Dear friends! I don’t understand what’s happening outside the window, but I really want sun and warmth. And green colors! And flowers!) Especially now, when it is very cold.. Watercolor painting by Japanese artist Abe Toshiyuka is fragile, tender and airy, it literally immerses you in the atmosphere of summer and warmth. All his paintings are simply filled with light!

Many, when they see the paintings of Abe Toshiyuki, claim that these are the works of a photographer, everything that is depicted on them is so real. But this is watercolor! Transparent, delicate, breathable watercolor!

Some people are dubious about hyperrealism in paintings. Why copy nature so carefully when you have a camera for this? Why use such a complex and painstaking watercolor technique? After all watercolor painting- this is, first of all, understatement, subtlety and fluidity. Abe Toshiyuki's paintings combine realism with light watercolor strokes, his painting gives a feeling aerial perspective and the sun.

Abe Toshiyuki (c)

It seems to me that if paintings bring light and warmth, if we feel their mood, if they are catchy, then they have a right to exist. And this Japanese artist’s paintings are exactly like this. They have a lot of sun, glare, play of colors and shadows... They are alive. Someone said that painting allows you to see your surroundings at the moment when you look at it with love. Abe Toshiyuki's watercolors are filled with love, and we are delighted to enter the artist's world of colors. This technique gives the watercolor depth and creates a feeling sunlight and aerial perspective.

Abe Toshiyuki was born in 1959 in Japan. He taught art for 20 years, but always dreamed of becoming an artist and creating. At 49 years old, Abe decided to change his life and trust his dream. Another example is that our desires have the ability to come true. You just have to really want it)) For 2 long decades he was an ordinary art teacher (although I think many of his students remember their teacher with gratitude), and in just 5 years the Japanese artist became famous as a painter. Or maybe you should first give a piece of yourself so that the Universe can help you?) Japanese watercolor painting has acquired another famous name.

For 5 years, Abe Toshiyuki has earned several awards, he has - personal exhibitions, he became a famous master. He was especially inspired by the watercolor painting technique. Japanese artist Abe Toshiyuki says that through his watercolors depicting the flow of a river, the fragility of flowers, and glare of light, the artist expresses the variability and transience of our world. And the Japanese are especially sensitive to such philosophical issues. Each painting, according to Abe Toshiyuki, must touch a person’s heart, otherwise it does not fulfill its purpose.

Whether this is so, whether the Japanese artist was able to touch all the strings of your soul and touch your heart, you can check right now. I present to your attention a selection of paintings by the Japanese master. And in order to create a special oriental atmosphere and emphasize the Japanese flavor, I tried to match the paintings with lines from Basho.

Watercolor painting - paintings by Abe Toshiyuki

Take a close look!
Shepherd's purse flowers
You will see under the fence.
Basho

Abe Toshiyuki (c)

Willow is bent over and sleeping.
And it seems to me that there is a nightingale on a branch -
This is her soul.
Basho

Abe Toshiyuki (c)

Pure spring!
Up ran up my leg
Little crab.
Basho

Abe Toshiyuki (c)

The leaves have fallen,
The whole world is one color.
Only the wind hums.
Basho

Abe Toshiyuki (c)

The art of watercolor is revered as one of the most difficult and most refined. Halftones, rivaling pastels in tenderness, and apparent simplicity have always attracted artists. Watercolorist Abe Toshiyuki or あべとしゆき) with his refined and realistic works reveals an unprecedented Japan.

Abe Toshiyuki was born in the city of Sakata. Having received art education, he taught painting for twenty years, and in 2008 he realized his dream of creating watercolors.

Abe's works surprise both connoisseurs and amateurs. As you know, watercolor requires very high skills and exceptional care from the artist, since just one incorrectly applied stroke can ruin the entire work, and nothing can be corrected. But the years of teaching were not in vain for Toshiyuki - his technique is almost flawless. Therefore, the artist’s works in their accuracy border on hyperrealism.

Often the master leaves his paintings without titles, but his works are able to tell about themselves. Delicate colors and rich shades convey light-filled spaces or secluded corners, recreating even appearance place, but its feeling. This is clearly visible in one of his few signature works, “Silence of autumn”: the landscape is pierced by a still-summer-like warm yellow light, hiding the fading nature.

“I believe that my watercolors are able to express ideas of the elusive beauty and variability of nature. I try not to depict places in my paintings that are easily recognizable, so that the viewer does not have a déjà vu effect. should awaken living emotions from the very depths of the heart", - the master talks about his work.

The composition of his works is similar to. Often Abe does not depict the entire landscape, but some part of it - slender and flexible stems of grass in which sunlight is entangled; reflections on the water; shadows cast by tree trunks. The master has a number of similar works, but among them stands out a watercolor called “Prayer” (Prayer), in which the reeds obediently bend to the ground in the last evening rays. These correctly captured details reveal the national specificity of Abe Toshiyuki’s works, including widely famous love Japanese to fleeting impressions.

Abe creates his works all year round without giving preference to any season. Therefore, you can admire not only summer, autumn and spring landscapes, but also winter views of Japan. Such works include the watercolor “Persimmon tree”, which depicts a fruit tree covered with snow. In this work, the colors are more subdued, but the graceful lines of the trunk and shadows on the snow-white snow catch the eye.

“Answering the question of what art is, I can say that art is a mirror of the soul for the viewer”

Dear friends! It’s winter outside, but I really want sun and warmth. And green colors! And flowers!) Especially now, when it is very cold. Although winter is gaining momentum, we are already looking forward to spring and summer. And the desire to bring the sunny mood closer is increasing. Watercolor painting by Japanese artist Abe Toshiyuka is fragile, tender and airy, it literally immerses you in the atmosphere of summer and warmth. All his paintings are simply filled with light!

Many, when they see the paintings of Abe Toshiyuki, claim that these are the works of a photographer, everything that is depicted on them is so real. But this is watercolor! Transparent, delicate, breathable watercolor!

Some people are dubious about hyperrealism in paintings. Why copy nature so carefully when you have a camera for this? Why use such a complex and painstaking watercolor technique? After all, watercolor painting is, first of all, understatement, subtlety and fluidity. Abe Toshiyuki's paintings combine realism with light watercolor strokes; his painting gives a feeling of airy perspective and sun.

It seems to me that if paintings bring light and warmth, if we feel their mood, if they are catchy, then they have a right to exist. And this Japanese artist’s paintings are exactly like this. They have a lot of sun, glare, play of colors and shadows... They are alive. Someone said that painting allows you to see your surroundings at the moment when you look at it with love. Abe Toshiyuki's watercolors are filled with love, and we are delighted to enter the artist's world of colors. This technique gives the watercolor depth and creates a sense of sunlight and aerial perspective.

Abe Toshiyuki was born in 1959 in Japan. He taught art for 20 years, but always dreamed of becoming an artist and creating. At 49 years old, Abe decided to change his life and trust his dream. Another example is that our desires have the ability to come true. You just have to really want it)) For 2 long decades he was an ordinary art teacher (although I think many of his students remember their teacher with gratitude), and in just 5 years the Japanese artist became famous as a painter. Or maybe you should first give a piece of yourself so that the Universe can help you?) Japanese watercolor painting has acquired another famous name.

Over the course of 5 years, Abe Toshiyuki has earned several awards, he has personal exhibitions, and he has become a famous master. He was especially inspired by the watercolor painting technique. Japanese artist Abe Toshiyuki says that through his watercolors depicting the flow of a river, the fragility of flowers, and glare of light, the artist expresses the variability and transience of our world. And the Japanese are especially sensitive to such philosophical issues. Each painting, according to Abe Toshiyuki, must touch a person’s heart, otherwise it does not fulfill its purpose.

Whether this is so, whether the Japanese artist was able to touch all the strings of your soul and touch your heart, you can check right now. I present to your attention a selection of paintings by the Japanese master. And in order to create a special oriental atmosphere and emphasize the Japanese flavor, I tried to match the paintings with lines from Basho.

Watercolor painting – paintings by Abe Toshiyuki

Take a close look!
Shepherd's purse flowers
You will see under the fence.
Basho

Willow is bent over and sleeping.
And it seems to me that there is a nightingale on a branch -
This is her soul.
Basho

Pure spring!
Up ran up my leg
Little crab.
Basho

The leaves have fallen,
The whole world is one color.
Only the wind hums.
Basho

Bored with the long rain,
At night the pine trees drove him away...
Branches in the first snow.
Basho

You can see the cuckoo towards you
The ears of corn beckon in the field:
They wave like feather grass...
Basho

Butterflies flying
Wakes up a quiet clearing
In the sunlight.
Basho

Here intoxicated
I wish I could fall asleep on these river stones,
Overgrown with cloves...
Basho

O sacred delight!
On green, young foliage
Sunlight is pouring.
Basho

Dear friends! I hope that the watercolor by the Japanese artist gave me warmth and reminded me that summer is coming!)