This is an Ink drawing of American tennis star Ben Shelton preparing to return serve.
This picture is part of a collection of Ink drawings made from life whilst watching the ATP 500 Tokyo Open in Tokyo,Japan.
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Wujie Collection
The following pictures are a small collection of Oil Pastel drawings made recently in the beautiful Wujie Township in Yilan County, Taiwan. We had a short stay surrounded by farmland and enjoyed some beautiful and very hot autumn weather. I love this area of Taiwan and enjoyed drawing the local scenery whilst trying to dodge the sun and heat!
Early Morning Mountains and Reflections
This drawing was done just after sunrise on a bright and hot sunny Autumn morning. I was drawing outside on the balcony and luckily had a small corner of shade to hide in as the very hot morning sun illuminated the view! Even though it was Autumn it was still over 30 degrees! It was nice to see the contrast between the morning mist and light on the mountains and the vibrant colours of the fields. It was fun to try to capture the shapes and shades of the mountains looming high in the background of the scene.
Yilan Farmhouses and Reflections
This picture is a close up drawing of the same buildings that are in the first drawing. While doing the first picture I liked the way the buildings’ colours contrasted with the natural surroundings and were reflected across the water filled fields and decided to draw them in more detail.
Yilan Reflections
This drawing was done in the late afternoon light in Wujie Township in Yilan, Taiwan. Yilan is very famous for its rice fields and farmlands which I love and find them interesting and beautiful all year round. Throughout the year they will be either a vibrant greeny yellow rice colour, brown Earth or filled with water as the new seeds are planted. At this time there was a mixture of each in this scene and I always like how the water reflects and mirrors the colours and light of the surroundings.
Farmhouse and Creek
Like on my previous trip here, as I was drawing the bigger more complex view I kept noticing all of the smaller details that I find very interesting on their own. So, I decided to focus on this view as I have always found this part of Yilan fascinating with houses surrounded by rice fields creating a great contrast in shapes, angles and colours.
Turtle Island
This volcanic island name because of its shape is one of only a few places on earth with under water hot spring vents. It is a very popular diving site. I always enjoy drawing this island as the view constantly changes throughout the day and night. It can go from completely invisible to emerging from the mist to completely clearly visible in just a few hours. In my experience it has not often been clearly visible, so whenever it is, I try to draw it while I have the chance!
Turtle Island and the Lanyang Plains
This picture was drawn over two very hot and humid summer days from the hot spring town of Jiaoxi in Yilan, Taiwan. We were very fortunate to have a view across the Lanyang Plains to the coast and Turtle Island. It was very hot so luckily I could draw this from inside the room with air conditioning rather than outside in the heat! The relentless heat did still get me through the window and I definitely felt it afterwards! Tropical heat ain’t no joke! In this picture I wanted to try to show as many of the details that I could see. It was a fun challenge to try to capture such a complex composition with so many different coloured crops, vegetation and buildings dotted around.
Dusk Mist
I drew this picture as the sun was setting and the daylight was fading into darkness. The distant mountains had appeared and disappeared throughout the day and were now shrouded in a glowing early evening mist. I enjoyed watching the vibrant green rice fields slowly darkening in the distance as the nearer ones still had some colour and wanted to show this in the picture.
A Slice of Yilan
After starting the larger drawing I wanted to do a smaller picture focusing in on just one of the many farmhouses and surrounding fields. I have always loved and been fascinated by this area of Yilan because of the amount of rice fields that surround buildings and almost make them seem like islands in the ocean. This piece was also completed over two days from outside on the balcony and from the comfort of inside the cooler room!
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