Sumi-e Ink Painting workshop "Coloured Lotus Flower" with KOSHU Akemi Lucas

Date:                            18th June 2022, Saturday
Time:                           13:00-16:00 BST (3 hours lesson, with short breaks)
Online tool:                 ZOOM (link will be sent to you before the class**)

Ticket Price (to participate the workshop):

• £35 – Single person ticket
• £55 – DUO ticket ( 2 person to join with 1 Zoom access )

Above Ticket sales will close at 5pm on 17th June 2022, Friday.

Add-on Options for calligraphy/sumi-e equipment (available for the mainland U.K. 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

(Incl. first class shipping fee inside the mainland UK. Please see below for equipment details and photos.)

Above Option sales will close at 5pm on 10th June 2022, Friday.

Precautions: Over 15 years old

Ticket Page:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/323271783607

<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, stems, 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 Japanese Art : Akemi Lucas (雅号：紅秋)

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