Description
SUMI-E PAINTING: MODERN STYLE
Instructor – Nancy Smith Klos
March 3, 10, 17
10am – 2pm
Day 1: Intro to Sumi-e: Bamboo Practice!
Brushwork and mark-making begins our first session, with practice using the ink and Chinese brushes on rice papers. Value, gesture & expression will be explored with Sumi-e ink and some gouache. The study of bamboo offers a unique experience for students. Understanding similarities and differences in brushstrokes helps build a visual vocabulary to design original paintings from. Each student will have a series of practice “writings,” along with some “Written Bamboo paintings” on rice papers to bring home!
Day 2: Modern Sumi-e Practice: Floral Designs
Practicing drawing bamboo helps us to warmup and review. We then move into painting plants and flowers in the Japanese technique for kimono design. Students explore color and design with both gouache and ink and will bring home their practice samples of bamboo and their finished floral paintings on Japanese rice papers. These designs translate beautifully onto silks!
“Chrysanthemums”
Day 3
Modern Sumi-e: Landscape Painting
Sumi-e techniques for the traveler! How do you capture the essence of the places you visit?
You will find the essential lines throughout complex landscape and record them in your sketchbook and learn about mark-making. We will learn color mixing and contour line using Gouache and ink together. Students will create their own original paintings & writings.
ARTIST BIO Nancy lives, paints & teaches in Portland, Oregon. Her education includes a BA in Fine Art/French/ Art History from Connecticut College; studying Plein Air painting and Art History at Parsons School Of Design (Paris), and Pictorial Tapestry and Surface Design study at Oregon College Of Art & Craft. She was Artist in Residence at the Lan Su Chinese Garden and at the Hawk Creek Gallery. Both residencies were featured in Plein Air & Out Door Magazines. Nancy has extensive experience teaching art classes and workshops (drawing & painting, design, composition, color theory, art history, Sumi-e and has served as a juror for art completions. She has taken part in numerous art shows, most recently the “Plein Aire & Alla Prima Fall Group Show” at Oregon Society of Artists, and the “Around the Mountain” two-person show at Glacier Haus on Mt. Hood. In 2018 Nancy authored her own article for Plein Air Magazine:
Her website: www.ateliernangallery.com Instagram: Nancy.Klos
MATERIALS LIST FOR PRACTICING SUMI-E
- Please bring a sketchbook to each session: 8”x10” or 10”x10”
- Yasumoto Traditional Chinese black ink
- Pad of Japanese sketch paper 12”x18” (48 sheets)
- Large piece of felt (12”x24”)
- Apron & containers for water
- White ceramic bowl for ink
- Sumi-e brushes: fine point, medium round, flat hake (1” – 2”)
I provide all the paint you will need during the workshop. I have a variety to show you and then we can discuss what you are used to painting with and how to select colors for this class.
Look for STUDENT discounts around town! My class & workshop participants qualify…
Blick Art, Columbia Art Supply, Online, Artarama etc.
