Master sumi-e painter Angie Dixon demonstrates the bamboo joint, bone, and leaf brush strokes.
Dixon says a great sumi-e painting combines a variety of wet and dry, light and dark, thick and thin brush strokes. She says you can’t fix a brush stroke, but you can enhance it.
Demo by Angie Dixon
Beginning Sumi-e Student Work
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Laia was a groundbreaking female artist in a male-dominated era. Born in Cyzicus (present-day Turkey) in the 1st century BCE, she earned her place in history with her exceptional portraits of women, a rarity at that time. Pliny the Elder praised her quick and high-quality work, noting she could crush her male peers in both …
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Search for #30sal on Instagram and along with our 775+ recent art posts, you’ll likely see this photo by pedramparsaaa posted in 2017, tagged #30sal. Yes, Pedram, we hijacked your hashtag. Wednesday is the “See and Respond” day for challenges. Today, let’s give something back to Pedram. Use his pic above as inspiration for an …
Beginning Sumi-e Painting Workshop with Angie Dixon
Student’s table
Demos
Master sumi-e painter Angie Dixon demonstrates the bamboo joint, bone, and leaf brush strokes.
Dixon says a great sumi-e painting combines a variety of wet and dry, light and dark, thick and thin brush strokes. She says you can’t fix a brush stroke, but you can enhance it.
Demo by Angie Dixon
Beginning Sumi-e Student Work
[gallery ids=”13492,13491,13490,13489,13488,13487,13486,13485,13484,13483,13482,13481,13480″ onclick=”link_no Today’s Beginning Sumi-e workshop with Angie Dixon sold out. She will be teaching another workshop here soon. If you are interested in studying ink and don’t want to miss the next workshop, send us a note. We’ll send you a special invitation as soon as it’s posted.
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Search for #30sal on Instagram and along with our 775+ recent art posts, you’ll likely see this photo by pedramparsaaa posted in 2017, tagged #30sal. Yes, Pedram, we hijacked your hashtag. Wednesday is the “See and Respond” day for challenges. Today, let’s give something back to Pedram. Use his pic above as inspiration for an …