the Japanese art of painting dragons with a single brush stroke,
the Japanese art of painting dragons with a single brush stroke,
it seems scarcely possible that it can be done but the Sumie painters of Kousyuuya Studio in Nikko, Japan, can do just that, the
delicate technique is known as ‘hitofude ryuu’, which literally means ‘dragon
with one stroke’, and it’s been around for four generations, watching these painters create a perfect dragon, with all the shades and
scales, in just a couple of seconds is a true delight, it all looks so
effortless, but there’s a lot of hard work and practise involved in getting the
stroke right, to create a single dragon painting, the Sumie artists first
make the ornate head with various flourishes, using a smaller brush, then, they
dip a much larger sumie brush into the desired paint colour and simply swipe it
across the canvas in one swift movement,
you really have to watch a video to realise the
brilliance of the technique, the master painters seem to be making a single, long stroke, but if you
watch closely, there are actually tiny, almost undetectable hand movements
which result in the staggered design, this makes the body of the dragon come
alive, appearing to writhe across the canvas, so here is one, enjoy.
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