Ryunosuke Akutagawa（芥川龍之介短編集）- Penguin Classics

        

STAY HOME期間中に読んだ本のうちの一冊、『芥川龍之介短編集』の表紙を描きました📕

RYUNOSUKE AKUTAGAWA - Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories

Translated by Jay Rubin with an introduction by Haruki Murakami

 

蕎麦猪口 (Soba-choko)

うちの蕎麦猪口を描きました。

Painted a picture of my 蕎麦猪口 (そばちょこ soba-choko).

Soba-choco are porcelain cups made for soba (buckwheat noodles) dipping sauce, but they're also perfect for serving soup, sides, and desserts like fruit and ice cream.

A Starry Night Sky

CLIF BAR

Panasonic Portable Cassette Player

Some three decades ago, I was always with this little Panasonic. And my music. Are you from the good old cassette tape era?? I am. :-)

Panasonic RQ-JA160 

IKEA Restaurant in Tokyo

I love the atmosphere of the IKEA restaurant. Somehow it feels like I'm at the airport and waiting for my boarding time.

Work in Progress: IKEA Restaurant in Tokyo (3)

And here's some cutlery.

Work in Progress: IKEA Restaurant in Tokyo (2)

It's salmon with sweet mustard sauce.

Work in Progress: IKEA Restaurant in Tokyo (1)

What's on the plate? :-)

CHANEL LE VERNIS - 2

 #584 Bleu Pastel, #560 Coquillage, #543 Espadrilles

CHANEL LE VERNIS

CHANEL LE VERNIS #534 Espadrilles

KURE BAZAAR Nail Polishes

KURE BAZAAR nail polishes: Cosmos (left) and Parisienne (right)

Lipton tea tin

　　

My erasers

Click for a larger image :-)

Staedtler, Caran d'Ache, Faber-Castell, Milan.

Asok Station - Work in Progress

A station name board at Asok Station on Bangkok’s BTS Skytrain

Ricola

Rakshasa (3)

Done.

I'm happy with the outcome. But if I showed this picture to little children, they would definitely cry.

Rakshasa (2) - Work in Progress

Rakshasa (1) - Work in Progress

Visit the beautiful island of Bali, Indonesia, and you'll see statues and carvings of Hindu mythological creatures here and there.

Rakshasa is one of such creatures. It is believed to ward off evil spirits and misfortunes with its wide-open eyes, big teeth, and a club in the right hand. 

Bali's International airport, temples, and even restaurants and cafes have Rakshasa statues at the entrance as their guards.

I met this beautiful one in the Ubud district, a serene oasis in the heart of Bali. Look at the powerful facial expression!

Sake Barrels (5) - The Final Version

It's done.

Click to enlarge





When I was painting the tiny, tiny kanji characters with a thin brush loaded with red paint, my nervous right hand suddenly shook and dropped it, ended up making unwanted red dots.

I hid them with my white correction tape.

Materials Used: STAEDTLER pencil & pigment liner from Germany, WINSOR & NEWTON Artists' Water Colour from the UK