The second model I worked with in Barcelona was Sol - a model from Argentina whom I collaborated with for a long time even before she moved to Spain.
This session was a bit different from my normal collaborations though - instead of a session devoted entirely to calligraphy (and then posing) we discussed at length various alternatives to somehow make the calligraphy part a component of one of her sessions where she models for artists (either online or live).
In the end the most practical setup was for me to write some kanjis (more about this later) at the start of one of her online sessions, and then add a few more in the mid-session pause.
This session was a bit different from my normal collaborations though - instead of a session devoted entirely to calligraphy (and then posing) we discussed at length various alternatives to somehow make the calligraphy part a component of one of her sessions where she models for artists (either online or live).
In the end the most practical setup was for me to write some kanjis (more about this later) at the start of one of her online sessions, and then add a few more in the mid-session pause.
This could also look nice as a tattoo…
My experience, both as a Calligrapher and as someone who had plenty of online drawing sessions suggested that in this case it was best to pick a limited number of single words, instead of a poem: not only because it would be faster for me to write those… but also because complex kanjis would be troublesome to incorporate in the drawings: even if all the artists were fluent with chinese/japanese characters… smaller characters would probably not be very visible on Zoom.
Preparation Phase
Keeping in mind these "limitations", here is what we end up selecting (all words/concepts that Somehow resonated with Solana)
猫 - Cat. Do I really need to explain this?
舞姬 (Dancer - Literally "Dancing Princess"; this is actually Chinese, more than Japanese, the first Kanji means To Dance, but the second - 姬 - is not recognized in Japanese)
日 - the Sun (The name Solana has Spanish origins and generally means "sunshine" or "sunny place". It is derived from the Latin word "solanus" which is related to the sun.)
酉 (Rooster) - Solana's sign in the Chinese Zodiac
Posing
As explained, this was not a "normal" session, therefore there are no pictures of the actual writing part, and the few photos I took were quickly shoot immediately after the session itself.
