Demonstration Art

Calligraphy

For those who want to practice their calligraphy, the Japanese word for eupatorium (fujibakama) is shown below using the phonetic katakana syllabary. The five syllables are respectively fu, ji, ba, ka, and ma.

Sketches

The basic sketch below for practice shows a eupatorium (fujibakama).

Demonstration Painting

My original intention was to paint all seven flowers of autumn in one composition, but though I did that painting, the amount of time it takes is impractical for class demonstration purposes, so my demonstration painting instead is this fujibakama with pink (nadeshiko) and pampas grass leaves. The seven flowers composition is at the end of this page for those who like a challenge.

Extra Challenge

Here is my seven flowers painting in the form of a wreath. Multi-flower compositions often arrange different plants in various parts of a landscape, but I thought something a little different might be nice instead. One of my students had the same idea.

I started by cutting a piece of paper into a donut shape (torus) and dividing it into six equal sized segments for a template. That helped me to paint each flower in roughly proportionally sized spaces. The seventh flower, pampas grass, tops the circle where a ribbon might otherwise go.

Whatever you do, have fun.