Sumi-e
Sumi-e is a style of painting that is characteristically Asian, and has been practiced for well over a thousand years. Literally ink painting, it is an art form that strives to distill the essence of an object or scene in the fewest possible strokes. A few carefully placed broad strokes that fade off abruptly, a few thin lines and a dot, and a bird is clearly called into being on the paper.
I have always wanted to be able to do this type of painting, and come back to it again and again, but alas, my aspiration far outstrips my talent with a brush.
This was done entirely with Photoshop brushes, from Noir Cat and Coreaux found on Deviant Art and Brusheezy, on a rice paper texture layer from T4L.
Very lovely!!!
ReplyDeleteI used brush painting also!
Gorgeous style of understated yet so beautifully symbolic and meaningful oriental theme art Linda- love this!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, Linda!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! So peaceful.
ReplyDeleteLoved reading about the art style. The imagery is gorgeous, so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLinda you did make a sumi-e painting and it's really super!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info on Sumi-e, which is new to me. This is a lovely example!
ReplyDeleteI so love this. Beautiful work. I have an artist friend who does the most beautiful watercolour oriental brushwork flowers and I am lucky enough to have two of her paintings. They always give me such pleasure. Hugs xx
ReplyDeleteLike you, I have always been fascinated with this type of art. The artists make it look so easy. As you mentioned - a slash of the brush, a thin stroke there - and voila an elegant and beautiful picture appears. This one is exquisite.
ReplyDeleteIt is beautiful.
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Wow, that's breathtaking.
ReplyDeleteLinda, this is an exquisite and scrumptious piece of oriental art. Brilliant.
ReplyDeleteYou emulated the sumi-e elengantly. Very beautiful.
ReplyDeleteIt's gorgeous, Linda. I don't have much control with the brushes. Maybe you could use this digital one and copy it with real ink.
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