How to load the brush and paint bamboo leaves in black ink in Chinese brush and sumi-e technique.
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Learn more about painting bamboo, orchid, chrysanthemum and plum in my sumi-e painting how-to book, "Mindful Artist: Sumi-e Painting" . Published in 2019 worldwide by: Walter Foster Publishing, an imprint of Quarto Publishing Group USA it can be purchased online at Quarto (http://bit.ly/4ebPjUk ) and Amazon (https://amzn.to/2XG2Elf in the US). Also available through your local bookstore. The book contains over 300 illustrations, creative tips and step-by-step instructions. You can see more of my paintings and get painting ideas for your sumi-e and Chinese brush paintings from my painting blog at http://www.joyfulbrush.com. Also included, suggestions for brushes, inks, paints and different kinds of Asian rice paper.