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I've been working a bit on my Sumi-E and have been frustrated at how awful they have been.
Yesterday especially, other than some winter maintenance I spent my time on my brushwork and was disappointed with everything.
Maybe the practice is beginning to make a difference though, or maybe I am less hard on myself because when I took a break from other things and did a few Sumi-E, I was much happier with them.
They obviously aren't very good yet, but they are not throw-away bad as the others were.
I am still just working on the 4 brush strokes, at this time I can't imagine how the painters combined strokes to be something else, seems impossibly difficult.
The sepia background has sprayed walnut oil a friend gave me. I think that stuff is supposed to be sprayed on after adding ink or graphite or whatever. It's an awful background to work over.
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Yesterday especially, other than some winter maintenance I spent my time on my brushwork and was disappointed with everything.
Maybe the practice is beginning to make a difference though, or maybe I am less hard on myself because when I took a break from other things and did a few Sumi-E, I was much happier with them.
They obviously aren't very good yet, but they are not throw-away bad as the others were.
I am still just working on the 4 brush strokes, at this time I can't imagine how the painters combined strokes to be something else, seems impossibly difficult.
The sepia background has sprayed walnut oil a friend gave me. I think that stuff is supposed to be sprayed on after adding ink or graphite or whatever. It's an awful background to work over.
c
