Eien Kuronashi: My Japan Sketchbook edited p5!

**Eien Kuronashi** · April 13th, 2009, 02:55 PM

Thank you, the most important for me is that the draws transmit atmosphere and a "wish" of travel.
All these pictures will figure in a travel sketchbook of Japan, which will be edit in France this year. I work for it, so thank you for your impressions and advices.

Now the next:

Kurama again:

**psychoboy** · April 14th, 2009, 01:57 PM

Super god damn stuff;

loved it!!

**Slothboy3000** · April 14th, 2009, 02:10 PM

Incredible sketchbook! This is truelly inspiring. I lvoe how different the black and white sketches are from the colour environments.

**S.I.O.R** · April 14th, 2009, 02:53 PM

great work, love the style

**metalwinds** · April 14th, 2009, 03:09 PM

Very nice work. The last couple have a great variety of line and texture. I am going to Italy in a few days and these images are getting me pumped to do some on location drawing.

**Eien Kuronashi** · April 15th, 2009, 01:03 PM

Thanks guys, these black & white serie is from Kurama, a very special place in North of Kyoto, where a very special atmosphere reigns. I really wonder it, and I'm sure you can meet a Tengu or yokai there.

The next ones:

Kurama temple, lost into the deep forest:

**TheDirtSyndicate** · April 15th, 2009, 07:54 PM

wow... you've got some beautiful work going on in here.
just checked out your blog too, awesome stuff
you just made a new fan

**Eien Kuronashi** · April 16th, 2009, 02:51 PM

Thank you, I hope you'll enjoy this one.

**Eien Kuronashi** · April 17th, 2009, 09:41 AM

**mariusz** · April 17th, 2009, 10:10 AM

this one is my favorite so far:
http://artistsofmarseille.free.fr/im...o-Yanaka06.jpg

cheers

**Gloominati** · April 17th, 2009, 10:29 AM

awesome pieces! Love to see people updating kickass watercolors to that forum. thanks for sharing!!

**unrelatedwaffle** · April 17th, 2009, 10:41 AM

Très, très beaux, vos dessins, et vos descriptions! Merci pour un peu de beauté dans ma journée, Eien.

**NeecHMonkeY** · April 17th, 2009, 11:00 AM

Needs more bicycles.

I can't walk out my front door without tripping over a push-bike here in Tokyo.

Seriously though, these are really nice. Great mood and it's very cool to see some familiar places.

The above 2 look like Yotsuya and Yoyogi JR stations.

**D@niel** · April 17th, 2009, 11:08 AM

Great art!!

**lucifercheng** · April 17th, 2009, 11:27 AM

I love the third one~ really great~ peaceful and sophisticated~

**Jas0n 0n a Bike** · April 19th, 2009, 03:40 AM

Man, you are ACE.

**InvertedChalupa** · April 19th, 2009, 06:11 AM

wow! these are all great man : )

**Eien Kuronashi** · April 19th, 2009, 12:54 PM

Thanks guys!

Here comes the next: a funny detail in front of a shop where we passed every days in Ueno, Taito-ku - TOKYO.

**Eien Kuronashi** · April 23rd, 2009, 08:51 AM

So, here is a new place, the Koya-san in the south of Osaka, Wakayama district.
The Koya-san is a very special place, a high place of Shingon Buddhism, there are about 700 temples and a huge cimetery (Okuno-in) with a very very special atmosphere.

I tried to restitute it:

**egerie** · April 23rd, 2009, 09:08 AM

Génial. If you decide to plow through all your photos and do as many watercolours, there's no denying your skills are going to skyrocket (and we'll love you for posting it)!

**LINRAN** · April 23rd, 2009, 10:54 PM

Nice work man!I wish someday i can be there.Thanks for sharing!

**brutal moineau** · April 24th, 2009, 07:18 AM

je ne m'en lasse pas de ton travail! tu me donne envie de partir là bas!

**Lastro** · April 24th, 2009, 04:01 PM

Wow. Very amazing. You really captured the Japanese spirit here.

**John Bridges** · April 24th, 2009, 05:10 PM

Beautiful work! I love looking at travel sketches and paintings -- its the next best thing to being there yourself, and far more interesting than photos. Please keep them coming!