@joysabin Yes, there are beautiful still lifes, such as the Dutch painting of the 17th century. A very careful handling of light and dark and nice warm tones is peculiar to them. I like to look at these still lifes.
@helenhall It's nice that you noticed the fig leaf. It was important to me.
@gilbertwood Send them to Australia? :) Very much I would like to let you taste my figs. However: They would have to travel long - in the best case, you get them as dried fruits...
@mabrown I tried my best in arranging the fruit. I am very pleased, if you like the result. :)
@bethshepherd
Thank you, Beth, for your kind comment!
You know the expression "Chiaroscuro"... You're dealing with art, painting? Chiaroscuro is much more than light and shadow. It creates a special atmosphere, it is pictorially developed. It is no mere mapping of reality. It's design.
You like figs. And your father had several fig trees in his garden - how beautiful!
Thank you, Madeleine, for your kind comment!
Rembrandt... The great master. These are higher spheres, in which my work does not reach. But it is nice that you mention him.
Lovely fruit composition! The leaf makes the fifth element (in Japan, we are very superstitious about 4, which sounds like the word for death). I love the tones in this image.
@jyokota
Thank you, Junko, for your nice comment!
Very interesting your interpretations with numbers. I know of China that numbers play a major role in the design. My son is actually a very big fan of Japan. He has learned the language and was two weeks in Tokyo, where he attended a Japanese language school. He is interested in the language, the writing and the culture of Japan. And I admire the Japanese art (particularly architecture and ink painting). I would very much like to travel this country.
@jerome !! When was your son in Japan? I was there for nearly three weeks this summer. I'm just now posting photos. It was a family trip this time, but about once every 18 months I accompany @vankrey and 23 high school students studying Japanese on a trip throughout Japan. This will be my eighth such trip. And two years ago, we led a photography delegation called "Picture Japan." You could have joined us! Maybe we will do it again. Why is your son fascinated with Japan?
@jyokota
My son was in the last two weeks of December 2014 in Tokyo. At that time he was 16 years old and he traveled there alone. I admit, I was not quite comfortable with that. But he found his way very quickly and also found in the school quickly connection. It was spoken by the beginning only Japanese. He praises this school very. Already on the third day he went alone through Tokyo and spoke only Japanese. However, in the months before he made an intensive self-study - he bought textbooks for Japanese language and writing and was informed in detail about the city of Tokyo and the people who live there. He is very talented linguistically - alongside English and French, he speaks and writes Russian and Japanese. The more exotic the language in speech and writing, the more interesting it is for him. He says Japanese is much easier than French... (I myself am happy if I get along reasonably with English). My son is fascinated by the Japanese culture. Since he was in Tokyo, this city is the measure of all things. He was in London, Paris and recently in Montreal, but all these cities remain in his understanding far behind Tokyo. The school year 2016/17 will be his last at the secondary school. It is next to a large exam to write a comprehensive thesis. He has already filed the theme: "Japanese language and writing". He writes in English.
Me, the landscapes and the art of Japan also very fascinating. My dream: to explore Japan during cherry blossom time - starting in the south and following the wave of cherry blossom to the northern islands ... I imagine beautiful ...
You made a trip through Japan with students? Wonderful! Are you a teacher?
Congratulations on top twenty with this wonderful still life. Love the dark feel to it, and that you still stayed in the colour range of the figues. Great comp too. Huge fav.
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Thank you all so much for your nice comments!
@joysabin Yes, there are beautiful still lifes, such as the Dutch painting of the 17th century. A very careful handling of light and dark and nice warm tones is peculiar to them. I like to look at these still lifes.
@helenhall It's nice that you noticed the fig leaf. It was important to me.
@gilbertwood Send them to Australia? :) Very much I would like to let you taste my figs. However: They would have to travel long - in the best case, you get them as dried fruits...
@mabrown I tried my best in arranging the fruit. I am very pleased, if you like the result. :)
Thank you! :)
Thank you, Caroline, for your nice comment! :)
Thank you, Beth, for your kind comment!
You know the expression "Chiaroscuro"... You're dealing with art, painting? Chiaroscuro is much more than light and shadow. It creates a special atmosphere, it is pictorially developed. It is no mere mapping of reality. It's design.
You like figs. And your father had several fig trees in his garden - how beautiful!
Thank you, Sarah, for your so nice comment! :)
Rembrandt... The great master. These are higher spheres, in which my work does not reach. But it is nice that you mention him.
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Thank you, Naciya, for your nice comment and following! :)
Thank you, Skip Tribby, for your kind comment and the nice message!
I feel really honored!!
Thank you, Veena, for your nice comment!
Thank you, Junko, for your nice comment!
Very interesting your interpretations with numbers. I know of China that numbers play a major role in the design. My son is actually a very big fan of Japan. He has learned the language and was two weeks in Tokyo, where he attended a Japanese language school. He is interested in the language, the writing and the culture of Japan. And I admire the Japanese art (particularly architecture and ink painting). I would very much like to travel this country.
My son was in the last two weeks of December 2014 in Tokyo. At that time he was 16 years old and he traveled there alone. I admit, I was not quite comfortable with that. But he found his way very quickly and also found in the school quickly connection. It was spoken by the beginning only Japanese. He praises this school very. Already on the third day he went alone through Tokyo and spoke only Japanese. However, in the months before he made an intensive self-study - he bought textbooks for Japanese language and writing and was informed in detail about the city of Tokyo and the people who live there. He is very talented linguistically - alongside English and French, he speaks and writes Russian and Japanese. The more exotic the language in speech and writing, the more interesting it is for him. He says Japanese is much easier than French... (I myself am happy if I get along reasonably with English). My son is fascinated by the Japanese culture. Since he was in Tokyo, this city is the measure of all things. He was in London, Paris and recently in Montreal, but all these cities remain in his understanding far behind Tokyo. The school year 2016/17 will be his last at the secondary school. It is next to a large exam to write a comprehensive thesis. He has already filed the theme: "Japanese language and writing". He writes in English.
Me, the landscapes and the art of Japan also very fascinating. My dream: to explore Japan during cherry blossom time - starting in the south and following the wave of cherry blossom to the northern islands ... I imagine beautiful ...
You made a trip through Japan with students? Wonderful! Are you a teacher?
You have a very nice album!
Thank you, Mona, for your nice comment and congratulation!