The art of sumi-e beautiful ink painting using Japanese brushwork

In this beautiful book, Naomi Okamoto passes on her experience and knowledge of Sumi-e -- traditional Japanese ink painting that uses only ink, white space and simple brushstrokes to capture the essence of an object, person, animal or scene. With her deep understanding of both the technical and spir...

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Main Author: Okamoto, Naomi, 1951- (Author, Artist)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Tunbridge Wells, Kent : Search Press, 2015.
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505 0 |a Introduction -- The essence of Japanese ink painting -- Painting materials and additional aids -- Working with the ink and brush -- Practising painting techniques from originals -- Themes exercises -- Colour in Japanese ink painting -- Painting flowers and animals in colour -- Coloured landscape painting -- The white space in painting -- Appendix. 
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