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Sumi-E: Just for You: Traditional "One Brush" Ink Painting

by Hakuho Hirayama

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ISBN13: 9780870113697
ISBN10: 0870113690
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|"One-brush" sumi-e is an easy, entertaining way to express on paper the moods and images of nature. Everything you need to know is contained in this book. All the brush skills you learn lead step by step into full compositions. Drawings, photos, and simple text explain every stroke with dozens of examples to copy and practice.

Sumi-e is easy to learn and fun to do. It could be just what you're looking for!

Synopsis:

A beginner's guide to sumi-e--Japanese ink paintings of landscapes and portraits. Line drawings, how-to photographs and step-by-step instructions for 20 traditional motifs.
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About the Author

HAKUHO HIRAYAMA, a graduate of Japanese Women's University in Tokyo, has worked in sumi-e since early childhood and has taught the art to the foreign community in Tokyo for over thirty years. Formerly the student of well-known sumi-e artists Taisei Mizukami and Keiho Kusuhara, Mrs. Hirayama conducts regular classes at the Tokyo American Club and has also taught and performed demonstrations of sumi-e techniques in Europe, Southeast Asia, and the United States.

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ISBN:
9780870113697
Subtitle:
Traditional One Brush Ink Painting
Author:
Hirayama, Hakuho
Publisher:
Kodansha International (JPN)
Location:
Tokyo :
Subject:
Asian
Subject:
Art
Subject:
Technique
Subject:
Sumie
Subject:
Techniques - Watercolor Painting
Subject:
Architecture | Applied Arts
Subject:
Art and Architecture | Applied Arts
Subject:
Ink painting, Japanese -- Technique.
Subject:
Sumie -- Technique.
Copyright:
1979
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
no. 2
Publication Date:
January 1980
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
bandw photos, illus.
Pages:
96
Dimensions:
11.71x8.42x.43 in. 1.17 lbs.
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