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[Click image for a larger version.]	Sumi-e Book, The Learn to Master the Four Basic Brushstrokes of Japanese Ink Painting and Create Beautiful Brush Paintings of Your Own Author : Yolanda Mayhall Price: £12.99 In Stock ISBN-10 : 0-8230-5022-X ISBN-13 : 9780823050222 Pages : 128 Dimensions : 203 x 279mm Photographs : 120 b/w Binding : PB QuickFind Code:- 14679 Quantity *
Synopsis:- This ancient Japanese technique is ideal for teaching art to the beginner because the student is quickly able to create successful pictures with 4 basic brush strokes. Learn to master the four basic brushstrokes of Japanese ink painting and create beautiful brush paintings of your own Sumi-e is the classic painting style of Japan, and its graceful simplicity has been admired all over the world. This book is an ideal introduction to sumi-e, suitable for children (10 and up) as well as beginners. Each new brushstroke is explained step by step, with easy-to-follow illustrations. Sumi-e strokes build on one another, so that after learning just a few strokes, you will be able to paint a variety of elegant trees, flowers, and animals. Yolanda Mayhall spent years in Japan studying with renowned sumi-e masters Takeuchi and Saito. She now lectures and leads seminars on sumi-e for both adults and children. Mayhall lives in Dunnellon, Florida, where she is inspired by that region's half-wild Gulf Coast environment.

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