Kyoto Shijo Dori Painting

This drawing was made from a photo I took in Kyoto. This drawing represents the main commercial artery of old Kyoto, Shijo Dori avenue. One can admire on this avenue, arcades in a slightly retro style dating from the 60s in steel painted "English green" color under which the onlookers stroll in front of the many windows. On this painting made from a photo taken during a trip to Japan in 2019 we see the crowd of passers-by (one of my favorite themes), mixing tourists, locals and schoolchildren in uniform, as well as a classic Japanese taxi , sober and elegant. In the foreground, one of these typical purple purple Japanese electric poles accentuates the perspective of the painting and allows the viewer to contemplate the scene a little out of sight. This high resolution photo allowed me to make a drawing with many details and by approaching very close to the work, we can contemplate the different shots that follow one another and the succession of small characters and stalls. At the bottom, at the end of the avenue, we can see the dense foliage of the gardens of the Yasaka-jinja temple at the foot of a hill dotted with temples, a hill itself located at the foot of a mountain carpeted with a forest, but this is an other story... The painting is done with an Indian ink felt pen and watercolor as a whole, the post is painted with acrylic.

Painting:Watercolor on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:23 W x 17 H x 0 D in

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