Author: LQ Zhen
Discover the excitement of painting with a Chinese brush under the expert guidance of a professional artist. The book is illustrated to perfection with easy to follow instructions.
Learn to master the four basic brushstrokes of Japanese ink painting and create beautiful brush paintings of your own. Sumi-e is the classic painting style of Japan and its graceful simplicity has been admired all over the world. This book is an ideal introduction to sumi-e suitable for children ten and up as well as beginners. Each new brush stroke is explained step by step with easy to follow illustrations. Sumi-e strokes build on one and another so after learning just a few strokes you will be able to paint a variety of elegant animals, flowers and trees.