Ink Masters

Inktober is here again 

Let us consider the East Asian masters of Ink on Silk and Paper.

Yes I know I do this every year but 

INKTOBER !!!

If you don't have access to good books with high quality reproductions visit Wikipedia and zoom in and look at the fine details of linework and gradients ! 

ASIAN INKTOBER - Hasegawa's Pines

#hasegawa #inktober2018

Ink is used with brushes too.

There is a technique of brushing called P'o Mo in Chinese and Haboku in Japanese

"splashed ink" used in suibokuga, sumi-e, and zenga style monochrome paintings.

One of the finest examples of this is HASEGAWA TOOHAKU 's PINES

A Painting on a Byoobu a folding screen.

You can see and download the whole set of screens from Wikipedia but its a massive file so here's just part of it.

Elegantly simple and restrained it works because the painter has observed real pines in a mist and like many geniuses, Eastern or Western, while traditionally trained, experimented with and studied other techniques and schools.

Hasegawa came or was adopted into a family of dyers and showing talent as a painter was sent to Kyoto for further studies with the Kano school. He also studied the suiboku works of SESSHU.

Take a look at both artists!