Sumi e 墨絵風 also known as suiboku ga is japanese monochrome ink painting or ink wash painting.
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Sumi e paintings in essence are beautiful forms of art and they traditionally encompass philosophy as well.
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Many western students of japanese sumi e painting have never seen a living bamboo plant much less bamboo growing in groves.
Sumi e painting requires special brushes made of all natural materials and these brushes can be works of art themselves.
The origin of sumi e paintings have roots in chinese calligraphy which can be noted by the similar brush strokes.
Sumi brushes a type of japanese brush are designed for the sumi e or black ink in japanese style of painting and may contain a mix of both stiff and soft natural bristles.
But using only three strokes it is a relatively easy subject for beginners to sumi e.
It indicates one of the art forms in which subjects are painted with black ink in all possible gradations ranging pure black to the lightest shades achievable by dissolving ink in water.
These brushes are suitable for painting bamboo leaves landscapes.
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