Visual artists can make use of a canvas or a drawing software to create a work of art, but there's a 75-year-old Japanese man who takes it to another level! He draws intricate scenery by just using a common software!
An exquisite art. Capturing the beauty of a Japanese countryside. Blossoms and leaves, drawn with a delicate touch. Detailed and colorful.
Tatsuo Horiuchi has been drawing these landscape pictures for 15 years, always seeking perfection. It seems there's no difference from any other artist, but Horiuchi is unique.
He uses a unique tool. An excel spreadsheet to draw his pictures.
"How did he come to use excel to draw" I asked. He said it was preinstalled in his PC when he bought it. And excel happens to be one of the first application he used. Horiuchi said he never used an excel before, and learnt the functions as he played with it.
"It's a sense of achievement when I draw something I like. It motivates me to draw another and then another. And it continues," Horiuchi said.
Mr. Horiuchi creates a very detailed and artistic piece. But what is surprising is he said he had never drawn a picture before he started the excel. He self tough himself how to paint as well as how to maneuver around the excel sheet.
These beautiful pictures won several awards. The canvas got bigger as the years went by and more detailed. He (is) has a strong passion for nature, its strength and fragility fascinated him.
Horiuchi is now a teacher, teaching his techniques to a group of enthusiasts. In the regular lessons, students exchange new ideas and methods. Some are already drawing master pieces
A challenged never ends for Horiuchi. He is now seeking to incorporate the techniques of Ukiyo-e, an art that flourished in 17th century Japan. And finding a difficult subject to draw.
"I'd like to draw a snow-covered scenery. It's peaceful yet grand. It's the most difficult to draw. But I will be happy if I can capture that moment," Horiuchi said.
One of the motivations to draw nature, he said, goes back to his youth. When he saw a most beautiful cherry blossom, his favourite flower in his home town. A kind of flower that he also seeks to capture "that perfect moment" in is Computer Canvas.
