Bamboo Chinese Brush Painting ("Sumi-e" in Japanese)

[TAURUSSHOISI]

looks great man!

[MaMofan1]

Your technique is wrong, the leaves of bamboo sould be long, and sharp pointed. And the joints of bamboo fails so much..

[blueheronarts]

@MaMofan1 Thanks for pointing that out!:-) "The wonder is in between the resembling and dis-resembling." (Master Ch'i Pai-shih)

[auraguardian12345]

going to buy a set of those for christmas for myself :3

[Filmskra]

Wow! I'm not Chinese I'm Irish but I'm actually starting to do this type of Chinese art it's very eliguent and I just did my first painting today!

[MrEarthman123]

aawesome



[wotan121285]

Your work is really amazing.

I wish I can learn from you. I posted a video underneath called Asian Prints. It is not as good as your work of art but if you want to post comments and advices you are much welcomed.

[wotan121285]

I really love your style, I wish I can learn from you and get better.

I posted a video called Asian Prints. My work is not as good as yours but if you want to post critics and advices you are much welcomed.

Thank you.

Thomas FISCHER from France

[165limkayo]

very nice

[165limkayo]

wonderfull

[x3loveyuki]

Is there a certain way you dip your brush to create that effect?

[blueheronarts]

@x3loveyuki Yes, try this: at first you can load water->light ink and dark ink; paint until it exhausts, then just add water to paint to the brush to complete the paiting. Thanks!

[aliedesuacido]

im sorrry i know this is off topic but i want to know if you know how to make a paintbrush like new at first my brush was pointed now it spread apart

[blueheronarts]

@aliedesuacido There is a remedy for it: try to use peach sap glue water to make it pointed and let it dry. After several days open the brush with water. This may not help if the brush is too old and lost too much bristle. Are you talking about calligraphy or painting? For Calligraphy, there is not much we can do about it. But any brush should be useful for painting, my suggestions: 1) Use it for other purpose like landscape painting. 2) Trim it to make it a smaller brush for drawing lines.

[MsBabbi]

I only have one brush. It's long, has god long hairs, and the hairs is (in my oppinion) rather soft. Should I use another brush for painting bamboo, and if so: where can I get one?

[MsBabbi]

@MsBabbi AND:

It's like the one you use in the video:

Twisting - a Trick of Chinese Brush Painting. :)

Please help me :)

[r0zesefid]

what's the name of the brush? where can I buy it?

(: thnx for de video!!!!

[blueheronarts]

@r0zesefid waterbrush pens. You can get them from our online store. BlueHeronArtscom I have updated the link in the video description.

[cometmoon]

I have brushes that came with the Chinese Brush Animals kit. Would those be suitable for this kind of painting?

[blueheronarts]

@cometmoon Yes, but a good wolf (stiff) hair brush might help a little bit in painting bamboo.

[cometmoon]

@blueheronarts Thank you very much! :)

[red8hk]

Beautiful bamboo painting !

[jisfruit]

Amazing how you use your light brush strokes as light.

Beautiful. I love bamboos paintings.

[WisdomQuoteofTheDay]

very nice! Thank you.

[MyWojti]

SUPER!!! BRAVO!!!!

[Boomappel]

It looks beautiful and yet so easy... I might even try it myself! Is that a special brush?

[upnadam2create]

One of the better bamboo I have seen

[Karesalot]

Do you ever, go over the gray with green on your bamboo paintings? I watched the movie "Memoirs of a Geisha" (different country) but they drove thru a bamboo forest, it appeared as white, it was beautiful, If you have not seen that movie, it was awsome the photography. Your video is five stars!

[Karesalot]

Awsome start showing the bamboo plant and then as a back drop some of your bamboo paintings and then to the lesson, it just ties it all together. You are a good teacher!

[wasashi288]

i noe which series but i noe only the chinese name not the english

[vvvvvvv99]

What a great painter!

I've noticed that you used a special brush for bamboo painting.

Where could I get this type of brush?

I'm really curious about it.

Thanks!

[shoshanna53]

I noticed the pots of colors. Do you use paints or colored inks on your gorgeous paintings? I love to watch you work. Your hand movements are like a lovely dance. What are good inks/paints to buy?

Thank you so much for sharing the beauty you create.

[anamarie8]

i forgot to say your work is beautiful!

[blueheronarts]

Thank you!

[anamarie8]

can you say something about the two brushes you are using

and also the "paint"

i have been using a "chinese" natural bristle brush but it does not hold its shape firm enough or go back to it's shape for something like the bamboo stalks which are firmly defined.

thank u. this video commentary is very good.

[blueheronarts]

This synthetic brush is more elastic than the natural hair. There are roughly two kinds of brushes: stiff and soft. I would use a stiff brush for painting bamboo. Your brush sound very suitable for landscape.

[anamarie8]

thank u for your reply.

is this ink or watercolor?

[blueheronarts]

I use bottled Sumi-e Ink.

[mistressnat]

I saw another artist paint the stalk with the brush held sideways, almost flat against the paper. I think the reason was to create a wider stalk using the full length of the bristles. Is this considered proper technique?

[burikikay]

marvelous!!!! i love it

[blueheronarts]

Thank you! Thank to the modern technology, we can now keep this traditional art form alive and share it with people all over the world see it.

[ticklememonet]

Is there any significance to the direction the bamboo leaves are facing? Are the leaves always painted downward?

[blueheronarts]

1st, it has to do, objectively, with the deferent stages in bamboo growth, i.e., young bamboo shoots vs. grownups. In storm the leaves go with the wind direction. And 2nd, it is, subjectively, the expression of the artist feelings and mood, usually poetic in traditional Chinese painting. Technically speaking, you need to pick one dominant direction, either upward or down ward, in a single painting. Yes, downwards are more common and that's why the Chinese character for bamboo is " 竹 ".