wel you are well on your way dear man.

Your dedication and enthusiasm shines and glows.

paper: 910x1815mm

12 hours of ink grinding, and 15 sheets of paper later...


雲 cloud



夢雲 dreaming cloud



another 夢雲 dreaming cloud



also 夢雲 dreaming cloud, but slightly wilder dream :D



龍 dragon



龍雲 dragon in clouds

These are beautiful! I enjoyed looking at them all:-)

Lilly

removing content that is no longer valid

that seems a good idea Ryuurui


Iwilldo that later.

seeing you kneeling to do that Huge example-- seems very difficult.

thanks for all of them and for sharing with us all.

and few small ones :) , all those 5 are 夢雲　dreaming cloud

HI ryuruui-- Its fascinating to see how you use the brush-- you have to know exactly in your mind before that very first stroke then continue.

do you not get back ache?


what paper are you using? the creases must prevent smoothness as you write.

Its great to see you at work. Thanks. More please when you have time or inclination.

The brush is quite large isn't it. thanks a lot. You are so good to share with us.

That was only 4 hours of writing, but last time when I was attending a whole day of calligraphy studying event I was sick the next day. 10 hours of kneeling and dragging emotions onto the paper completely wiped me out.

The smudges you see, called kasure, are cuased by few factors. One is paper and brush quality, and then there is the ink thickness. Finally, the way calligrapher presses the brush against the paper, the angle, force etc, are also crucial.

This paper is really good, 5 years old and very dry. It's a hand made paper for calligraphy and sumi-e. Brush is slightly hard, the line would be very different if written with a brush made of wool, not horse hair.

The brush is rather big, yes, although there are insanely gigantic brushes out there, 1.5　or 2 meter long, that can soak in up to 1kg of ink. That is why writing with a big brush is challenging, as it uses a lot of resources and time.

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Below are few pictures I took in my fav. calligraphy store, those are showing different types of brushes and the fortune that can be spent on them.

wool brushes (羊毛筆 ようもうふで), very soft and usually the most expensive ones


here you have larger brushes


and the smaller ones


quill brush


hard hairs brushes





the most expensive brush in the store, nearly $6000 (yes, six thousand, it is not a typo)
The wool it is being made of is so smooth, that feels to the touch like water. Line made by such brush must be superb.

price tag in old Japanese: 金四拾八萬圓 >>> 金額四十八万円, thus 480.000 yen

thankyou very much Ryuurui


My friend says she can understand why some brushes are so expensive.

I should think only a professional calligrapher would buy those.

Did you see the opening of the Beeijing olympics? where the performers rolled and danced, writing as they went? It must have been choreographed for many years to produce such incredible skill and art.

I cannot explain it properly-- but that was incredible.


It looks really hard work to do those large sheets as you have done.

I really admire your dedication.