Our last day together in sunny Kushiro.  We spent a couple of hours this morning reviewing the output from the last two weeks, and what a fabulous display of watercolour masterpieces.

Here are a few:

Even one of the non-artists had a go:

And finally Ev showed some her demo pieces:

Then it was off to lunch and the airport for flights to Sydney, Melbourne, Paris and, for Pam and me, “home” to Óbidos, via Tokyo, London and Lisbon.

And so ends the Hokkaidō Horizons with Ev Hales artists tour for 2018.  A fantastic group.  And apart from the cold, a wonderful chance to explore and paint in this part of Japan:  mountains, lakes, cherry blossoms, waterfalls, cities, fishing villages, parks, shrines, temples and even old orthodox churches.

As Ev said in her closing remarks, you can take photos but only a painting captures the essence of what you’ve seen and experienced.

Coming up:  Morocco in October.  Stand by for more blogs then.

さよなら。 Sayonara.