Sumi-e Painting Lesson Basic

This sumi-e video tutorial includes ; ①Preparation for Drawing, ②Draw Bamboo Leaves, ③Side Stroke(Soku-hitsu), ④Size of fude

1. Make sumi ink

Put water in the hole part of suzuri.
Have a sumi bar and dip it into the water.
Grind sumi bar on the no water part of suzuri.
Hold sumi bar with 45 degree toward the surface of suzuri.
Grind sumi bar with very little power and grind it like drawing circle.
Imagine that tiny particle coming out of the ink bar.
The sense of sumi ink rises meanwhile.
Done when the water turns out the black ink.

2. Put sumi into Fude

Put fude into the water.
Put fude onto the clothe in order to wipe water out.
Don't move fude, just put it on softly.
Shape the tip of the hair of fude(fude-saki) sharpened.
Put sumi ink into fude in the suzuri.
Squeeze sumi ink out of fude in the small white plate.
Draw fude on the edge of the small plate, to squeeze sumi out.

3. Calibrate the sumi ink black color

Put the water in fude.
Squeeze water out onto the sumi in the plate and mix it.
Squeeze out the whole mixed sumi-water, which turns out the light black.
Then, ladle that light black sumi into fude.
Dip the fude-saki into the sumi ink in suzuri.
Shape fude on the clothe.
You all set for drawing.

4. Draw Bamboo leaves : The example of straight stroke

Scratch back with the tip of the hair of fude (fude-saki)
Move down fude
Pushing fude onto the paper with moving down. (Two actions : moving and pushing)
The part of pushing fude will be the swell of the bamboo leaf
Then, Pulling fude off gradually along with the down-move of fude.(Two actions : moving and pulling )
Pull fude off with the fude-saki in order to get the bamboo leaf edge.
If you pull fude with the body of fude hair, the edge shape of bamboo leaf will be round.
In the end part of bamboo leaf drawing, fude leans down and the fude hair positioned at your side.
See the video the fude position change along with the fude hair.

5. Side stroke :

Prepare fude ( very very important )
Lean down fude with 0 degree at the paper.
Use the whole fude hair.
This technique apply to the tree trunk.

6. The size of fude

Fude hair is 3.5 cm length.
Made from the weasel.
I use only this size fude for all my works.
The change fude hair shape and control fude movement is essential for sumi-e technique.

Enjoy :)

日本語 : http://sumi-e.jp/draw/basic.htm

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[MegaAnabanana]

Hi:) I bought a sumi paint set, and it came with brushes, brush holder, ink stick, the dish you grind the ink stick in, a tiny bowl with a tiny spoon, and a beautifully painted white stone. The stone is heavy, and rectangular in shape, and I was wondering what is it for? I have no clue, and I would really like to know. Btw, I love your work and thank you for sharing.

[kazushimura]

. @MegaAnabanana hi, that must be a paper weight :)

[shuska1234]

I don' understand some things..how much water do we put in how much ink? and why do you mix step by step?

[kazushimura]

hi, you need to load brighter black to thick black in one brush hair so that you can get gradation. that's why step by step is necessary. In terms of the percentage of water to ink, 10% of ink and 90% of water will be the brightest black, almost gray. Kazu

[Murder Couture]

Haha, it is not a paper weight. It is soap stone for making your seal/chop mark.

[MrMixu96]

Kuvis haisee

[MrMixu96]

Kuvis tunnit on perseestä

[jasneskis]

This video explained a lot to me about loading the brush. thank you.

[aitorpc]

ありがとうございます for all four videotutorials, they are very useful and pretty.

[MrDMKTOONS]

I watched this whole thing, and all I could think was... "I'm painting happy little trees."

[kazushimura]

thanks for posting. My brush's hair weasel. It allows you to depict not only small details but great gradation, because of its elasticity.

[Kaprilov]

lol nice intro

[demeter48768]

Bits and Pieces catolog has a very nice beginners set. You can also but extra brushes and ink and a wondefully instructional book. All beautifully packaged and priced affordably.

[ashtray0belief]

ofcourse thank you very much :) i'll check out some art stores, cause you never know