Birds of Japan

True to its title, this is a collection of drawings by Nigel Peake in which a different avian species appears on each page. The sketches executed in dark pencil are true to nature but minimalist, consisting only of simple lines, cross-hatching, and shading. They were drawn in 2020, but inspired by a visit the artist made to a second-hand bookstore in Kamakura, nearby Tokyo, in early summer 2019. Translations of the birds names are purposefully not included, because "some things are more than their names".

Year

2021

Language

English

Publisher

Nigel Peake

Editions

1

Pages

46

ISBN

9781838414313

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