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Flower of rhododendron, syakunage in Japanese:
Strange English name for this pretty flower… It has light pink flower with thick green leaves. Ball shape of flower tops on sward leaves radiating. It should originated somewhere in the South Asia, long time journey to Japanese islands. In May, lots of pink ball blooming on streets in the Tokyo old town. A hydrangea and rhododendron must root at the same, thinking the shape of flower and leaves.
水墨画石楠花
Ajisai – Hydrangea is an favorable icon in the rainy season here. We have big discussion whether it’s already? or not yet in…
Flower of hydrangea have several colors, from blue to white, violet.. and deep green leaves under the flower got your eye contact, usually…. we don’t have rain this year and got the summer sun shine now., I guess we don’t enjoy hydrangea feel.
Iris is one of the magnificent flower. It has various colors, blue, violet or white… I hope I could depict those colors in sumi iris flower.
We have at least three spieces, but few understand those differences and figure out such is such. Though I know three names for iris-like flower, I can’t point out the exact names on exact one.
How many names of this flower do you have in your language?
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There are four objects for sumi-e starters to learn first, 1) Bamboo, 2) Plum, 3) Chrysanthemum, and 4) Orchid, I think orchid is the most difficult among them, I have not had be confortable when I am done with the line of leaves. It is always that I can find some what I did’t try. To close to the perfect gradation and line shape, sumi ink must be appropreate in brush hair. water as well.. simple not always easy.. but worth try.
水墨画 菊の描き方
花びら
葉
Tips:
1. Petal :
2. Surrounding petals :
Stems:
Chrysanthemum,
Tips 1: the wohle picture of flower build the diamond shape or pentagon.
Tips 2: every piece of flower go toward the center.
Tips 3: leaves around flower must be very black so that the chrysanthemum flower gets colored.
キリスト教の時間軸は直線的、東洋のそれは、円だそうです。天国に行ったままと、輪廻でまた戻るのと。十字架に、来年も咲く植物を埋め込んで、融合しました。 (左の画像をクリックすると水墨画作品集にとびますっ)
The time line in the Christianity draws straight while it goes the circle in the Orient, Asian point of view. You go up in the heaven in the West while the reincarnation world. I put the botanics which turns around year by year for thousand years to a cross shape. The integration of philosophy generates looks modern.
Please check drawing vid below:
What you need : Brush(fude), suzuri(ink stone), sumi bar and rice paper(wa shi) , small white plate, clothes
Video 1 below tutorial shows 1)Preparation for drawing (making sumi ink and load sumi in the brush(fude), 2) Straight Stroke(Choku-Hitsu), 3) Side Stroke(Soku-Hitsu), 4) Thin Line Drawing(Sen-Byo), 5) Small Leaves Drawing
1) Preparation for Drawing
1. Make sumi ink
Put water in the hole part of suzuri.
Have a sumi bar and dip it into the water.
Grind sumi bar on the no water part of suzuri.
Hold sumi bar with 45 degree toward the surface of suzuri.
Grind sumi bar with very little power and grind it like drawing circle.
Imagine that tiny particle coming out of the ink bar.
The sense of sumi ink rises meanwhile.
Done when the water turns out the black ink.
2. Put sumi into Fude
Put fude into the water.
Put fude onto the clothe in order to wipe water out.
Don’t move fude, just put it on softly.
Shape the tip of the hair of fude(fude-saki) sharpened.
Put sumi ink into fude in the suzuri.
Squeeze sumi ink out of fude in the small white plate.
Draw fude on the edge of the small plate, to squeeze sumi out.
3. Calibrate the sumi ink black color
Put the water in fude.
Squeeze water out onto the sumi in the plate and mix it.
Squeeze out the whole mixed sumi-water, which turns out the light black.
Then, ladle that light black sumi into fude.
Dip the fude-saki into the sumi ink in suzuri.
Shape fude on the clothe.
You all set for drawing.
2) Straight Stroke for line drawing
Line drawing from left to right.
Fude leans 30 degree to the right.
Fude leads the fude hair.
The direction of fude points which the line goes.
Take half second breath when you put fude on the paper. Then move fude.
When you finish drawing the line, take half second breath before you get fude up of the paper.
The first line you draw is blacker than the second one.
The last sumi ink that you put into fude will put on the paper first.
In order to get gradation on drawing, you need the different level of black sumi ink into fude
Ink loading preparation is the most important technique in sumi-e.
In this rainbow stage, what you have to get is "one brush five gradation" technique. To draw a beautiful rainbow, making an appropriate brush is inevitable.
3) Side stroke (Soku-hitsu)
Use whole side of fude hair.
Lean down fude.
Hold fude 90 degree cross the line direction.
4) Thin Line Drawing (Sen-Byo)
Bend fude hair on the clothe.
Put sumi on the behind only.
Hold fude 90 degree cross the line direction.
5) Small Leaves Drawing
Put fude on suzuri and get sumi only one side of fude hair
Put fude-saki, then push fude and swipe down. (Three action at the same time)
Flex the wrist for fude swipe.
This technique apply to the cherry blossom drawing.
Video Tutorial 2 includes ; 1) Preparation for Drawing, 2) Draw Bamboo Leaves, 3) Side Stroke(Soku-hitsu), 4) Size of fude
1. Make sumi ink
Put water in the hole part of suzuri. Have a sumi bar and dip it into the water. Grind sumi bar on the no water part of suzuri. Hold sumi bar with 45 degree toward the surface of suzuri. Grind sumi bar with very little power and grind it like drawing circle. Imagine that tiny particle coming out of the ink bar. The sense of sumi ink rises meanwhile. Done when the water turns out the black ink.
2. Put sumi into Fude
Put fude into the water.
Put fude onto the clothe in order to wipe water out.
Don’t move fude, just put it on softly.
Shape the tip of the hair of fude(fude-saki) sharpened.
Put sumi ink into fude in the suzuri.
Squeeze sumi ink out of fude in the small white plate.
Draw fude on the edge of the small plate, to squeeze sumi out.
3. Calibrate the sumi ink black color
Put the water in fude.
Squeeze water out onto the sumi in the plate and mix it.
Squeeze out the whole mixed sumi-water, which turns out the light black.
Then, ladle that light black sumi into fude.
Dip the fude-saki into the sumi ink in suzuri.
Shape fude on the clothe.
You all set for drawing.
4. Draw Bamboo leaves : The example of straight stroke
Scratch back with the tip of the hair of fude (fude-saki)
Move down fude
Pushing fude onto the paper with moving down. (Two actions : moving and pushing)
The part of pushing fude will be the swell of the bamboo leaf
Then, Pulling fude off gradually along with the down-move of fude.(Two actions : moving and pulling )
Pull fude off with the fude-saki in order to get the bamboo leaf edge.
If you pull fude with the body of fude hair, the edge shape of bamboo leaf will be round.
In the end part of bamboo leaf drawing, fude leans down and the fude hair positioned at your side.
See the video the fude position change along with the fude hair.
5. Side Stroke
Prepare fude ( very very important )
Lean down fude with 0 degree at the paper.
Use the whole fude hair.
This technique apply to the tree trunk.
6. The Size of Fude
Fude hair is 3.5 cm length.
Made from the weasel.
I use only this size fude for all my works.
The change fude hair shape and control fude movement is essential for sumi-e technique.
Enjoy 🙂
FAQ1: Almost all rice paper ,wa-shi, gets wrinkly, when you draw. To give someone your suim-e, you need stick another paper backside, so that a paper get right. (this called, ura uchi, ura= back, uchi=stick)
FAQ2: Gradation problem. Try just lay a brush and put it on paper. Like to stamp the brush. If you get right gradation in a brush, you can get shade on paper exactly the brush has.
FAQ3:What Kind of Brush? Hair made of wease is good. The length of hais is about 4- 5cm. Sumie brush hair is harder and shorter than that of calligraphy. Price of it in Japan is 4,000 yen.
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Buddha Meditation Drawing Video Click here for a finished Image
The key three lines are, 1)shoulder outline, 2)inside line to abdmen, 3)salnted down line from abdmen.
The three lines cross at the key point called "tan-den" where the "ki" power is focused, 9 cm under the navel. Focusing "Ki" at the tan-den point is applied for all martial arts or breathing method like yoga.
水墨画の描き方（動画）：仏陀画：白衣観音、牧谿「観音猿鶴図」模写： 白衣観音は、インド密教から仏教に流れ込んだものとされてるようです。白衣のためか、女性的となり、現在は、安産の神様。
１）肩、２）肩から帯、３）帯から右斜め、この３線の角度がポイント、その３線が集まる場所が、丹田か。
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水墨画技法を研究していると、最後は「滲み」の重要性に気づく。
「滲み」はコントロールしようと思ってできないものだ。コントロールしようと思う気持ちも間違っているかもしれない。
俵屋宗達が始めたと言われる「たらしこみ技法」を真似てみた。
題材も、宗達が描いたという「犬」にしてみた。昔の洞窟画には、草花をモチーフにした絵は無いという。現代も、犬、猫などかわいいキャラクターのほうが人気がある。
たらしこみ技法
– まず、水でモチーフを象る。
– 水が乾かないうちに、薄墨でなぞる。
– 濃くしたい部分は、徐々に墨を入れる。
– 水で濡れた部分の外へは、墨は広がらない。
– しかし、後から入れる墨の水分で広がる。
– 水分を調整しながら、形が崩れないように墨を入れる。
水墨画描き方基本技法はコチラ
Tarashikomi Technique in sumi-e, originated Sotatsu Tawaraya in 16th century.
Sumi-e Drawing Video "Omage for Nantenbo, Coming and Going"
水墨画墨絵の描き方(動画)”南天棒 雲水托鉢”の模写
山下裕二編「水墨画発見(平凡社)」から。