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  1. This is my #mom. She was my first #art teachers. She used to make #beautiful #blackandwhite #inkdrawings and #spoton #sumiink (Japanese #brush art). Now she does not #draw as much anymore. Occasionaly we go on a #urbansketching trip togheter, though. Here we're #drawing toghether and she says: 'oh, that is #artistic #freedom ... or something like that'.

    #love her! ❤️✨

  2. I took this photo this morning and thought it looked like one large brush stroke.

    #sumi #sumiink #ink #brushwork

  3. Wow, the production of traditional artisanal #Sumi ink for Japanese #calligraphy is way more involved than I'd thought: youtu.be/GSuFSYY-X9w (or youtube.com/shorts/K7cm-8FR_6k if you prefer it in Shorts form...)
    From making the fine wicks, to lighting the candles, to collecting the soot, to preparing the animal glue, to kneading all ingredients together, to pressing them into blocks, to pre-drying them with oak ashes, to air-drying them for at least four years, all done by hand.
    No wonder these #ink sticks are expensive!

    #TodayILearned #TodayILearnt #TIL #Japanese #JapaneseCalligraphy #SumiInk #artisanal #art #artSupplies #InsiderBusiness