Books and Media - Sumi Painting - Books

Japanese ink painting emphasizes suggestion, simplicity and harmony with nature, by capturing the essence of an object with the fewest, quickest brushstrokes. This book contains everything needed to get started in the art of sumi-e.

For painting elegant trees, flowers, and animals in classic style of Japan. Shows basic brush strokes. Effective intro to graceful simplicity of Sumi-e. Graphic instructions. Paperback, 128 pages. (Yolanda Mayhall).

A natural follow-up to the best seller The Sumi-e Book, author Yolanda Mayhill shows how to take the classic brushstroke techniques to a new level of painting. Included is a review of materials and basic brush strokes known as the Four Gentlemen.