taiko 1, 8 1/2 x 11” watercolor on arches paper, as she looked at the end of my painting day today
3:22 PM: today i started the first in a new series: TAIKO. this series will all be watercolor on Arches paper. i was inspired initially buy a wonderful performance a few years back at our local Shumei Institute. Seeing the taiko drummers up close gave me a hit of the energy underlying this ancient tradition. i shot quite a few photos during the performance, some of which i’ll refer to in making this series.
This particular image is not, however, from that event. the drummer we see here in day one of this watercolor is a young girl drummer. i’ll take it further tomorrow. making a series of watercolors allows me to shift gears from the previous series, which were all oil on linen. shaking things up is always productive, and not only in the arts.