Dear Tanaka-san, first of all I would like to express my full gratitude for your kind appreciation of “my paintings” album. Most of the exhibited art pieces represent mid and late 90th. Right now I try myself in a quite different manner. Let me say as an artist to the artist that your paintings are exceptionally good. Your art is honest and open-hearted. One can easily feel the painters’ admiration for the nature so evident in your watercolors and pastels. I really enjoyed this album. My very best wishes, Sveta Orenburg.

said svetcontact 2 days ago

This is a truly exceptional album and you're an extremely talented person, Yoshiyuki. Thank you so much for sharing with us! Keep working and brushing up your wonderful skills!

said jdanek13 5 days ago

Very nice work !

said msphotospy 6 days ago

Dear Yoshiyuki, How I have enjoyed browsing through this album again. I see many new photos and have downloaded quite a few of them to enjoy. You are multi-talented and how I would love to have just a small measure of your immense talent. I hear you are really enjoying this particular talent and it is obvious to see it is because you do it so well. Sending the warmest wishes to You! Candy

said redriverocks 24 days ago

These aren't 'attempts" at art. They ARE art. Wonderful album!! Diana

said dianamj100 1 months 2 days ago

Thanks for sharing this creative album. Nick

said xwebfoto02 1 months 18 days ago

I fully agree with ladybug, this album should be not be called an attempt. I think you are way beyond that... Wonder if you had a showing of your art as yet?? Best wishes to you, Yoshiyuki and Gabriela, your old friend, Trudy

said hamiltrudy1 3 months 12 days ago

I agree with the comments of others, this album title seems 'outdated'. Your work no longer fits into the category of being an "ATTEMPT at Art" ... you have created a style that is masterful. I've just put your Saltzkammergut painting back onto my desktop again! Hugs, Judy

said ladybug591 3 months 15 days ago

Enjoyed all the new additions Yoshiyuki, I wish I had half as much talent as you. Eric

said ericy202 3 months 15 days ago

Minunate desene in acuarela

said lacramioara73 3 months 16 days ago

I am awed by your talents Tanakasan

said helennoel 4 months 18 days ago

Tanaka, Thank you so much for allowing me to use some of your photos as reference. I don't get a chance to paint that often but I will be sure to show you what I do. I looked at your paintings and they are fascinating. I love the use of pen in them. Very good art work. Bobbi.

said grammabap 4 months 22 days ago

you have some great art here .... I especially like the house in Bronkhorst ....

said mabelscritterart2 4 months 25 days ago

Mr. Tanaka, You are already on my list of favourite photographers, now I´ll have to add you to the list of favourite painters!I enjoyed your style and spontaneity! Tallulah, from Brazil.

said tallulah115 2008.07.11 at 14:41:26 PDT

Hello Yoshiyuki, I enjoyed all your paintings. Your artistic qualities are obvious and your creativity makes it perfect. This album is wonderful! Greetz, Tjebbe

said oomt 2008.07.01 at 07:12:38 PDT

Excellent, Mr Yoshiyuki. Lamm(HK)

said yukinlammA 2008.06.16 at 05:55:02 PDT

Dear Yoshiyuki, you are such a talented man, I loved your paintings, really good.You must be a beautifull person, thank you so much for sharing your art with us, even I don't write too often, but I am for ever looking at your fotos, with poetry, it gives me such a feeling of peacefullness, looking at your pictures, makes me forget all around me, I just feel to be there with your fotos, and now we can admire your paintings too. Take care, hugs lori

said buletti 2008.06.03 at 18:08:38 PDT

Hi Yoshiyuki and congratulations to your talent; I am very impressed, all sketches are wonderful! Thank you for share. Good luck and kindest greetings from Austria monika

said monihai 2008.05.24 at 02:05:45 PDT

Fantastic work Yoshiyuki,you are real talented!

said lazarildi100 2008.05.18 at 04:29:45 PDT

Yoshiyuki, you are extremely talented, what a wonderful talent and how sweet of you to share it with us on Webshots.

said redriverocks 2008.05.01 at 16:13:45 PDT

Wonderful photos. I have enjoyed them thank you for sharing

said sandylferguson 2008.03.29 at 06:17:52 PDT

Very nice art! Thank you for sharing! Laura in Oklahoma

said lsolkey 2008.03.27 at 01:55:16 PDT

Wonderful sketches!You are very talented. I love the architectural ones the best!

said leene50 2008.01.24 at 04:49:42 PST

Hello, This is a wonderful album. Your shetchs and pastels are beautiful - showing your talent as an artist. Best regards from Michigan, USA, DeeAnne

said missdee101 2007.08.06 at 07:51:52 PDT

A great album where you show us your great artistic talent! I will be come back to visit all the photos of this incredible album! Thank you for share! A bientot!

said huguette296100 2007.07.30 at 12:01:28 PDT

Hi Yoshiyuki, I am very impressed at your ability to use these mediums as well as you use photography. All are great forms of expression for you! Congratulations on this album, it's above and beyond anything I could do myself, my brother is the artist in our family! Cheers, Leslie

said bisquitzoe 2007.07.23 at 09:13:50 PDT

Hello Yoshi I have sooo enjoyed seeing your art in this lovely album. You are a multi-talented person, and how fortunate for us that you can let us see your work. I particularly like the first one of the sailing ship. Do you keep them all or do you sell some? Regards. Mouse (Fay)

said anonneymouse1 2007.06.30 at 18:01:52 PDT

You are artist, are you.

said meeli110 2007.06.30 at 14:03:35 PDT

Sailing ships are a favorite to me. the Olds one ya know. You're really good there.

said Foldc 2007.06.29 at 18:53:27 PDT

Beautiful and fantastic album,great work~~~~~~THX...khaled

said amen2006 2007.06.26 at 11:17:34 PDT

WONDERFUL SKETCHES, YOU HAVE A GREAT GIFT. KIND REGARDS SANDRA

said knuzdenwitch 2007.06.22 at 09:47:18 PDT

Love your art, Your an Awesome Artist and Photographer!

said frogprincess69 2007.06.10 at 10:48:39 PDT

Great sketches--very talented. Pam

said mtheartt1 2007.06.03 at 03:23:17 PDT

Have really enjoyed looking at your artwork. It has a simplistic but very appealing look and I love the way you have used different mediums.You obviously have a keen eye for beauty which shows in your photography as well.Look forward to seeing more. best wishes Sue

said photosusy 2007.06.02 at 08:30:54 PDT

Dear Yoshiyuki, The last additions are as outstanding as the temples sketches; You have an incisive eye for details, a great sense of perspective and movement, a total mastering of colours harmony; I have not yet installed those You sent for my birthday as my soft walls are already full of things that I cannot deplace for the left marks and have no tools to pierce in hard concrete free walls (free because hard of course!)

said pfjc2 2007.05.07 at 20:38:37 PDT

Dear Yoshiyuki - I KNEW you had to be an artist to combine all that lovely poetry with the pictures, but I haven't been back to many of my favorites for a while so this is the first I saw it. Keep creating beauty for other souls to enjoy!

said claresny 2007.04.29 at 16:23:32 PDT

Yoshiyuki; once again, your talent astounds me and boggles my mind. You must have 'art' in every bone of your body. Thank you for alloowing us a small peek inside.

said bearfolk 2007.04.15 at 05:12:58 PDT

Absolutely fantastic ! Thanks and best wishes.

said kyvannguyen 2007.03.15 at 04:37:51 PDT

Dear friend, the album is fantastic.thank you for sharing with us.you are an inspiration to all the members.hope to see all ur talents.

said latha364 2007.03.14 at 01:51:04 PDT

Dear Yoshiyuki, what a talented man you are. I absolutely loved this album, shows the multi-faceted person you are. Would enjoy seeing some more of this art from you... Greetings, Trudy

said hamiltrudy 2007.03.12 at 08:34:44 PDT

Hi Yoshiyuki, Well it seems that your talent know no boundaries. first as a photographer and now with these beautiful exquisite pastel drawings. a wonderful insite into every thing Japanese. Well Done from me. I have not been around much just lately, having a kind of sabathical, or to me a rest. so please forgive me if I have not visited as much as I should have. Please give my kind regards to Gabriella, and I will be visiting her work shortly, thanks for all the visits to my albums, and may you both have good fortune, Ken

said hircock100 2007.03.10 at 01:31:06 PST

My husband says he has been there.

said patsylaird 2007.02.16 at 08:30:55 PST

Happy Valentine's Day to my friends around the world. Link to my wishes for you. http://good-times.webshots.com/album/557629293dAKquo

said segseven 2007.02.14 at 13:33:26 PST

I discover your hidden talent, Yoshiyuki and am totally amazed by your skills to capture by your drawings and water colours the essential of your pictures; Thank You to share these little wonders! Jacques

said pfjc2 2007.02.06 at 21:44:13 PST

Beautifullll album! All sketches are wonderful. How talented you are, Tanaka-San!

said belita130 2007.02.04 at 12:47:50 PST

Beautiful and a stunning album! well done

said waterl00 2007.01.27 at 15:55:52 PST

Dear Yoshiyuki, What a very gifted man you are. I admire anyone with artistic talents such as yours and that you share your talents is a gift to us. These are all very exquiste and I have thoroughly enjoyed each and every one on this quiet Sunday morning! As Judy said these images would be beautiful on Note Cards or just framed individually on their own. Leslie

said rainingviolets 2007.01.21 at 05:41:17 PST

Another beauty from you.Wonderful work of art..congrats and good luck

said family301 2007.01.18 at 05:53:32 PST

I'm just in awe of the talents you have! I envy you---drawing from your photos. I have had a great time going thru these--they are wonderful! You are so good--all your albums, especially the flowers, I love !! Leona

said leona43 2007.01.17 at 12:27:00 PST

Beautiful, Yoshiyuki, I enjoyed viewing these and trying to guess which image matched the sketches. I got a few right! Wonderful, interesting album, showing yet another of your many talents. Congratulations! Greetings to you from, OKLAHOMA. Susie

said segseven 2007.01.17 at 10:22:09 PST

Hi Yoshiyuki, it has been a delight viewing the sketches of your photographic work. My wife paint but from her own imagination, probably I should upload some of her works which she does as a hobby. I admire your talent and recognise it because all my three children are good artists. My daughter, Rebacca, is a professional artist in Vancouver. Next time I'll send you her website. Regards from Paul in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.

said paulchaperon100 2007.01.15 at 23:14:47 PST

Hello Yoshiyuki, I am delighted to be amazed at another exhibition of you talents. Personally I would never contemplate attempting to put anything down on paper, unless perhaps I could splash some paint on a canvas & call it modern art! LOL. Eric

said ericy202 2007.01.14 at 12:03:51 PST

Hi Yoshiyuki, You also have talent in watercolor and ink sketches - i would later love to sketch and paint too and choose from my albums thanks for this great idea - nice job - keep it up! Delia

said deliadjosef 2007.01.13 at 19:14:16 PST

very nice album, congratulations.

said jeanpictures 2007.01.11 at 14:12:55 PST

Sorry, Carol was here first and commented under the first photo.

said ladybug591 2007.01.11 at 11:11:15 PST

Yoshiyuki, these are WONDERFUL!!! I love it when someone can transfer the images they see to paper or canvas. You are multi-talented; you have done a marvelous job. ... We have a painting of Mike's grandfather's that he bought in China or Japan around 1900 - I will send Gabriela a copy of it. ... Warm regards from Florida, Judy ... PS: I am hono[u]red to be first to see these!!!

said ladybug591 2007.01.11 at 11:00:50 PST