Introduction to Sumi-e Painting
Basic Ink Effects
A course by Koshu (Akemi Lucas) , Artist and Teacher
Joined October 2020
Joined October 2020
About the video: Basic Ink Effects
Overview
“In this lesson, I would like to introduce some more techniques and ink effects. I shall demonstrate each one, and you’ll begin to develop your Sumi painting vocabulary, as you start to understand the meaning behind these Japanese terms.”
In this video lesson Koshu (Akemi Lucas) addresses the topic: Basic Ink Effects, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Sumi-e Painting. Connect with Japanese zen philosophy and let your energy flow through expressive ink brush strokes.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I would like to introduce more techniques with ink effect. If you can remember all the Japanese terms, it's going to be helpful. I will demonstrate Each one So please look at the attachment documents. Now I'd like to show the basic brush movement. One is chokuhitsu And 即筆 and also Warihude technique. Now I'd like to show chokuhitsu. So you hold your brushes straight up and move your brush Straight. You are not Swing the brush just straight. like this. This is called choku hitsu. As you can see, I'm holding my brush with Sokoho, can one arm. Now I'd like to show 即筆 . So hold ...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Sumi-e Painting
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Drawing, Fine Arts, Ink Illustration, Painting, Traditional illustration
Koshu (Akemi Lucas)
A course by Koshu (Akemi Lucas)
Koshu is an artist and qualified shodō Master with a deep connection to the Zen philosophy of Japanese calligraphy and sumi-e painting. She became a qualified calligraphy teacher at 24 and had her own calligraphy school with over 250 students until she relocated to the UK. She continues to share her passion with others through workshops, online teaching, demonstrations, and lectures.
Koshu creates commissions for a wide range of international clients. Her work can be seen on labels for KokoroGin, at the 2019 Rugby World Cup, and in advertising campaigns for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Her calligraphy work featured in the Hyper Japan Festival 2022 and her first sumi-e painting book is to be published by Bloomsbury in 2024.
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