One of Mary Stephens’ fondest memories of Japanese brush painting master Kazuko Reynolds stems from a visit the two took to China in 1987. Mrs. Reynolds often found herself sketching the sites she was ...

As the days grow shorter, and the nights grow colder, many people are looking for a new hobby. Lisa Rinaldo is an art teacher who will soon be teaching a community education class on the art of ...

Members of the Washu-Kai Japanese Brush Painting Society will hold demonstrations explaining the technique of sumi-e this weekend at Casa del Prado in Balboa Park. Imported from China to Japan in the ...

Kiyohara (Kanō) Yukinobu 清原雪信, “The Goddess Benzaiten and Her Lute (biwa)” (detail) (1660–1680s), hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk, Denver ...

Everything has its beauty, but not every one sees it. — Confucius. “THERE are cases,” says the critic Moto-ori, “in which a precise reproduction of a thing as it is in nature produces a bad picture ...

This Hitofude-ryuu artist can paint an entire dragon’s torso with only one brushstroke. The traditional Japanese art technique began during the Edo period in Japan from 1603 to 1867. It’s a form of ...

In the quiet of a late summer night, the artist is at work. Sumi-e, the art of Japanese ink painting, is equal parts beauty and discipline. "You're a night owl – you usually paint and draw at night?" ...