Portable Painting: Japanese Artist Famous for iPad Masterpieces (+Video)

Japanese office worker and part-time artist Seikou Yamaoka found it difficult to find time for his watercolor painting at home. With a $5 app on his iPad, he started painting works of great realism on lunch breaks or during his commute.
Portable Painting: Japanese Artist Famous for iPad Masterpieces (+Video)
Yamaoka Reproduces "Girl With a Pearl Earring" by Johannes Vermeer. (Screenshot/NTDTV)
Tara MacIsaac
9/1/2013
Updated:
7/18/2015

 

Japanese office worker and part-time artist Seikou Yamaoka found it difficult to find time for his watercolor painting at home. With a degree in fine art, Yamaoka did not pursue a career in the arts, opting to work for a gaming company instead.

With a $5 app on his iPad, he started painting works of great realism—originals as well as reproductions of famous works. With the touch of a finger, he is able to paint while commuting to work or on his lunch break.

Videos of his painting process have attracted over 200,000 thousand hits on YouTube.

Yamaoka Reproduces “Girl With a Pearl Earring” by Johannes Vermeer: