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OhHara Fishing Port Sketching Experience!!

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  for Japanese version, click HERE. I went to OhHara Fishing Port in Chiba to sketch with friends from Yotsuya Dessin over the weekend.  It was a sketch outing event that was originally held at Setsu Mode Seminar, the school founded by legendary fashion drawing artist, Setsu Nagasawa, where many of Yotsuya Dessin members had graduated from.   Mr. Nagasawa was undoubtedly one of the greatest figure in fashion figure drawings however, he also taught with as much enthusiasm the importance of field sketching/landscape painting.  Now, the member of Yotsuya Dessin has decided to revive that fun and exciting event once again.  I participated as a member of Urban Sketchers Japan to witness that. One thing that I was told about Setsu Sketch Outing was the size of the paper that they used, that they painted BIG!  I mean, they said they usually use something close to B2 size!  Considering my usual sketchbook as the size of an iPad, t