by Lilith Ohan | May 6, 2017 | Blog, Learn SUMI-E
My online Sumi- e school is alive and active now. My first and second courses were demonstrations of my painting process for Sumi-e Painting. My method is unique. It is based on my late teacher Tomoko Kodama’s method, which was developed to facilitate the...
by Lilith Ohan | Mar 17, 2017 | Blog, Learn SUMI-E
In this short Youtube video/class I am demonstrating my process for Sumi-e painting of the four leaf clover, using the strokes of the Chinese/Japanese “Luck” character. I am assuming that you already have a background in Sumi-e painting and hopefully are familiar with...
by Lilith Ohan | Mar 1, 2017 | Blog, Learn SUMI-E, Sumi-e
A modern upbringing, regardless if it is of Western or Eastern origin, is heavily outcome oriented. When we start any endeavour, regardless of what it is, we already envision and strive for a specific product/result. This applies to creating art as well. There are...
by Lilith Ohan | Feb 1, 2017 | Blog, Learn SUMI-E, Sumi-e
Since I published my course “Sumi-e Painting of a Rooster Using Its Calligraphy” I have been getting quite a few comments and questions about the idea of using the calligraphic language or calligraphic strokes to paint. It is somehow viewed as an unusual way of...
by Lilith Ohan | Jan 27, 2017 | Blog, Learn SUMI-E, Sumi-e
As it is the Chinese New Year of the Rooster as of January 28th, I have put the work on my main course on hold and created a crash mini course to give an overview, an idea of the method that I teach and I use in my own paintings. In this course, I show how to paint...
by Lilith Ohan | Nov 23, 2016 | Blog, Learn SUMI-E, Sumi-e
As I have explained in my previous two posts, we Westerners need to develop few skills that Eastern artists have in them traditionally. To understand this post better, I would recommend you to read them prior to reading this. If you haven’t read them already...
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