Introduction to Sumi-e Painting
Basic Brush Practice Movement for Plum Blossom 2
A course by Koshu (Akemi Lucas) , Artist and Teacher
Joined October 2020
Joined October 2020
About the video: Basic Brush Practice Movement for Plum Blossom 2
Overview
“In the previous lesson, I worked on the separate elements of the plum blossoms, and now I am going to put them together. ”
In this video lesson Koshu (Akemi Lucas) addresses the topic: Basic Brush Practice Movement for Plum Blossom 2, 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
“Basic Brush Movement Practice for Plum Blossom Now we practised the trunks and twigs, and flower petals, now let's put them all together. Please look at this attachment of artwork number one, the layout, and let's try this way. Again, let's use atari to start with. Once you get used to it, you can try without it, but now let's try just a minimum line. I'm holding the charcoal now. We're gonna start from the tree trunk first, and then I'm going like this, and next. Do you remember nyoji hou? crossing the lines, the twigs are crossing. It's nice to express like this. And again here. Now, here...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Sumi-e Painting
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Category
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Areas
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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