Sumie and Aikido

Sumie gives reality an even greater form as the vitality of the martial arts comes out in painting.

In both sumie and Aikido Ki or life essence is important and this is maybe why they both compliment each other.

Here is a link to some paintings of Aikido
Aikido and Sumie paintings

Sumie Paintings

Sumie Paintings for sale as Prints

Choose any painting and email me to order

Size A4 on photographic paper

Cost $30 each plus

Buy 2 or more prints for $25 each

Postage
 (postage $4 to Australia)

Framed Sumie. How to mount paintings

Mounting oriental brush paintings is a time consuming job and needs a lot of practice to get it correct. Having said that even the best days have their less than perfect jobs.  This is due to the fragile nature of the rice paper and the fact that air bubbles can get under the or between the mounting card paper and the rice paper and are difficult to remove sometimes.  However there are some tricks to it.

Here is a demonstration of the basics of framing.

This is the traditional way to back a painting. I have always done mine like this.

Variations in papers and glue

The only variation I have used is in the backing papers.

Usually my teacher suggested watercolor paper which is thick and stiff.

Over the years I found that wallpaper backing paper was very useful and also because it had a mould resistant element in the glue, however nowadays it is not easy to find.

The other element is the glue which I usually mixed myself using wall paper glue found at a paint shop.  This has a mould inhibitor as well usually in it.

The other kind of glue you can use is the aerosol kind found in art shops.










This is a video of another style of framing called dry mounting using silicone backed paper.

This technique can be traced to this URL ; Blue Heron Arts  and here Blue Heron arts dry mounting rice paper

Black Birds " Oh ! No "

Two blackbirds and a cherry tree

Haru was reading poetry
On His back porch
Black birds Attack

Wudang mountain man

This man from the mountain or hsien in Chinese is cultivating internal essence or chi.  He treads lightly on mother earth and has been rolling around in the leaves.  He is carefree and liberated in himself and a slave to nobody least of all himself.

  Maybe a self portrait.  Art reflects your soul so be true with your brush.

Zen mind

Haiku
Crescent moon hangs
1000 stars humming light
Feintly distant a dogs bark

Tea and Zen

Wild horse

The Horse is a symbol of freedom and virility in many cultures and Sumie attempts to capture the life and movement in each subject.  In Asia Ki or Chi is the essence of all living things.