This class will be conducted via Zoom. Tickets cost £35 for one person, or £55 for a DUO ticket allowing two people to join on one Zoom account. Participants must be 15 years old or above. Ticket sales will close at 17:00 on Friday, 22 April 2022.

Participants can purchase the following add-on options: (mainland UK residents only)

• Add-on Option A: £20 – 1 x calligraphy hanshi paper set (incl. 120 pieces of 2 types of paper)
• Add-on Option B: £34 – 1 high quality sumi-e ink painting speciality medium brush
• Add-on Option C: £76 – 1 x full Sumi-e & calligraphy equipment set

See the HYPER JAPAN website for more details. Includes first class shipping fee. Add-on sales will close at 17:00 on Friday, 12 April 2022.

Ticket Page:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sumi-e-painting-workshop-coloured-peony-with-koshu-tickets-260116624827

Workshop plan
Please be prepared 10 minutes before the workshop starts.

1. Greeting & Explanation of the lesson plan
2. Warm-up exercises
3. Introduction of brush techniques – petals, twigs, pistils and leaves. All with black ink.
4. (short break time)
5. Layout and ink control
6. Order of painting
7. Creating artworks in Sumi (black) first
8. (short break)
9. Explaining how to use colours for petals and pistils.
10. Completing artworks twigs and leaves in Sumi, pistils and petals in colours of your choice.
11. Q&A time

Instructor details:

Koshu is the identity of Akemi Lucas as a Japanese calligraphy master.  She was born in Japan and started learning calligraphy from the age of eight. Her distinct style of calligraphy builds on traditional skills, and further embodies of fusion of the ancient and the modern, the eastern and the western, and the before and the after. Currently, she is based in the UK as a Japanese artist, predominantly working on exhibitions, demonstrations, workshops, and commissions. Her latest calligraphy artworks were used in the 2019 Rugby World Cup and a multi-media advertising campaign for the main sponsor of the British Olympic team for the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Website: www.koshujapaneseart.co.uk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/koshujapaneseart/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/akemilucas/
Gallery: http://koshujapaneseart.co.uk/gallery/
Shop: http://koshujapaneseart.co.uk/art-for-sale-2/
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Koshu?ref=l2-shop-info-avatar&listing_id=730783184