 加わろうとして駅に行くと 列車の線路を 修理しているために 私は 駅で立ち往生してしまいました. バスはもっと 時間がかかるので その場にいた #お兄さん を #スケッチ させていただきました. おしゃべりを楽しんで 人生や仕事について 語り合いました. #モデル になってくれて ありがとうね #sadamikonchi #watercolour #usksydney #urbansketchers #urbansketching #urbansketch #pencil #sydney #australia #水彩画 #透明水彩

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Life is beautiful

Great to catch up sketch club members in #YeoPark on #MothersDay. #Figures #mood #faceexpressions and a #bodylanguage interest me most. Always " #life is #beautiful and people are #lovely ," is my ultimate message. My #sketch made a model’s families so happy in different countries at once – digital technology connected them by live broadcasting! The sweet #daddy and #grandpa enjoyed #Chinese #brush #painting. Very happy to see their smiling and happy chats. Thank you for sharing #joy. My great honour. #watercolour #yeopark #figures #母の日. #シドニー #スケッチクラブ は集り楽しみました. メンバーは #父 また #祖父 なので, #海外在住 の #近親 #家族に 私の #絵 をmobile phoneで見せました. #孫達 #娘 が喜ぶのを見るのは本当に嬉しかったし光栄の いたりでした. 絵は人と人をつなぐ #かけはし です. #水彩画 #水彩

Thank you for modelling. #watercolour #sydney #australia #母の日. #シドニー #スケッチクラブ は集り楽しみました. 人の #雰囲気 #表情 #bodylanguage は私がいつも 興味を最も強く感じます. "生るって #すばらしい #人 は いつも #美しい ,"が 私の絵の #窮極のメッセージ です. それが伝わる #絵 をかくのが 私の #目標です. 時に, タダの #人間 , Sadami, めげそうになります. でも, みなさんの 応援に 支えられ,がんばります. #水彩画 #水彩

Life is beautiful

Illustrators Showcase at SCBWI conference 2019

In the submitted folio, I demonstrated

• The latest work at the best skill,
• Some black and white,
• Character design, movement,
• Variety of subjects,  
• Colour, front cover, single/double spreads,
• Mock book, 
• Postcards designed for promotion.  

The above has responded to publishers' seeking.  

In detailed advice is here. 
Are You Ready for the Illustrator Showcase at the 2019 Sydney International Conference?
An illustrator may submit 10 images, in all. I included landscapes, figures and other subjects. 

The granted "Basho" project Japanese traditional village in winter

The black and white rough, character design. 

Variety of Subjects. 

A double spread, black and white from the "Basho" 

It's Colour. 

Many of my "postcards" were picked up. Hopefully, publishers, authors, illustrators, teacher librarians and anyone in a publishing industry liked them. 

A local printshop printed them all and encouraged me. Thank you! 

The other side of my postcards. 

More timely information is available on my facebook.  Now, we're already moving towards CBCA national conference. 

Friends, did you enjoy SCBWI conference with me? If you've got an idea how to do a folio, I'm happy. Enjoy drawing and painting. Thank you very much for your strong support. 

Happy Painting!! 

Illustrators Showcase at SCBWI conference 2019

Good Paper is Vital for Washes

Quality papers are essential for good watercolour painting work, particularly, for washes. Arche, smooth, 300 gsm is my favourite. I carry a 185 gsm sketchbook and a 300 gsm A4 pad in a backpack. A tragicomedy is sometimes, I accidentally draw a good work on a thin paper, 185 gsm. (Usually, it is a daily sketch and preliminary research.) Oh, no! It happened on this work. I tried my best to make a smoke and a smooth dark background. I hope you can enjoy it. Btw, have you ever experienced the same pain? 

A Smoker's Coffee Break 
He was a good young man seeking for his own direction in life. 
We enjoyed a chat over life. It inspired me. Thank u! 

I tried a background twice or three times, phew! I'm not happy with the outcome of his smoke. As well as the smoke, I'm still thinking of the allocation of vanishing edges in this work. 

So, I'll try the work again on 300 gsm. Creating washes and playing with wet-in-wet is easy on thick papers. Thick papers will give us freedom of expression and joy in sophisticated techniques. 

Btw, my mentors, Books Illustrated (Ann James and Jess Haddon) has left for Bologna Children's Book Festival in Italy, leading our Australian team. I hope they will have a wonderful time there and a safe trip. 
Now, I will get back to the ongoing projects and research. 
Friends, Happy Painting! 

Good Paper is Vital for Washes

Sketch Nativity @ St Mary Cathedral

We, Sydney Sketch Club went to St Mary cathedral to sketch their famous "life size nativity." I so much enjoyed sketching the nativity for the first time that I had longed for sketching in my life. The famous scene that Jesus was born had many symbolic animals, in my eyes. A donkey, a white dove (in a shepherd's hand) and sheep which has meanings and roles in Bible. I imagined... and a little bit changed statues -- Mary and Joseph are smiling at a little Jesus. Baby Jesus is smiling back to them.  

The Bible is an interesting book. It does not tell us in which season Jesus was born or his appearance such as race, height etc. Do you know? The Bible does not have the depiction of Jesus's laugh and smile. I often wonder and imagine when He smiled and laughed. Whilst sketching, I was thinking over, when He was born, He had no Christmas tree nor Santa Clause etc.... 

After the sketching, the Sydney Sketch Club members had a very friendly dinner, plus, my graffiti, a portrait session! It was a great fun and members love it. Usually, I respect new members and they become my "victims," hehehe?! Sketching people always makes me happy. Insanely happy Sadami keeps on laughing from a heart! Members said "You never stop!" I smiled at their say. I have to admit "I can't stop it." 

It was really good and a great comfort for me to join meetings again. Nice. Same minded members cheer me up in a friendly mood. Thank you, organiser Jennifer!! I also thank you for all other members, particularly, models, who gave me nice chats over dinner and while sketching!

The left shoulder is healing and less painful. I'm doing rehab of the left wrist. I'll get well! 

Friends, Happy Painting! 

Sketch Nativity @ St Mary Cathedral