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Japanese ink-painting : lessons in Suiboku technique / Ryukyu Saito.

by Saitō, Ryūkyū.

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Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Pub., 1959.

Painting, Japanese.

Painting -- Technique.

9780804832601 (pbk.)

96 pages : illustrations ; 21 x 22 cm.

1. Suiboku : nature in nuances of black and white -- 2. The painter's tools -- The brush : fude -- The ink : sumi -- The inkstone : suzuri -- The paper : kami -- Other equipment -- 3. The fundamentals -- The way of the brush -- The tempo of strokes -- The nuances of sumi -- The charm of wet and dry -- 4. The "four gentlemen" : first lessons -- The orchid : ran and kei -- The bamboo : také -- The plum : ume -- The chrysanthemum : kiku -- 5. Advanced techniques -- "Broken ink" and "splashed ink" : haboku and hatsuboku -- "Without bones" : bokkotsu -- "Spot and substance" : tentai -- 6. Advanced lessons -- Turnip -- Grapes -- Eggplant and cucumber -- Iris -- Pine tree -- Hillsides -- Figures -- Rocks -- Camellia -- Water lily -- Goldfish -- Shrimp -- Squid -- Trees -- Larks -- Thistle -- Mandarin duck -- Baby birds -- Tree in the rain -- Magnolia -- Swallow -- Hen and chicks -- 7. Exemplars -- 1. Paintings by classic masters -- 2. Paintings by the author -- 3. Paintings by the author's pupils.

Beginner's manual including ink and watercolor combinations.

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