Week 12
Demonstration Art
Calligraphy, Sketches & Demonstration Painting
Calligraphy
The kanji character below is the Japanese word ame (rain) for those who want to practice their calligraphy.
Sketches
There are various ways that rain can be depicted in sumi-e paintings. These three practice sketches illustrate some of them.
The first sketch shows a series of short senbyō-hō lines using only the tip of the brush. This is good for depicting light rain. For heavier rain, use more lines.
The second sketch is made using a hake (wide brush) and a kappitsu-hō (dry) stroke. Medium rain can be depicted this way.
The third sketch demonstrates heavy rain using a hake brush. Load about ⅓ of the length of the bristles with chūboku (medium) sumi. The strokes begin as junpitsu-hō (soggy) strokes and become kappitsu-hō strokes as the brush moves down the paper.
Demonstration Painting
My demonstration painting should look familiar. I used Hiroshige's ukiyo-e from 12.1 as a model. The rain strokes look a lot smoother in my original. The scanner doesn't do it justice.
