Pink in Japan

After experimenting with red and blue Japanese style, I needed a little pink again to bring myself into creative balance. I had bought a bamboo calligraphy pen a while ago at the art store and decided to play with it and some ink.

First try:

rather cliché, but good for getting a feel for the bamboo stick

and its special lines

inspired from the Orlik exhibition last week

and those amazing umbrellas:

And now I go back to baking in the sun outside.