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Sumi-e- one of Japan's most famous art styles...and a favorite of mine.
This is a sumi-e kit.
And this is what's inside;
There are four brushes, stored in the top, and (clockwise from top) paint brush holder, marble block that I never use, water basin w/ lid, basin for mixing ink, red oil based coloring paint, and a traditional ink stick.
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| panda |
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| a bird |
There all sorts of things to do; just about anything, if you know the right brushstrokes. The main thing to remember; the key thing to sumi-e is that all the pictures are made up of long, sweeping, and curvy brushstrokes.
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| a very lost penguin |
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| chrysanthemums |
Sumi-e is really a very beautiful form of art, and the pictures come to life in their own special way.
Hi! Sumi ink was always one of my favorite materials to work with in art school! One of our professors would challenge us to make a drawing a minute in sumi ink. The model would run around our drawing room, and change poses every minute. We would end up with more than a hundred drawings during these sessions, and some were real gems.
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