bamboo gratification

bamboo ( 竹 take) is so forgiving, anything relatively well drawn looks good. i think i'm going to specialise in bamboo drawing. will follow the rest of the four gentlemen  though but the practise will concentrate in bamboo.

some more fortunate than others yet highly rewarding

neki desu

 

working week

working plan for the week ;600 fine silk threads to be threaded and sleyed. tannin, madder and walnut dyed work  will go through the weekend , no rush.

neki desu

 

seriously going for broke

these are the colored inksticks i brought back from japan last year.i bought the three traditional colors i found but was missing beni as the store didn't have it. the longing was settled in. fast forward and now as i am taking sumi-e classes i convinced myself that it was ok to source it from japan. and as the shipping was going to be the same whether i bought one or five.....

the people that i know who went to japan last year were not too enthusiastic about bringing the beni stick back. and mind you i was going to have it delivered at their hotel  ¯\ ( ツ ) /¯ .

 i flip out when i read of people doing a crowdfunding bcse they want to go to japan and the reason behind is bcse they are wonderful people.  i have to depend on  the wherewithal to go there.

maybe i'm cultivating excellent karma.

neki desu