Clock on Porcelain

Hello there! How have you been so far? I am sorry that my blog post has been delay because last week we had Obon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Festival　My family and I had been busy for family reunion things.  Here, it’s getting cooler after the obon, and I finally started enjoying painting, knitting, exercising and so on. Since I have been sized down, I am looking forward to going shopping to find cute outfits for fall and winter!

Today, I want to show you my clock on porcelain. I designed and painted it. This was one of my painting school’s projects. After finishing this one, I finally could go to my last course for my painting school. I am designing on a tea set with tiny flowers now. You will see it some time.

Since I painted tiny Nyon roses for the first time for a while, I had to practice a lot to make my painting teacher say that you can fire it.

When I designed this clock, my teacher and I had lots of arguments about my designs. We still can’t agree with some parts, but I hope I can graduate the school as soon as possible.

Now, I am practicing some portraits and animal portraits, and I am creating a piece for the city art show. I need to design one more piece for the show.

Well, I want to go back to my practice piece. So, happy painting, everyone! Hopefully, we can meet here again in two weeks!

 

-Yumix

 

 

 

Mushrooms

Hello there! How have you been so far?

I am happy that I can update my art blog constantly!! I think I am getting better at managing my time to keep painting, learning conversational English and Italian, knitting, exercising and so on.  I started making studies in English as well. I will sell the studies in my classes, Alabama and Michigan first. I still have to learn how to sell online, but after I settle everything, I will start selling them online too.

Anyway, today I show you my mushroom plates. They are for my host moms, two for Alabama (Dixie and Elaine) and one for Michigan (Gay). I hope they all like them.

Somehow since I was a kid, I really really love mushrooms. So, I am happy that I painted them.  When I saw my hand painted mushrooms, they made me smile because they look so cute! Which one do you like the best? I definitely want to paint mushrooms for me again!!!

Plate #1

 

plate #1

 

plate #2

plate #2

 

plate#3

plate #3

 

I love these cute mushrooms, lol

 

Now, I started painting two birds and some strawberries on different plates , and I have to paint some jewels as well. I am designing my last tea set for my painting school.  I have so many ideas that I want to paint. I hope I can paint all of them, lol.

I think this blog post will be the last entry before me going back to the States. I will be there for a month. So, I will see you again here after one month.

Thanks for taking a look at my blog post! Happy painting, everyone!

-Yumi

 

 

Spring Has Come!

Hello there! How have you been so far?

I am sorry for the delay. I was busy with painting and doing my homework from my painting school. I am happy that I finally finished my bird painting! Yay!!

This is for my class in Alabama. I have heard the class has already filled, and I am so excited to see my people at Dixie’s painting studio! Thank you so much for everything, Dixie!!!

I painted some cherry blossoms, cherries and a bird. I picked up the bird from a western book, and the bird is not from Japan. However, I think it’s okay that we mix because we are not bird experts. We are painters, right? I think it’s so-called artistic license, heehe!

I hope my American painting friends can experience Japanese the spring while my they are painting. I will bring our spring to Alabama in a month! Our cherries are not like Americans. Ours are more orange-ish color and smaller.

 

 

 

 

Now, I started painting some mushrooms and pendant tops.  I hope you can see all the results before I go back to the States! I will try my best!

Have a lovely day/night!

See you in two weeks!

 

-Yumi

 

Dresden Plates

Hello there! How have you been so far?

I am sorry for the delay. I have been busy with my homework from my painting school and other things to do.  I still have to paint a lot. Even so, I am happy that my Dresden plates turned out very pretty. I painted these for my classes in Alabama.

I painted the same Dresden bouquets with different designs. I am very curious which one do you prefer?

I will teach these plates at Dixie’s painting studio in April. If you are interested in my class, please contact Dixie. I look forward to seeing you in my class.

Now, I have to paint at least three birds for orders, one plate for wedding and my homework from my painting school.  I hope I can update my blog in two weeks!

See you around here again in two week! Have a lovely week!!

-Yumi x

 

Vase

Hello there. This is my first blog post for this year. I hope I will be able to post more than last year.

I painted this for my painting school as a school subject. So, it’s not modern, and it’s very classic. I learned how much difficult for me to paint on curves. I struggled a lot.  I like the design, though.

Front side

Back side

I think I need practice to paint on curves more, especially when I paint complex stuff. I think I can paint flowers, but I am not good at at least landscapes on curves.

I want to know how to use this vase thing. Does anybody know how to use this? How do we call this? If you know, please let me know. I will change the blog title then.

Now, I am practicing a bird, a mouse, fairies and a school subject. I hope I can show you one of them in two weeks!

I hope everyone started a great week! See you around soon again!

-Yumi x

Fruits Box

Hello there! How are you doing? Today is the last day for this year, 2017! We will have a new year, 2018 in a couple of hours in Japan! I am so excited it!!!

In this very last moment of this year, I want to share my hand painted fruits box with you. This is a school subject and very classic.

 

 

 

 

It took more than five months for me to get permission to fire this box from my teacher. I am glad that I finally finished this.

Tomorrow I want to start painting my own design!

Since WordPress  have given up to let us know how many people have visited our blogs a year since a couple of years ago, I don’t know how many people have visited my blog this year. Even so, I think many people have visited my blog from Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook and search engines. I do appreciate all of you who have visited my blog.

I will keep blogging this until I will make my dreams come true! This blog will be history for me to make my dreams come true!

I really hope I will show you better pieces next year! I will try all my best!

Good luck next year, everyone! See you next year again!!!

-Yumi x

 

I Wish You a Merry Christmas!

Ciao! Come stai? Sono molto bene. Sono felice.

Hello there! How have you been so far? I am great and am enjoying learning Italian! I started adding some Italian phrases that I have memorized on my blog, heehe.

Today I want to show my Christmas plate that I finished last night. This is an order from a client. I am happy that I could keep a deadline. She wants to show off this plate in her husband’s hospital. ( Her hubby is a dentist.) I hope she and her hubby will like it.

How are you spending this Christmas? My family and I probably will go to a fancy restaurant to eat dinner as we always do. I am knitting a sweater for my hubby, but I don’t think I can give it to him on Christmas, lol. I still have to work a lot. I am ready  to give my hand knitted scarf to my mom. She will like it,  I hope. For my dad, my daughter and my in-laws, I still don’t have any gifts yet.

 

It’s my first time to paint something for Christmas in a couple of years. It was fun, and I want to do this next year as well.

Now, I started designing a bird painting again to practice. You will see it probably next year!

I hope everybody will have a wonderful time on Christmas!!

See you soon around here again!

-Yumi x

 

 

 

Clock Plate

Hello there!

How have you been? We had a very big and strong typhoon last night, but I am glad that we were not affected by it. Here, it’s getting colder, and we can enjoy leaves changing soon!

Today, I want to show my clock plate. I painted this for my cousin who gave birth to a baby boy recently.  She became a mom when she was 47 years old. I am very impressed and happy for her.

 

I put her baby’s name, weigh, height and birthday in the Japanese way on the back side of the plate.

Now, I am painting another clock plate. You will see it soon!

This blog entry is the last before I go back to study abroad in Italy. After I return to Japan, I will show you my Italian trip.

Until then, happy painting!

-Yumi

 

Butterflies Waltz

Hello there! How are you doing? I hope everyone is appreciating every moment and enjoying your lives.

In Japan we have lots of exhibitions in autumn because we think autumn relates to culture things. I want to go to art museums to see art shows.

A couple of weeks ago, we had a city art show where my piece had showcased, and my hubby and I went there to see it. This time I thought everybody leveled up their skills　when I saw people’s art. I don’t know why I felt like that. Maybe I felt this way because one of my pieces didn’t make it into the exhibition.

To be honest with you, I painted this piece for my mom and tried to get a higher prize in the city art show. My mom requested me to paint flower lilies because she loves the flowers. I designed this with my mom’s request. I thought it would be a wonderful gift for my mom if I could win. She would have an award winning piece. I really wanted to get a higher prize for my mom. So, next year I want to try it out again!!!

Here is the piece that I got the lowest prize.

I am happy with the consequence because at least one of my pieces made it. My next goal is to get two of my pieces into the show and try to win a higher prize on one of them. I will try my best again!

Closing up pictures of my artwork, Butterflies Waltz

My piece in the show

 

Now, I have gone back to working on my homework for my painting school and practicing painting. I hope I will show you one of my homework or practicing pieces in two weeks!

Stay tuned!

-Yumi x

 

Some Pears on Porcelain

Hi there! How are you doing? I am sorry that I couldn’t update last week. We had Obon last week (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Festival), and my family and I were busy with hanging out with our families. Especially, my husband’s brother’s family came to his parents’ house from Tokyo. We had fun time together.

Before the Obon, I was painting this plate, doing homework from my painting school and some pieces for the city art show. I painted pears on a plan plate to test color orange and yellow. I am happy that the result looks good.

Pear Painting on Porcelain

 

Pear Painting on Porcelain

I painted this plate with some fat oil, but this is not one fire. I think I understood how to handle color yellow and red (orange). I want to paint with color yellow and red (orange) more, and you will see more pieces.

I guess I probably can update my blog in two weeks. See you then!

-Yumi x