As a true beginner and self taught, I rely so much on books and instructional video about sumi-e. It's quite easy to download the sumi-e videos from the internet and to buy ink stick. But purchasing sumi brush, suzuri (ink stone/ink well) is a different story.
Sumi brush is very rare here and no Indonesian art store sells the utensils. I have contacted reputable art store in my town and some other stores in Jakarta but it all ended up with disappointment. Even Kinokuniya stores, a Japanese chain book and art store in Jakarta, don't have them for sale.
There were no options left for me but purchasing brushes and suzuri online. My friend Russian friend Origa who lives in Michigan recommended some US-based online stores while some Japanese friends named few stores in Tokyo, Fukuoka and Kyoto. Unfortunately, most japanese stores that receive online order do not have english pages. Even Kyukyodo, an art store in Fukuoka since 1663 is not an exception!
So, if you are interested in sumi-e and can't purchase your supplies from local store, you may try to contact info@awesomeartsupply.com. It's an art store in the US that sells most of supplies produced by Paragon Art.
A lone journey along the way of the brush and ink
Just a diary of a self taught in love with sumi-e, a personal account on this art, a healing for a guy in search for inner peace.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Return to my drawing table
Friday, July 27, 2012
Chrysanthemum leaves practice
Chrysanthemum is one of the Four Gentlemen. This flower, along with bamboo, plum and orchid are usually become basic training subject in sumi-e or ink brush painting. It was hard for me to take on this lesson for several reasons. The first is probably because I am not familiar with this beautiful flower and plant. I have no direct observation necessary in catching the spirit of the flower. So, all I did was downloading photos from different internet resources, spending quite some times on staring at the pictures, and doing the exercise. This is one of my exercise with chrysanthemum;
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Admiring strength, persistence and loyalty.
Friday, June 8, 2012
Bamboo shading
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