Suibokuga

Ink Brush Painting

The Brisbane Budo Kai Kan is offering a beginners course in Japanese Ink Brush Painting.

Cost: $35 per class, plus materials

Length: Eight classes

When: Saturday afternoons, from 2.00 - 4.00 p.m.

Where: Brisbane Budo Kai Kan, 82 Merivale Street, South Brisbane.

Suibokuga or Sumi-e painting has its origins in ancient China, but has been practiced in Japan since the eighth century. By the fourteenth century it had been adopted as one of the Zen arts.

Using only black ink and infinite shades of grey, the artwork aims to capture the essence of its subject in simple expressionistic forms.

This introductory course will focus on bamboo painting and will be taught by Yumiko Kigoshi.

Yumiko is a member of the Kokusai Bokugakai and has been studying suibokuga for over ten years, as well as being an accomplished practicitoner of shodo with  eighteen years of experience.To register, or if you would like more information,

please phone: 0433 552 562 or email aiki@warriorway.net