Watercolor Illustration with Japanese Influence

Overview

“Pressure, speed and direction are three aspects to consider to convey different expressions and intentions with the brush. Remember to relax your posture, your hand, focus on the strokes you are going to make, imagining them in advance on paper.”

In this video lesson Flor Kaneshiro addresses the topic: Japanese brush strokes, which is part of the Domestika online course: Watercolor Illustration with Japanese Influence. Give your drawings an ancient identity with the Sumi-e painting technique.

Partial transcription of the video

“Japanese brush strokes In this lesson we'll use the brush and see all its possible uses. We'll use a thick brush. Before we start, we should wet the brush. We've to bear three aspects in mind: the pressure, the direction, the speed and the rhythm we give the brush stroke. We'll use a dark colour. I'll use black, so you can see the brush strokes clearly. First we position our brush vertically and we press the tip against the paper pressing a bit and then we lift it. Then we do the same, vertical, we press but we press more than the tip of the brush. Then we lift it. We do this until we press...”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.

Course summary for: Watercolor Illustration with Japanese Influence

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (1934)
• 53195 students
• 5 units
• 22 lessons (3h 15m)
• 14 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting