Demonstration Art - Roses

Last week, we studied the making and use of three shades of sumi; nōbuko (dark ink), chūboku (medium shade of ink), and tanboku (light ink shade).

The focus this week is on painting with two types of strokes; senbyōhō and mōkkōtsuhō. Senbyōhō is painting with lines, like outlining or sketching. Mōkkōtsuhō is boneless (without lines) painting.

A painting style that combines the two techniques is called kōrokutensaihō; i.e. mōkkōtsuhō strokes are outlined by senbyōhō strokes. It doesn't matter which strokes are painted first.

The following pictures are models you might consider using for your paintings. Consider experimenting with senbyōhō and mōkkōtsuhō strokes, and see what happens when you paint kōrokutensaihō style.

This is the model I used for my demonstration paintings below:

There are two demonstration paintings this week. The first one shows the use of senbyōhō strokes.

This next one uses mōkkōtsuhō strokes.