Osaka I, Japan

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I love this. it is a complicated composition and the figures on the crossing are wonderful.

You certainly have captured it Christof, it's a lovely painting, full of gentle movement with the curving shapes. Very skillful indeed.

56x76cm, Watercolour on Arches rough, 300g. This was the view from my hotel room in Osaka. The early morning sun casted a pattern of shadows over the main road below my window. I sketched the main shapes in my small notebook. Then I addressed the tonal values to the different shapes. When I came back home I created this full size watercolour painting based on my sketch and notes. I used a limited palette to paint this morning scene and tried to keep the shaded areas transparent to let some of the details still visible. It is very easy to overwork a busy scene like this, therefore I left out some cars and reduced the number of people on the road. Nevertheless I think I could capture the feeling of a busy cityscape, I hope.