Books on Japanese/Japan

Books on Japanese/Japan. Pigma micron pen and watercolor pencils on Aquarelle Arches watercolor block.

A small section of my bookshelves is devoted to books on Japanese and Japan. I'm no longer studying the language, but I can't seem to get rid of them.

Illustration Friday: Book

Swann's Way. Pigma Micron pen and Derwent watercolor pencils in Moleskine watercolor sketchbook.

Grand Traverse Bay

Pigma micron pen and watercolor pencil in Moleskine watercolor sketchbook.

I recently returned from vacationing in northern Michigan. On this particular day, it was too cool and windy to take the boats out on the bay, so I drew them instead.

Sketchbook: Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower. Uni-ball Vision Elite pen and watercolor pencils in Moleskine watercolor sketchbook.

After walking all throughout Versailles, we returned to Paris and sat in the park in front of the Eiffel Tower for an hour or so. I ruined the drawing when I got home by applying water to the pencil work I'd done on site.