Chinese and Japanese Sumie Ink Brush Painting Ink

Chinese and Japanese Sumi-e (Ink Brush Painting) Ink and wash painting originally developed in China. The Sumi-e brush painting of Japan has it's origins in traditional Chinese painting. In China and Japan, calligraphy and painting were traditionally considered one and the same. The same brush strokes that were used in writing were also used in traditional Chinese and Japanese painting. 1) Within these paintings I see _______________ as a main theme. 2) The painters used the technique of texture to create ___________________________. 3) When the artists include writing they usually put it __________ because _____________. 4) To make these paintings better I would add ___________________________. 5) In my opinion _____________ is the best of these paintings because _____________, __________ and ______________. 6) ____________ Is the most important thing to do while working on Sumi-e Painting. Waterfall and Rapids, Jikihara Gyokusei 直原玉青 (1904 -2005). Landscape by Dong Qichang, 1555– 1636 China, Ming dynasty, 1617 Ink on paper 38. 3 x 128. 2 cm (15 1/16 x 50 1/2 in. )

Hidden Valley, after Guo Xi by Chang Dai-chien (1899– 1983) China, Republic period, 1962– 63 Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper 193 x 101. 6 cm (76 x 40 in. ) The inscription reads: "Guo Heyang painted a work called Hidden Valley. . . Twenty years ago, the scroll came into the possession of my friend. . . Since the painting has never ceased to occupy my mind, I recently took a different path and made this reinterpretation of it, expressing my creative mood spontaneously through the tip of my brush. " Choose One Artwork to analyze below: Bamboo in the Wind by Wu Zhen (1280– 1354) China, Yuan dynasty, 1350 Hanging scroll; ink on paper 109. 0 x 32. 6 cm (43 x 13 in. )