Sumi-e Painting with Color for Floral Illustrations

Tsuketatehou Technique with Ink Effects and Use of Colours

A course by Koshu (Akemi Lucas) , Artist and Teacher

100% positive reviews (57)

3,193 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Tsuketatehou Technique with Ink Effects and Use of Colours

Overview

“Next, I will build on the techniques covered in the previous lesson and introduce colour to create leaves and flower petals. ”

In this video lesson Koshu (Akemi Lucas) addresses the topic: Tsuketatehou Technique with Ink Effects and Use of Colours, which is part of the Domestika online course: Sumi-e Painting with Color for Floral Illustrations. Sumi-e Painting with Color for Floral Illustrations.

Partial transcription of the video

“ Tsuketatehou Technique with Ink Effects and Use of Colours In this lesson, we'll do Chokuhitsu and Sokuhitsu techniques again, but creating leaves and flower petals. Let's bring out your gansai paint. If you don't have gansai paint in your country, you can also use watercolour paint. When we say Sumi-e, we are referring to black ink paintings. "Sumi" means ink and "E" means painting. When we use black ink with water, we call it Suibokuga. "Sui" means water, "Boku" means black ink, and "Ga" means painting. When we use colours, it is typically called Bokusaiga. "Boku" means Sumi ink and "Sa...”

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Course summary for: Sumi-e Painting with Color for Floral Illustrations

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (57)
3193 students
4 units
19 lessons (3h 53m)
12 downloads

Category
Illustration
Areas
Botanical Illustration, Fine Arts, Ink Illustration, Painting, Traditional illustration

Koshu (Akemi Lucas)

A course by Koshu (Akemi Lucas)

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Artist and Teacher

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.