Japanese Black Ink Painting for Beginners

We are NOW OPEN for new member enrolment for our Japanese Black Ink Painting for Beginners Online Program course. JOIN NOW through midnight on Monday the 31st July 2023.

Join us in this online blended learning program where beginners will learn brushstrokes and techniques for painting grasses, flowers, trees, mountains and landscapes. Japanese Black Ink Painting (Sumi-e) is a unique art form using only black ink, handmade paper and a special brush. It is a calming and relaxing activity.

The program involves live group learning online sessions including guidance and feedback to improve personal progress, access to pre-recorded instructional videos members can watch in their own time, as well as Pop-Up Cafés (where people can meet up for tea and a chat), and a private members art community area where members can keep in touch and participate in events, meet-ups, and relaxing challenges in our own 'Live Room'.

Each subscriber can decide on their own way to engage with the many differen...

Japanese Black Ink Painting (Sumi-e) is a remarkable art form that uses only black ink, handmade paper, and a special brush.

In our online beginner's course membership, you will learn basic brushstrokes and techniques for painting grasses, flowers, trees, mountains and landscapes. The emphasis is in the process rather than the finished work.

Sumi-e is an art form that teaches self-awareness and helps the artist learn to see and feel. The mind must be clear and the body relaxed. In Japanese Black Ink Painting, the fewest possible brushstrokes are used to capture the essence of the subject being painted. It is a beautiful, unique and expressive art form.

The enrolment window for new Members will be opening soon. If you'd like to join the waitlist and be the first to know when it opens, click here.

In the meantime, immerse yourself in the beauty of nature whenever possible, and enjoy the forms, shapes, sounds, scents, colours, movements, feeling and beauty of the natural world around ...

Two new In-Person Japanese Black Ink Painting Workshops on in Ireland this July are now open for booking. The first is a One-Day Workshop at the Brú Ború Cultural Centre  beside the historic Rock of Cashel in Co. Tipperary on Saturday the 8th of July, and a Half-Day Workshop at the South Tipperary Arts Centre in Clonmel on Saturday the 15th of July. In these Workshops for Beginners, participants will learn brushstrokes and techniques for painting grasses, flowers, trees and mountains.

Sumi-e is the Japanese word for the Art of Black Ink Painting. It is a unique art form in which the fewest possible strokes are used to capture the essence of the subject being painted using only black ink, handmade paper and a special brush. It is calming and relaxing.

DETAILS AND BOOKING:

ONE-DAY WORKSHOP 8th July

Location: Brú Ború Cultural Centre, Cashel, Co. Tipperary (beside the historic Rock of Cashel)

Date: Saturday the 8th of July 2023

Time: 10am - 4pm with break for lunch (please bring you...