Sumi-e Painting with Color for Floral Illustrations
A Magnolia in Senbyouhou 1
A course by Koshu (Akemi Lucas) , Artist and Teacher
Joined October 2020
Joined October 2020
About the video: A Magnolia in Senbyouhou 1
Overview
“In this lesson, I will teach you how to build up a magnolia artwork in Senbyouhou. Here, I will start showing you how to practise painting the flower petals and how to get to the final black-and-white artwork.”
In this video lesson Koshu (Akemi Lucas) addresses the topic: A Magnolia in Senbyouhou 1, 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
“In this lesson, I will show you how to paint Magnolia in Sembyoho. In Sumi painting, there are a few ways to express White. or very light color of the flower petals on the white paper. Yeah. We will use Sembyoho to paint Magnoria. For this exercise I'm gonna paint magnolia flower petal in light pink. To focus on more on the painting, in this lesson, i will use pre-drawn sketches. Luckily, we have magnolia trees in the spring in this country, which I used for my initial sketches. I was also sent some photos from Japan. I have developed my initial sketch and decided this layout and compositio...”
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Course summary for: Sumi-e Painting with Color for Floral Illustrations
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Botanical Illustration, 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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