Introduction to Sumi-e Painting
How to Prepare Your Artwork for Framing
A course by Koshu (Akemi Lucas) , Artist and Teacher
Joined October 2020
Joined October 2020
About the video: How to Prepare Your Artwork for Framing
Overview
“This lesson is all about tips and techniques to best prepare your artwork for framing.”
In this video lesson Koshu (Akemi Lucas) addresses the topic: How to Prepare Your Artwork for Framing, 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
“How to Prepare Your Artwork for Framing This lesson is all about tips so you can start preparing your artworks for framing. First, I'm gonna show you how to place the seals on artworks. I have here my name, Koshu, seals, in different sizes. In this case, I'm gonna use a smaller size of seal. This is called injokudai, and this is indei, and this is inku. I'm gonna use this. First put my artworks here and let's use this. I make always the seal cap like this so that I can place and then see where the space and the balance are good. I wouldn't put my seal here, because I appreciate the space he...”
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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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