Week 2

Demonstration Art

Calligraphy, Sketches, & Demonstration Painting

Calligraphy

The kanji character for moon (tsuki) below is for those who want to practice their calligraphy. Like many kanji characters, it has other pronunciations and meanings. Among them is getsu for month.

Sketch

This simple picture of the rabbit on the moon preparing rice is for anyone wanting to practice sketching.

Demonstration Painting

My demonstration painting uses senbyō-hō (line strokes) liberally with mokkotsu-hō (boneless strokes) to add substance to features. It is a nighttime scene with the dark sky shown in white and the moon appearing dark. There is a pond in the foreground. Unfortunately, it didn't show up very clearly when I scanned the picture. Trust me, it's there.