I got to know Japanese paintings in a textbook of fine arts for the first time. It was a masterpiece of Taikan Yokoyama. I was interested in it at the time and I surprised that we have own technique of the art.
Taikan Yokoyama 『Kakikouyo』
I graduated in Japanese painting at the Tama Art University. I talked about Japanese painting and its process at the workshop in January. Japanese painting is a traditional technique of the art. In this report, I explain Japanese painting, my work and why I chose Japanese painting.
I got to know Japanese paintings in a textbook of fine arts for the first time. It was a masterpiece of Taikan Yokoyama. I was interested in it at the time and I surprised that we have own technique of the art.
Japanese painting includes unique and natural materials, such as Nikawa (glue), Gohun (Japanese chalk), Iwa-enogu (powdered mineral pigments) and other natural pigments.
Nikawa needs to dip into the water and gets swollen before using. And melt Nikawa in hot water (70 degrees Celsius). ( rate of Nikawa and water in my way: 1stick of sanzenbon + 5 cubes of deer nikawa + 200cc water.)
Gohun is flaky. We grind it up and make powder. We prepare a panel for painting.
Put Nikawa into ground Gohun little by little and make a ball.
This is Nikawa ball. Beat Nikawa ball on a plate.
Submerge Nikawa ball in boiling water for a while. Throw water away.
Put Nikawa and water again and make liquid Gofun.
Paper on a panel is coated with liquid Nikawa.
Washi is made from plants (Mitsumata, Kouzo, Ganpi) with traditional process.
Iwa-enogu is made of natural ores. But today, we use not only natural Iwaenogu but also artificial materials.
Natural colour (天然岩絵具), Artificial colour (新岩絵具、合成岩絵具…), Suihi (干水)
1 and 2 are same clour but different fineness. 1 is No.9. 2 is No.12. 3 is from turquoise. 4 is from azurite. 5 are Suihi. 6 is from cinnabar. 7 is cochineal. 8 is from malachitea.
There are many types of brushes.
These types of brushes are for painting or making a surface.
Main motif is flowers. Please see my pages!
(c) Ai Takeuchi 2012-