Over the past year or so I have gotten numerous requests about sumi, suzuri, brushes, paper, lessons, and where they may be bought. I would like to respond to people, but there are times when it requires a lot of…
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Posted in Blitherings
Posted in Blitherings
Sumi-e / Ink Painting Books, ii
Motoi Oi, i Today, I am going to begin a brief series on a rather lovely set of books, published by Motoi Oi (1910-2004) shortly after his arrival in the U.S. Initially paperback books, self-published and handbound by his wife…
Tagged with: asian art, Buddhism, chinese painting, ink panting, japanese painting, Motoi Oi, sumi-e, sumi-e book, what is art?, zen, Zen painting
Posted in Blitherings, Creating a Painting
Posted in Blitherings, Creating a Painting
Iris, iv
Irises – in Color – in Ink The iris – the butterfly flower – is just too much fun to paint! And quite a challenge as well. The videos make it look easy, but I assure you, it is not!…
Tagged with: chinese painting, corn, iris, japanese painting, Painting, sumi, sumi-e, tiger lily, watercolor, xuan
Posted in Blitherings, Creating a Painting, Sumi-e & Ink Painting
Posted in Blitherings, Creating a Painting, Sumi-e & Ink Painting
Art of Ink, i
Yosa Buson Now that I’ve pulled out my brush and sumi again, I start rummaging through the drawers of the internet. I’m not quite sure how I found Yosa Buson, 1716-1784, but I did; I’d forgotten about him. He was…
Tagged with: art of ink, chinese painting, crow, Dave Bonta, firefly, haiku, hawk, ink painting, japanese painting, line, poetry, sumi, sumi-e, traveler, wash, watercolor, Yosa Buson
Posted in Art & Artists, Blitherings, Painting, Sumi-e & Ink Painting
Posted in Art & Artists, Blitherings, Painting, Sumi-e & Ink Painting
