Having been doing sumi-e with some regularity for several years, I am finding it helpful in watercolor. Because the brush is the vehicle for watercolor, as it is in sumi-e, it is important to understand how the brush works. Kolinsky sable watercolor brushes can…
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Brushwork and Value in Watercolor
Tagged with: brushes, ink painting, paper, sumi-e, watercolor
Posted in Blitherings, Painting, Sumi-e & Ink Painting
Posted in Blitherings, Painting, Sumi-e & Ink Painting
Sumi-e Studies
After the trip to the Descanso Gardens, and the Gardens of the World, I finally got out some ink, paper, and brushes. The camellias in bloom everywhere in the Descanso Gardens, and the rows of magnolias in the Gardens of…
Dragon Stone
We are still moving things around since my brother moved out last year. Needless to say, we are slow! In that process of making room for him, a lot of stuff was shifted, stored, and forgotten. Now that the studio…
Tagged with: Chinese, clouds, dragon, four treasures, ink painting, ink stone, repairing a suzuri, repairing an inkstone, sumi-e, suzuri
Posted in Blitherings, Inkstones, The Four Treasures
Posted in Blitherings, Inkstones, The Four Treasures
UFOs are Landing!
Yarn Balls Rolling! What was supposed to be a two-week interim stay by my brother turned into five months. We moved the guest bed in my husband’s office into my studio so that Josh, who telecommutes, would not be kicking…
Tagged with: brushes, clean up, ink painting, Knitting, mess, photoscape, stash, sumi, UFOs
Posted in Blitherings
Posted in Blitherings
