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Japanese Ink Painting: Lessons Suiboku Technique (Designed for the Beginner)
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Japanese Ink Painting: Lessons Suiboku Technique (Designed for the Beginner) in Chattanooga, TN
Current price: $16.95

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Japanese Ink Painting: Lessons Suiboku Technique (Designed for the Beginner) in Chattanooga, TN
Current price: $16.95
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Japanese Ink Painting: Lessons in Suiboku Technique
teaches beginners the fundamental techniques of
suiboku
, a form of Japanese ink painting.
Suiboku is considered to be a type of Japanese painting known as sumie. It adds water to emphasize the shading of black into gray in one brushstroke. With origins in China and a spiritual basis in Zen Buddhism, this form of brush painting—expressing nature's colors through shades of black ink monochrome—has been enjoyed throughout the centuries in Japan as a hobby for the amateur.
This Japanese painting book offers stepbystep lessons with easytounderstand explanations through nearly 60 illustrations. The numerous photographs at the end of the book, in addition to the works of great masters in the art of
, include several paintings by the author's pupils to prove what the amateur can achieve through careful observance of instructions and patient practice. As the author points out, this book is designed for the beginner, and "even the amateur can learn by himself and enjoy
as a hobby."
teaches beginners the fundamental techniques of
suiboku
, a form of Japanese ink painting.
Suiboku is considered to be a type of Japanese painting known as sumie. It adds water to emphasize the shading of black into gray in one brushstroke. With origins in China and a spiritual basis in Zen Buddhism, this form of brush painting—expressing nature's colors through shades of black ink monochrome—has been enjoyed throughout the centuries in Japan as a hobby for the amateur.
This Japanese painting book offers stepbystep lessons with easytounderstand explanations through nearly 60 illustrations. The numerous photographs at the end of the book, in addition to the works of great masters in the art of
, include several paintings by the author's pupils to prove what the amateur can achieve through careful observance of instructions and patient practice. As the author points out, this book is designed for the beginner, and "even the amateur can learn by himself and enjoy
as a hobby."
Japanese Ink Painting: Lessons in Suiboku Technique
teaches beginners the fundamental techniques of
suiboku
, a form of Japanese ink painting.
Suiboku is considered to be a type of Japanese painting known as sumie. It adds water to emphasize the shading of black into gray in one brushstroke. With origins in China and a spiritual basis in Zen Buddhism, this form of brush painting—expressing nature's colors through shades of black ink monochrome—has been enjoyed throughout the centuries in Japan as a hobby for the amateur.
This Japanese painting book offers stepbystep lessons with easytounderstand explanations through nearly 60 illustrations. The numerous photographs at the end of the book, in addition to the works of great masters in the art of
, include several paintings by the author's pupils to prove what the amateur can achieve through careful observance of instructions and patient practice. As the author points out, this book is designed for the beginner, and "even the amateur can learn by himself and enjoy
as a hobby."
teaches beginners the fundamental techniques of
suiboku
, a form of Japanese ink painting.
Suiboku is considered to be a type of Japanese painting known as sumie. It adds water to emphasize the shading of black into gray in one brushstroke. With origins in China and a spiritual basis in Zen Buddhism, this form of brush painting—expressing nature's colors through shades of black ink monochrome—has been enjoyed throughout the centuries in Japan as a hobby for the amateur.
This Japanese painting book offers stepbystep lessons with easytounderstand explanations through nearly 60 illustrations. The numerous photographs at the end of the book, in addition to the works of great masters in the art of
, include several paintings by the author's pupils to prove what the amateur can achieve through careful observance of instructions and patient practice. As the author points out, this book is designed for the beginner, and "even the amateur can learn by himself and enjoy
as a hobby."

















