by Lilith Ohan | Dec 11, 2014 | Sumi-e
Internet has given us incredible advantages for learning, social interactions, entertainment and especially for creative people, a way of showing, reaching with their work to a far larger audience than they ever could. This is only a small portion of it’s...
by Lilith Ohan | Nov 27, 2014 | Sumi-e
I have posted my Sumi-e painting above on Instagram, as I do periodically. Among many “like”s there was a comment; “Did you paint this? The question surprised me…..”Who else?”, was going to be my reply. With my awakened ego, I hurried to check who this person...
by Lilith Ohan | Oct 31, 2014 | Blog, Thoughts on Art
Well it is almost three years that I am blogging. Initially it was one entry a month….and it would take me almost a whole month to write it. I have always thought that my means of expression is only visual and that words have no room in this visual...
by Lilith Ohan | Oct 16, 2014 | Sumi-e
Back to my Sumi-e painting class. I find through teaching, out of necessity, I find ways of making the inquisitive Western minds relate and let go of the habitual ways of seeing and creating. This is the space where Eastern and Western concepts merge…… So...
by Lilith Ohan | Oct 3, 2014 | Blog, Learn SUMI-E, Thoughts on Art
I remember when I was a student learning Sumi-e. Having former education in Fine Arts; Western approach, aesthetics and of course the mentality, I was eager to understand, to figure out things and had many questions. My Japanese teacher’s (Tomoko Kodama)...
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