Week 15

Demonstration Art

From a print by Utagawa Kunisada (1786 – 1865). See discussion.

Calligraphy, Sketches and Demonstration Painting

Calligraphy

The kanji word below is hanamizuki (dogwood) for those who want to practice their calligraphy.

Sketch

Here is a relatively simple sketch of dogwood leaves and blossoms for practice. My model for this sketch and my demonstration painting is Cornus florida, however bracts of that species do not have the strong pink tinge that I painted. The bracts of that species stay white. I have a source that showed pink bracts, but that may have been a hybrid.

Demonstration Painting

I chose to use mokkotsu-hō (without lines) strokes for the bracts of my flowers, but it is okay to use senbyō-hō if you wish.

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