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Did this under an hour, if I had more time in the park, say, at least 3 days, I would have more sketches and paintings of flowers and other scenes in the park. There was a museum of illustrations of flowers and it was beautiful. I also saw a girl making a coloured pencil drawing of a purple flower in the park. There were many people taking pictures. I think the park would be more beautiful if people would just be walking and enjoying each other's company, picnicking, kissing and having fun with their kids without a camera on them. But instead, a guy goes there and pulls out two cameras and starts painting.

I started painting this with a brush pen in a boat as we took the Matsushima Bay cruise. We were waiting for the boat to leave and saw this scene and did not think to sketch/paint it until the boat was leaving the port area. The next two sketches were started in our hotel room, the view is really beautiful. On the second day, it rained all morning and I sat infront of the window enjoying this sketch while the others enjoyed their Onsen time. After our bay cruise, we walked across the red bridge to another island and did this sketch below.

This is my first time sketching Mt. Fuji, and it looks like Mt. Mayon.

Today is a cool rainy day here in Japan and as I was looking out the window at the sky and the houses of our neighbours, I found a great view I could draw. You know when you are around a place for quite a while you will eventually see the beauty of the things and nature around you and that place.

We spent the day enjoying the snow around the peak of the mountain at Shinotaka Ropeway. Enjoying a hot bowl of savoury Ramen on top of an alpine mountain is an experience to remember.  I sketched this a few minutes before we went home.

Naka Park is known for its cherry trees which beautifully blossoms in spring. We were there three weeks earlier before the cherry blossoms opened. We instead ended up enjoying our warm afternoon in the sun and I got to sketch Kikit as she laid on the grass and read by a tree.