The Big Wave is one of the most famous woodblock prints. I painted it here with watercolour - a watercolour inspired by the Japanese prints Vincent van Gogh collected. He used these prints as inspiration for his paintings. The Japanese prints were printed with wood blocks. For each print, several wood colour blocks were made by the wood block cutter . Each block was then coated with a different colour of pigment and by printing the blocks on the paper to be printed one after the other exactly as they were drawn, the print was created. I have used watercolour paint here, a very different technique and medium from that used by the printers in Japan and by Vincent van Gogh . Van Gogh painted with oil paint, so it's really fun to see what you can do with water colours or also with another medium to give your own impression. It was difficult to get the white foam and also the white water splashes. I edited the watercolour with Photoshop in green and pink colours. It gives a very different impression of the Great Wave Wave / Sea / Sea wave / Green / Pink / White foam / Japanese print / Woodblock print / Japanese art / Old masters / Illustration/ Inspiration / The Great Wave /
I have time to draw and paint more after years of volunteer work for the St. Care Foundation The Gambia. Inspiration I got in the Gambia where I also lived. The colors, the population and life is a great source of inspiration. But also the quieter.. Read more…