5. Traditional technology

Today, I’m going to introduce traditional technology. Materials that I introduced on blog on week 3 are used in traditional technology. Traditional technologies that were created in long history come down until now.
 First, I introduce tarashikomi use with sumi. I show example of work to explain it.

 Tarashikomi(たらし込み)

"Kohakubai-zu byobu" (The Folding Screen of Red and White Plum Blossoms) by Korin Ogata

Korin is the artist of Rimpa school in Edo period. I’ll explain detail of it on next week.
Tarashikomi is used on this picture.

Sumi and mineral pigments are used in tarashikomi. Trashikomi is to drop colors on picture and color to cause liquid to seep into paper or cloth.
For example, Sumi is dropped on part of dropping sumi that hasn’t dried yet on this picture.
Tarashikomi is beautiful expression that is created incidentally.

Momigami
　Momigami is expression of paper. It is made by crumpling paper. Mashi that is used on Japanese painting is strong. Even though it was crumpled, it doesn’t tear.
How to make are many and various. In this blog, I introduce own way.
Materials to use are acrylic paints (or sumi) and dyed mud pigments. (About materials … week3) When I make Momigami, I paint acrylic paints on mashi first. And next, I paint dyed mud pigments on it over and over again. (In this time, color is different. Dark color is better for acrylic paints.) When dried it, crumple mashi. Then only dyed mud pigments crack up.
That is this picture.

Momigami is often used on modern Japanese painting.




 Next, I introduce orthodox process of how to paint Japanese painting. There are some processes until finish it.

1. Rough sketch
We sketch what we want to paint first. In this time, paper is not mashi. We usually use kraft paper or shintorinoko paper or drawing paper.

2. Transcription (転写)
Next, we trace with tracing paper because drawing paper is thick. Kraft paper and shintorino paper don’t have to trace because they are thin. And finish it, trace it on mashi.
3. Kotsugaki (骨描き) and Kumadori (隈取り)
Kotsugaki is work that paint no strength and weakness line. Fine-point brush and sumi are used on kotsugaki. Kumadori is gradate sumi and shade with sumi. A whole atmosphere of painting decided on this work.

4. ColorⅠ… dyed mud pigment
 Next, go to painting color. It is foundation. Dyed mud pigments and gohun is used on this work before mineral pigments in effect. Only mineral pigments, it is difficult to fix on paper because mineral pigment’s grain is rough. Dyed mud pigment’s grain is fine. So it is easy to fix mineral pigments on paper.

5. ColorⅡ …mineral pigments
Finally, go to paint mineral pigments. It paints from fine pigments. It can paint tickly.


That is all about process of how to paint. If you had interest, I recommend you to paint Japanese painting.


Next week, I’m going to introduce schools for the study of Japanese painting. It conspire history on week 2 blog. So you better to read week 2 blog.
Thank you for reading. See you!