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!