Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Sumi-e Ink Paintings

Sumi-e ink painting is always a great value study. Diluting ink to get 5-7 shades of value looks harder then it really is! 

7th graders were asked to create a wet-in-wet background with watercolor and then paint either bamboo stalks or a tree form over the background. At least 5 different values of ink had to be shown. We practiced traditional Sumi-e methods before we worked on our final projects as well as creating value scales from ink. 3D tissue paper "blossoms" were added for color and dimension.




4 comments:

  1. These are STUNNING! I love the variety of materials used- thanks for sharing!

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  2. You have AMAZING, talented students! These are so beautiful and colorful.

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  3. Do you happen to have a lesson plan for this activity? I'd love to see it!

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