Japanese Brush Painting
Take a journey into the meditative world of Japanese ink painting or Sumie. You'll explore the traditional, contemporary and creative styles of Oriental brush painting and how to work with the four treasures: ink, inkstone, brushes and papers.
Riki will teach you the brush strokes needed to express the essence of four plants: Bamboo, Orchid, Blossoms and Chrysanthemums. You’ll practice calligraphy with brush and ink on rice paper to build experience, brush skills and design.
Riki will teach you the traditional process of stretching a painting onto another sheet of rice paper to make the artwork more durable and ready for display and framing.
Creative and contemporary brush painting and mark-making will be encouraged. You’ll also use some of your painted papers to create collage on canvas.
An extensive Oriental library will be available for you to research and familiarise yourself with various styles.
You will take home your paintings, some will be stretched onto paper ready to put in a frame as well as one canvas that you created by collaging painted papers onto the canvas. As well as plenty of handouts so you can reflect after Camp Creative and keep painting.
AGE: Suitable for ages 16 to adult
SKILL LEVEL: Everyone - Suitable for a range of experience and skill. Tutors understand that there will be varying skill levels and will adapt to the needs and interests of all students.
SCHEDULE: Full Days - Monday 13 to Friday 17 January 2025 - 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
VENUE: Bellingen High School
Take a journey into the meditative world of Japanese ink painting or Sumie. You'll explore the traditional, contemporary and creative styles of Oriental brush painting and how to work with the four treasures: ink, inkstone, brushes and papers.
Riki will teach you the brush strokes needed to express the essence of four plants: Bamboo, Orchid, Blossoms and Chrysanthemums. You’ll practice calligraphy with brush and ink on rice paper to build experience, brush skills and design.
Riki will teach you the traditional process of stretching a painting onto another sheet of rice paper to make the artwork more durable and ready for display and framing.
Creative and contemporary brush painting and mark-making will be encouraged. You’ll also use some of your painted papers to create collage on canvas.
An extensive Oriental library will be available for you to research and familiarise yourself with various styles.
You will take home your paintings, some will be stretched onto paper ready to put in a frame as well as one canvas that you created by collaging painted papers onto the canvas. As well as plenty of handouts so you can reflect after Camp Creative and keep painting.
AGE: Suitable for ages 16 to adult
SKILL LEVEL: Everyone - Suitable for a range of experience and skill. Tutors understand that there will be varying skill levels and will adapt to the needs and interests of all students.
SCHEDULE: Full Days - Monday 13 to Friday 17 January 2025 - 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
VENUE: Bellingen High School
Take a journey into the meditative world of Japanese ink painting or Sumie. You'll explore the traditional, contemporary and creative styles of Oriental brush painting and how to work with the four treasures: ink, inkstone, brushes and papers.
Riki will teach you the brush strokes needed to express the essence of four plants: Bamboo, Orchid, Blossoms and Chrysanthemums. You’ll practice calligraphy with brush and ink on rice paper to build experience, brush skills and design.
Riki will teach you the traditional process of stretching a painting onto another sheet of rice paper to make the artwork more durable and ready for display and framing.
Creative and contemporary brush painting and mark-making will be encouraged. You’ll also use some of your painted papers to create collage on canvas.
An extensive Oriental library will be available for you to research and familiarise yourself with various styles.
You will take home your paintings, some will be stretched onto paper ready to put in a frame as well as one canvas that you created by collaging painted papers onto the canvas. As well as plenty of handouts so you can reflect after Camp Creative and keep painting.
AGE: Suitable for ages 16 to adult
SKILL LEVEL: Everyone - Suitable for a range of experience and skill. Tutors understand that there will be varying skill levels and will adapt to the needs and interests of all students.
SCHEDULE: Full Days - Monday 13 to Friday 17 January 2025 - 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
VENUE: Bellingen High School
course info
Please read all course information below before purchasing tickets for this event.
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DAY ONE
The equipment of the Oriental studio: ink, brushes and rice papers
Basic calligraphy strokes and the classic subject of Bamboo.
DAY TWO
Making ink
Calligraphy practice
Blossoms in a variety of styles
Signing paintings and developing your own signature
DAY THREE
Making ink
Calligraphy practice
Orchid
A demonstration of the traditional method of stretching rice paper - students can choose to stretch their artwork
DAY FOUR
Making ink
Calligraphy practice
Chrysanthemum
Signing paintings
Stretching artworks
Students will collage painted papers onto canvas – this can be realistic, semi abstract or abstract
DAY FIVE
Write a final piece of calligraphy
Review the week and time for questions
Students will finish their canvas and stretch their artworks, ready to take home
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Please bring the following on your first day of class:
Apron
Notebook
Pen
Oriental brushes (if you have them)
This class has an extra materials cost of $40, which is payable directly to the tutor.
Once you book your ticket, the tutor will be in touch to arrange payment.
Cost of $40 includes the use of:
Inkstones
Inksticks
Felt to work on
Water bowls and small dishes
Paper
Brushes
A canvas
Glue for collaging and stretching paintings
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No experience required.
“Riki is a fantastic teacher - very knowledgeable, very enthusiastic, very inclusive. She managed to succinctly get across the subtleties of Japanese painting and calligraphy and its whole body, whole life context. She covered a wide subject area including stretching a finished work and personalising it with a signature and stamp. The class was suitable for both beginners and experienced.”
YOUR COURSE TUTOR
Riki Allsop
Riki happily shares her skills and joy of Japanese brush painting, Sumie.
Riki was born and grew up in Austria, and she found her passion for Oriental ink painting in the 1980s in Japan. She studied textiles and art at Nakayama Kobo in Tokyo, Japan and also with various artists in Australia and Japan, including Richard Liddicut, Andre Sollier, Kyoko Onagi, Andrew Lo and Iseko Arai.
She is an Australian Chinese Painting Society member and has had solo and group exhibitions in Australia, Europe, Japan and South America.
She has over thirty years of experience teaching Japanese brush painting in various settings – weekly classes, art groups, art projects, workshops and Camp Creative. She enjoys teaching – students always inspire her and her art practice.
Riki is passionate about Oriental ink painting and is a practising artist involved in local and international art projects.
