Capturing rain in art isnt easy… Excellent work Reposted...

Capturing rain in art isnt easy… Excellent work Reposted...

Capturing rain in art isnt easy… Excellent work Reposted from @risingsunprints Sudden Shower Over Shin-ōhashi Bridge and Atake (1857)

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Ominous black clouds break and spill into a sudden, harsh downpour, scattering the people crossing Shin Ohashi bridge as they run for cover.

We look down on the scene from above, and as our gaze moves beyond the people on the bridge we see an oarsman punting down the river and the boathouses on the far forested bank shrouded in mist.

The sudden shower was a recurring motif in Japanese art, symbolically representing the sudden change of fortune which we are all subject to over the course of our lives.

Possibly Hiroshige’s most famous print, it is certainly recognised as one of his undoubted masterpieces. Some of the credit must go to the printer and the carver, as much of the effect comes from the beautiful gradation of the inks and the fine, hairline streaks of rain, that would have required exceptional skill to carve.

30 years after this print was made Vincent Van Gogh was inspired to paint a copy in oils.

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Half-Polish / Half-Italian British-born artist-cum-photographer who earned a living as a designer and artist between jobs as a teacher and IT Comms specialist (CV and other details via [profile] above.) A baritone, autistic polymath, and member of Mensa (6σ IQ), I am Jan Szafranski and also known as The Sadistic Scribbler.

Started out as a comic book artist (first underground in the '70s to mainstream in the late '80s) before teaching art & photography to teens. Moved into computers, web-design, photo-manips, etc. before returning to teaching in 2002.

In 2006 I temporarily lost my sight (right in the middle of a lesson with Year 11s), regained it but then started on the slow downhill decline that comes with MS… including pain, fatigue, vision & cognitive problems, and tremors & spasms. Add to that recent development of osteoarthritis, and all of which make drawing, painting and photographing very difficult when not in remission.

I’m now 'sorta-retired' because of the symptoms, but will still accept art or photography commissions, as well as website designs and IT consultancy. More details of which can be found on my business site: www.idea-technology.co.uk and artist portal: www.sadisticscribbler.co.uk.

I am currently working on developing my use of digital painting. Digital painting is an emerging art form in which traditional painting techniques such as watercolor, oils, etc. are applied using digital tools by means of a computer, a digitizing tablet and stylus, and software. Digital painting differs from other forms of digital art, particularly computer-generated art, in that it does not involve the computer rendering from a model, nor does it use the computer to automatically generate a pseudo-painting. Instead, the artist uses traditional painting techniques to create the digital painting directly on the computer as if it were just another brush or medium.

I create the painting, directly on my PC, by using various painting software. The tablet can be compared to a canvas or watercolor paper surface, while the stylus pen or mouse is my paintbrush.

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