About HIROMI
Hiromi Moritaka is Japan based realistic watercolor artist.
With her highly sensitiveness, she is inspired by the bird song, scent of flowers or even a breeze. She translates her positive hope onto bird illustrations with delicate brush strokes.
Her name HIROMI means abundance of beauty, in Japanese.
Finding abundance of beauty around us and affirming it on papers, is her joy in life.
How does she paint ?
This is the procedure she paints realistic watercolor birds.
1.Get inspiration
When she feels strong connection with a subject, she makes several sketches.
2.Chose a pose
From the sketches she choses a pose. Draws on a proper cotton paper.
3.Light colors
As the first layer, she colors lightest colors.
Mainly uses big brushes like #6-9.
4.Shadows
As the second layer, she colors shadow parts.
5.Layers and layers...
Each layer is with pale colors. Before going to the next layer, it's dried for a half/a couple of hours(depends on the weather or paper).
It needs patience but is efficiant for keeping each color active.
For only this procedure, it takes between 10-20hours(without dry out time).
6.Details
With the thinnest brush and the darkest paint, she paints the detail.
Sometimes it's not visible from normal distance of the viewer eyes but it's her secret to make the subject arive.
7.Eyes
At last she makes sure if it has a soul. By its eyes, she knows.
Materials
-watercolor paints: winsor&newton(main), schmincke, daniel smith
-paint brushes: Raphaël 8404/8400, Rembrandt 100
-cotton paper: arches hot pressed 300gsm, waterford hot press 425gsm
-(some times)color pencils: mitsubishi uni, carand'ache