Shigeya Yamamoto Water-colouring the world around him.
Shigeyay Yamamoto is from Japan. Born around 1964, he’s got an amazing eye for watercolour detail and can capture light or illustrate a season with a real flair !
He is a whizz with people too, look at these endearing illustrations of children playing together.
You can easily see how his little sketches then come to life and transform into pages from a book.
Also a keen sportsman and band member, Shigeya illustrates his passions for advertising and promotional literature.
How beautifully observed are these small ensembles ?
My favourite is definitely Shigeya’s use of colour and how he depicts light. Soft warm sunlit tones caress these roads.
You can sense the flutter of cherry blossom in the air here too.
And hear the scrunch of frosty snow underfoot.
Uplifting and quietly expressive work here. Delicate water-coloured postcards from Shigeya’s world. Many thanks for sharing them with us and letting them brighten our day too. More examples here.
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Marvellously talented artist !
Thanks for your comment, how can I not agree : )
I have never, ever in my life seen watercolors such as these! One moment they are dramatic (love the black night sky/city lights) and Impressionistic and the next moment they are detailed and realistic. The line drawings are so simple, yet they catch playfulness of the children. A master of light, and shadow, color. Just fantastic, so talented. Each one I looked at, I thought, “I like this one best… and then I would see the next one, and have the same thought. I went to his web site… my computer would not translate… is there a way to order any postcards? (probably all I could afford).
Hi Joy. See if this helps https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shige-web.com%2Fillus.html but it doesn’t appear that he is selling his artwork anywhere obvious. You could try ‘google translating’ a message into japanese and sending it to him through his facebook page perhaps ? Hope that’s helpful. They’re lovely and fresh aren’t they.
P.S. I’ve just sent him a message to ask for you, will let you know if I hear anything : )