This is a color study/sketchbook with HDR adjustments page from my morning stop by a local Japanese garden.

It is a 鯱瓦 (shiachi-gawara) chifun/dragon guardian in the style of Himeji Castle’s 鯱 /shachihoko.

Drawn from life with COPIC SKETCH alcohol inks and fountain pen/pilot PRECISE, then edited slightly after photography to remove the dedication/signature. The original statue was presented as a gift from the City of Himeji to its sister city Phoenix, Arizona in 1991.