Sumi-e Painting with Color for Floral Illustrations
Persimmons in Senbyouhou 3
A course by Koshu (Akemi Lucas) , Artist and Teacher
Joined October 2020
Joined October 2020
About the video: Persimmons in Senbyouhou 3
Overview
“Once the painting is dry, I will finalise the artwork and add colour: I will use yellow and orange. Before applying colour, it's important to wet the paper with water to help the ink spread.”
In this video lesson Koshu (Akemi Lucas) addresses the topic: Persimmons in Senbyouhou 3, 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
“Now I waited for a few minutes so I'm gonna try to paint the persimmon using yellow and orange. I'm gonna create the color using the yellow and a little bit orange to mixed up. One more. Again, thinner ink. then let's just paint a wet bit in a similar part. Water. So I can just use other brush She's a... Like he ever did. This large area. So when you want to paint the large area without creating the sujime line, you can use this technique, just a little bit wet. Just using the paper towel. or cloth to wipe. So we don't want too much wet, otherwise the ink gonna spread too much. So just a li...”
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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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