I do irezumi, and I would love to see a tutorial on your process for this. You seem to add gelatin alum mix multiple times throughout the process. Can you explain why? I thought it was to seal the silk/washi for ink.
Yooo. 6 months too late. I'm not the uploader but I know why. In Traditional Nihonga painting (Which borrows a lot from Chinese painting), the only mediums available to mix colors with is Gelatin made from boiled animal bones called "Nikawa". Everything is mixed with this glue to help it adhere to the surface. So when the painter was painting the background he mixed with a kind of Suihi-enogu yellow (Suihi enogu is "Mud paint" which is tinting of Gofun, the white pigments made from shell with a color) which was mixed with a solution of Nikawa. The later washes I assume were done to kind of "varnish" the surface of the painting before the thick applications of paint were added. I'm wondering if this was actually done on silk though...
In Japan, a red Crown crane represents luck, peace, and prosperity. In fact theres a folktale about a crane princess. But in southern Chinese art, im not too sure.
It represents longevity. People usually gift such paintings to the elder lies to celebrate their birthdays or family union festivals like mid autumn festival.
This is so beautiful!!😍😍
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I do irezumi, and I would love to see a tutorial on your process for this. You seem to add gelatin alum mix multiple times throughout the process. Can you explain why? I thought it was to seal the silk/washi for ink.
Yooo.
6 months too late. I'm not the uploader but I know why.
In Traditional Nihonga painting (Which borrows a lot from Chinese painting), the only mediums available to mix colors with is Gelatin made from boiled animal bones called "Nikawa".
Everything is mixed with this glue to help it adhere to the surface.
So when the painter was painting the background he mixed with a kind of Suihi-enogu yellow (Suihi enogu is "Mud paint" which is tinting of Gofun, the white pigments made from shell with a color) which was mixed with a solution of Nikawa.
The later washes I assume were done to kind of "varnish" the surface of the painting before the thick applications of paint were added.
I'm wondering if this was actually done on silk though...
cool
Gorgeous! One question, what is that liquid that she uses the wide brush to apply? Is that a type of varnish?
I think its just water to saturate the canvas in preparation for the paint 🙂
That's alum water, So that the color does not fade
gorgeous! what kind of paint do you use, if I may ask
Chinese painting watercolor
Do you know if there is a symbolic meaning to the red crown crane, specifically while it is on silk?
In Japan, a red Crown crane represents luck, peace, and prosperity. In fact theres a folktale about a crane princess. But in southern Chinese art, im not too sure.
It represents longevity. People usually gift such paintings to the elder lies to celebrate their birthdays or family union festivals like mid autumn festival.
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