Medetai Fish and Sasaki Bamboo – The first one of a series..

Polychrome woodblock print, , , ,

Today I painted Medetai Fish and Sasaki Bamboo, from the series Uozukushi (Every Variety of Fish) by Utagawa Hiroshige. The original is a polychrome woodblock print.

Utagawa Hiroshige was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. He is best known for his landscapes, such as the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō and The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō and for his depictions of birds and flowers.

I think this picture is very funny and cheerful.

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Here is the link to the original one:

http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/55909

I’m going to start!

Japanese paintings - Edo Period, ,

Hi ,

This is today’s watercolor. I got the original from the MET Museum Collection. Below you’ll find the link to the original. I decided to start working with Japanese art as a reference.

Japanese prints are so beautifull and they have had a huge influence in art, especially between 1850-1920.

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Here is the link:

http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/77168?rpp=20&pg=1&ao=on&ft=crane+%2bjapane&pos=4