Wim 🅾 @wim_v12e@octodon.social

I had a week off so I made another #drawing with #watercolour pencils.

The two panels show Shijo Dori (四条通), probably the best known street in #Kyoto, at night.
I was fascinated by the many traffic lights and road signs and took a few pictures when I was there last summer.

The caption between the panels
青信号、赤信号 — 祇園四条の夕景
reads as
"Aoshingo, akashingo — Gion Shijou no yuukei"
which translates as
"Green light, red light – a night scene in Gion Shijo".
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I finished a new large #watercolour #drawing. It's probably the most detailed drawing I ever made.

The main figure in the drawing is based on a picture I took at the Gion Matsuri in #Kyoto some years ago. It is a dancer performing the old Japanese court dance "Ran-Ryo-O".

I used Derwent Inktense and Conté Aquaralle pencils as well as watercolour paint (various brands). The paper is Arches 56cmx76cm 300g/m2 rough watercolour paper.

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I finished my #drawing, on the last day of my holidays! It's the first time I've done such a large #watercolour (50cmx70cm). It's based on a picture I took of a lotus in a pond in a temple (萬福寺) near #Kyoto. #art #mastoartDetail of the lotus pond watercolour

#introductions

I'm Wim, in Glasgow (Scotland).
I like #photography, #reading, #art, #veggie cooking and #japan (#日本語).

I do research on #compilers, #languages and runtimes (e.g. #OpenCL) for #FPGAs, #GPUs and #manycores.

I program in #Perl, #Haskell, #Fortran, #C++,#Python.

@wim_v12e is my main account, I use it mostly for the non-technical stuff. The computer stuff usually goes on @wim_v12e.

I finished my #drawing. It's based on a picture of a scene from the Gion Matsuri that I took in Kyoto last summer. I used #watercolour pencils, acrylic watercolour paint and bistre. #art

This one is for the cloud spotters
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I had never before eaten oranges straight from the tree. Just reach out an pluck one off, and eat it. Amazing.
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Detail of another roof in #Greece
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A roof in #Greece
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This is the Greek cyclamen, very beautiful in the wild, much more so than in a pot.
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Hibiscus, one of my favourite flowers.
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White oleander flower with seed pod.
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Some more Painted Lady #butterflies, on Lantana and on Michaelmas daisies.
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I don’t like cars, and I don’t like it that asphalt for tarmac is derived from petroleum. Still, when I saw this machine it appealed to me. Perhaps the bright red sunroof with the name of the owner, or the gas bottles and chimney — the decidedly low-tech look. Or because someone has kept this machine in good shape. Or because it fits with the somewhat desultory attempts at upkeep of the local roads.
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#greece