Are you ready to see a new drawing, friends? Well, from here, from afar, I just heard you said yes. So, without further ado, here I am to satisfy that desire 😂. All joking aside, friends, I've drawn a new hand-drawn picture, this one based on a musical instrument from Rising Star. You can find it identified in the R360 deck. This is a very beautiful deck. Unlike yesterday's, this one is rare. The instrument it represents is a Shakuhachi. I'll show you some of the first images of the drawing and then I'll tell you a little about the instrument.
Friends, the shakuhachi is a wind instrument, specifically a flute. It's very similar to the pan flute, which I've drawn here before. But this one originates from Japan. I think you probably already guessed that because the artwork on the card already had some Japanese characters, or well, they could also be mistaken for Chinese characters. This flute has five holes to control the airflow and play it. It has four on the lower part and one at the top, almost where you blow the air. As shown on the card, it's made entirely of bamboo, which gives it a more natural and traditional feel.
I'm a fan of wind instruments, and I've heard many types, but in this case, I haven't had the privilege of hearing this one very often, only on a few occasions. If I remember correctly, I heard it in a honkyoku song, which is a very traditional Japanese genre. I really like everything related to Japan and its culture, and its music is no exception.
By the way, although the deck shows it as bamboo, in Japan you can find plastic shakuhachis, more geared towards children, and also those made of other types of wood. But the most common is still the bamboo one. If you want to hear it for yourselves and see what it sounds like, I recommend looking for honkyoku music; some pieces feature this instrument as a central element.
Okay, friends, let's move on to the drawing. Let me explain what you've seen so far. In the initial parts of the post, you saw how I drew the instrument's title and its identification number on a white sheet of paper. Later, I drew the box with two lines, one above and one below. And everything was enclosed within the base of the deck. In the center, I then drew the shakuhachi.
Continuing, you saw how I colored each part of the drawing with colored pencils and markers. At the end, I used a black marker to highlight each edge and area. This way, it stands out and doesn't blend with the other colors. Now, to wrap things up, you'll see how the finished work turned out, along with some of the materials I used to make the drawing.
Friends, thank you for viewing my drawing of the Shakuhachi. I hope to draw another Japanese wind instrument soon. Let me know which one you'd like to see. See you again soon!