Communicative Deviations

Welcome to impressionism! I'm not a big fan of the quickness of it; the premise is that you spend approximately 10-20 minutes on a painting (plus the time before practicing balance), so yes, they look kind of like kid's paintings. I had to go back to some of the more involved work, since there are still some ideas I have to spill onto paper.

It was pretty neat finishing up the octopus and bridge with blue pine tree painting, because while I was doing that, my teacher was with another 'sumi-e' teacher, showing her her English teaching methods, so i listened in on their conversation. Apparently the inkwell is called うみ(sea) in Japanese.



I also did a collaboration with a guy from ceramics named Matthias. I did some designs on two pieces for him, and he'll do a bowl and mug for me in return. Yay!

I need to do homework, but I keep drawing instead. Damn, i need to organize my time better.

So, I have been keeping pretty busy lately. Midterms were this week, and before that was spring break in Korea, and so either way I haven't made the time to sit for a few hours on the computer and upload both here and to the travel journal. Hopefully this week I can burn some time doing more than posting the latest sumi-e and my best sketchbook work here. A few more octopuses, some flowers, and experimentation.