In order for you to get started in the best possible way in the strokes of the Sumie technique the illustrator Flor Kaneshiro florkaneshiro goes through her most important considerations in the following video the pressure speed direction and rhythm of the brushstroke. What materials do I need A brush ideally thick to be able to make large brush strokes. Watercolors. In this case we will use a dark tone. Water to moisten the brush and work the watercolors. A white sheet. Pressure The first thing we are going to practice is the pressure with our brush. We moisten it take a little watercolor and press lightly on the sheet.
Next we can repeat but this time pressing a little more. Different pressures will generate different spots or strokes we can continue pressing until we manage to support the entire tip of the brush. Next after leaning we can start to slide our brush. If we repeat this sliding action but with less pressure we will see that a finer line emerges. By modulating the pressure and movement photo background removing speed of the brush we can achieve many different types of lines. Illustration Tutorial Japanese Brushstrokes with the Sumie Technique Different pressures generate different strokes Address Now we are going to work longer horizontal lines and later we can start practicing with vertical lines as well.
We will see that we have to adapt the position of our hand and play again with the pressure and speed of our brush. We can practice making vertical strokes down and up. Illustration Vertical lines force us to adapt our technique Swing Once we have gained some practice with our brush trying horizontal and vertical strokes and playing with pressure and speed we can move on to working on the rhythm of the drawing to achieve wavy strokes or those that develop in different directions pressures or speeds.