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Cat Temple
Read more: Cat TempleIn the suburbs of Tokyo there is a curious temple, properly called Daikeizan Gotokuji but popularly known as the Cat Temple. The story goes that a local ruler was invited by a cat into the temple and thereby found shelter from a sudden and violent thunderstorm. In gratitude, the ruler dedicated the temple to the…
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Gatton Wood
Read more: Gatton WoodI drew this picture a few years ago, and was reminded about it by the snow I saw lying around whilst walking in these same woods today. So this seems like as good a time as any to post a lock-down wintertime scene …
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Riverside Lights
Read more: Riverside LightsOn a recent trip to Budapest we took a lamplit walk along this part of the river. Someone has obviously given some serious thought as to how best to light this area, as I don’t think such atmospheric illumination is at all likely to happen by accident! I’m not quite sure what is in the…
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Tram
Read more: TramI know we now have trams in England again, but to me the sight of a tram on the streets of a continental European city still feels rather satisfyingly foreign. I was pleased therefore to discover there are many trams in Budapest. This particular unit is running along the “Pest” bank of the Danube, where…
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Christmas Pudding
Read more: Christmas PuddingThey say it is best to create a Christmas pudding early to give it time to mature – so here is a drawing of one that I made a few years ago! Ink and pastel crayon if my memory serves me well. Enjoy … and compliments of the season!
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Bethlehem in Triangles
Read more: Bethlehem in TrianglesThere is very little that is novel in this picture, except perhaps the fact that it is composed entirely of triangles. This follows on from previous attempts at “triangle” pictures Treeangle and Trencadis(h), which is an absorbing (i.e. takes a long time!) approach that gives interesting results. I have never figured out how a star…
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Bouncing Ball
Read more: Bouncing BallI’m not sure that I pushed too many boundaries with this one, but I find it quite relaxing to look at! This image is a doodle in every sense of the word, created as I was exploring what I could do with a new drawing app on the iPad.
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Two Statues
Read more: Two StatuesThis unlikely pair are to be found in front of the Hungarian Parliament Building in Budapest. The rather casual and lanky Attila Jozsef in the foreground was a very popular local poet writing between the 1st and 2nd World Wars. The more classical equestrian statue behind is of Ferenc Rakoczi, who fought against the Habsburgs…
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Nikko II
Read more: Nikko IIThe temples in Japan are extremely elegant – none more so than this example in Nikko called Rinno-ji (輪王寺). I suspect that I could have painted a more accurate picture of this building using brushes, or drawn it more cleanly using a pen, but I have to say that spreading these rich colours across the…
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Torii
Read more: ToriiThe island of Naoshima, situated in the Seto Sea just off the mainland coast of Japan, is well known for its contemporary art exhibitions and installations. However, as far as I am aware this torii gate which we saw on that island is not a piece of art, but in fact a real torii gate…
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Nikko (日光市)
Read more: Nikko (日光市)Nikko is a popular tourist site in the mountains to the north of Tokyo, full of superb shrines and temples, nearby a picturesque lake and several onsen (hot springs), and at this time of year full of autumn colours. There is also this bridge, which no longer carries any traffic but which (for obvious reasons)…
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Box
Read more: BoxI have mentioned before about my liking of the box or kei cars in Japan. On my recent visit I was pleased to see they are as abundant as ever on the roads, and the most recent designs are even smarter than before. This one caught my eye early on in the trip – I’m…
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