Springtime in Kyoto, Japanese Landscape Paintings
4/19/2015 7:36:51 PM
I travel around the world to conduct workshops, and no matter where I teach, I always enjoy painting the place where I happen to be at. But when it's in Kyoto, Japan (my favorite city and my hometown) and in the springtime (my favorite time), I was thrilled even before I got there. I just finished a 10-day plein-air watercolor course in Kyoto for a group of 18 people who came from many different cities and countries. When we all arrived there at the beginning of the month, cherry blossoms were in full bloom and the weather mild and pleasant. We couldn't [...]
