Week 5

 Demonstration Art

Shishi Dolls. See discussion.

Calligraphy, Sketches & Demonstration Painting

Calligraphy

The words below are kokeshi ningyō (kokeshi doll) for those who want to practice their calligraphy. The first three characters (kokeshi) are from the phonetic hiragana syllabary. The last two for doll (ningyō) are kanji logograms.

Sketches

Here are two relative kokeshi ningyō sketches for practice. The is a small one.

Here is a larger one.

Demonstration Painting

The base color of the kimono is purple, though it didn't come out of the scanner looking that way. The uneveness of the color is from wrinkling of the paper.