Description Antique Japanese ink and wash painting featuring the image of the Zen Buddhist monk Daruma. This form of painting is also sometimes called simply ‘wash’ painting and in Japa… more →
The Old Tokaidominivaca wrote 3 weeks ago: Boa tarde queridos leitores bando de bixa desocupada! Estava aqui pesquisando o video de uma banda … more →
Violet wrote 1 month ago: All the things Asianim promised it delivered. Location was OK. The Palais du Congres is, well, what … more →
Naomi wrote 4 months ago: Ink sticks – sumi sticks – are made in China and Japan, and most likely in Korea as well … more →
Naomi wrote 4 months ago: I have a small collection of inkstones / suzuri. A few I have paid a lot for (for me), and others ha … more →
Naomi wrote 5 months ago: Tomorrow I will be heading down to the Huntington Library with a friend. This is a rather pleasant, … more →
marimcfly wrote 5 months ago: Summer is here.. I’m sure of it, because the Japanese festivals/carnivals/obons/matsuri are st … more →
Naomi wrote 5 months ago: As I wrote a bit earlier in my posts about my Chinese Painting Class, there is a challenge to start … more →
Naomi wrote 6 months ago: A week ago, our Chinese painting class met, as it does, once a month. This month’s subject is … more →
Naomi wrote 7 months ago: These past few weeks I have gone through some of my past paintings. One of the things I have been … more →
3 Chopsticks wrote 8 months ago: Sorry for such a long absence! The last month and a bit has been very busy with a fantastic 10 day v … more →
calsifer wrote 9 months ago: Follow-up to the juicy gossip, updates provided by A on 5 Feb: Saba It has been barely a week since … more →
calsifer wrote 10 months ago: Quick update: It’s now 12.05am, 23 Jan, and we’re just back from another trapping sessio … more →
calsifer wrote 1 year ago: Betsy has been sterilised on Thursday, 9 Oct. The four foetuses she was carrying have been aborted i … more →
ged wrote 1 year ago: I managed to borrow my sister’s laptop, so I finally got access to our scanner and Adobe CS2. … more →
coreaux wrote 1 year ago: In this set of brushes you ll find some elements to re-create a sumi-e painting,mountains, hills and … more →
coreaux wrote 1 year ago: In this set of brushes you ll find some words and phrases written in chinese calligraphy, the zip fi … more →
coreaux wrote 1 year ago: I made this set as a complement of my Sumie and calligraphy brushes set , so the people that downloa … more →
coreaux wrote 1 year ago: In this set of brushes you ll find everything needed to re-create a sumi-e painting,bamboo spikes, b … more →
softypapa wrote 1 year ago: Description Old fashioned Japanese folding fan (sensu). This lovely old fan is made of thin bambo … more →