How to Prepare Sumi Ink: Japanese Calligraphy Tutorials for Beginners 

You forgot to tell viewers that you have to wipe off the water from the inkstick after grinding cause the inkstick would absorb it and would cause it to deteriorate easily. But anyhow, this is an informative video.

"the ink stone is basically just a ink stone" 2013, By Homie in the video... Words of a genius.

It's also worth mentioning that a $1.75 ink stick will make $200 worth of liquid ink.

3.44 guys. thats when the action starts

my mom just bought me a calligraphy set and it came with the inkstick and at first i had no idea what it was. this helped me understand why there was a black stick in my set!

You're welcome and thanks for watching. Stay tuned for more videos coming soon.

For our coming exhibition I was writing an essay on Ensô. Just for some relaxation I watch inkmaking, so this video strolled by. To me it is an essential part of Shôdo

Thank you so very much, after trying for several hours and many sites to find exactly what you just taught me in a couple of minutes enough to maintain and sharpen my interest in this artform!

I remember doing this my art class. My art teachers showed us how to draw bamboo using these. Really loved it

Thank you so much for this video. I received my Calligraphy set yesterday and I am getting ready for some serious training this weekend. I've seen flashes in other video of the mixing of the ink but not quite as informative as yours. Your videos are always very informative and very inspiring. With much appreciation.

Thank you so much for this! My grandma recently gave me a Chinese brush painting set and I had no idea what to do with it

I just purchased the same ink stick grinder today. I’m a cartoonist and I’m curious to make my own Ink. This video helped me a lot thank you 😊

very authentic- preparation helps focus the mind so the heart can write (or sing)!

Thanks so much for your videos. You gave a lot of information that was very helpful - care of the brush, how to use the inkstick, etc. I got a calligraphy ink set which had an inkstick, stone, and liquid ink. I didn't know what to do! The comments from some of your fans were also helpful.

Thanks! A friend of mine just gave me this beautiful kit that belonged to her mother and I'm so excited to create something with it!

this reminds me of that episode of mushi-shi where the cold mushi comes after u used the ink stick

Thank you so much for making this!

thank you very much for teaching this information.

Thank you. Helpful video. I bought a calligraphy set but wasn't quite sure how to liquify the ink stick. Was about to get a fire going... 😁😅 You saved the day and possibly the building!

It paints quite a picture. In more ways than one.

I couldn't find anything about using sumi ink and shodo... thank you so much

Thank you so much for this

Great explanation!

Thanks a lot! I usually buy liquid sumi ink as a manga supply. I never knew you could grind it to make some though. Thank you :D

Thank you a lot! It's so helpful :D

I have a ink stick and it looks so cool I don’t wana mess it up now!!!

Really useful video!

Dōmo arigatō Shodo-san!

4:00-5:02 What the first two years of an apprenticeship with Horiyoshi III looks like.

Thank you! I bought a whole set for 5 bucks and had no idea how to use this haha

Guessing many were thinking to get a thoroughly comprehensive education on a thousand year old art form that they could appreciate if they tried. You did just fine. Keep It Stupid Simple for the head scratcher's in the group.

Thanks, I got a chinese calligraphy set and had no idea how to use it! 😅

Had to pause Mushi-Shi ep 10 and search this up. Never heard of an Ink stone before, so this was interesting to know

Thanks.

Thank You

懐かしいです。小学生の時の習字の授業を思い出しました。

I was wondering if i ruined my suzeri by not washing it after i used it ?i used all of the ink i made, but some was left in the suzeri.If i made a mistake by not cleaningis there a way to fix and use the stone again ?

I like it...

I have a few of these ink blocks in various colors. Yellow, green, red... in new to this and I wanted to experiment with ink and watercolour paint. Do I need separate grinding stones for each color? Does the grinding stone soak up the ink? For example can I grind black ink, wash the stone and later grind yellow ink? Or will the yellow ink be tinted from anything that might soak/stain the stone?

Alguien sabe si se puede sustituir la tinta china sumi por algun tipo de aquarella? / Anyone know if there are any type of aquarella that can substitute "sumi"?

I used to play around with this stuff in my 7th grade art class.

A tip from Ty--wrap the end of the ink stick that you hold in aluminium foil to prevent it staining your hand.

Hi, what do you put under the paper while writing?i used a newspaper under it but the ink subsides...

Is this sort of ink permanent? Id love to utilize this for lining my art work but I use water color and dont want bleeding Also, Can you store leftover ink?

What brand of bottled ink do you use and where can I buy them?

where can i find that ink grinding stone

Can you tell me what's the name of the song you used?

where do you get that large container of ink? i have only seen 60ml containers and its annoying to have to buy ink so frequently

Can this be used in place of India ink for dip pens? Anyway to make it waterproof?

I recently bought a beginner's chinese watercolor kit from Hobby Lobby. It had a very small ink stone, as well as an ink stick. Is there any difference between a chinese watercolor ink stick and a japanese sumi-e one? BTW, very helpful video! Since I'm a beginner, I will subscribe to your channel. :)

Which bottled ink do you use? I understood simple quality India ink contains shellac, while better ink contains animal glues as a binding agent, which gives the ink more body, syrup like. Does that matter?

How long do most ink stick tend to last? Can one cap of water be enough? I mean small amount of water in a water bottle cap.

Is the ink stink you use oil or pine?

How long do ink sticks last?

Agghhh he makes it look so easy 😭😭💀

I was just wondering if you don't have any wool felt pad or polyester felt pad to lay underneath the rice paper? I only have newspaper or magazines or cardboard. So if not writing Japanese calligraphy with ink brush/ for too long let's say for example around 20mins- 40mins (less than several hours available to practice per day), to practice, despite newspaper not being very good surface will it be okay/ suffice for short term/ temporary use until I can buy felt pad?

FYI if you don’t have an Ink stone a mortar will work in a pinch.

How do you know you've grinded the ink stone enough and you have ink now?

what is the ink stone made out of?

Link to buy online

cool

your way of talking is very interesting

where bought suzuri?

I had the same thing as you

墨锭制作的诀窍在于作为介质的胶，好的胶加上好的工艺做出来的墨画在纸上会有玉一般的效果。1970--1990年之间中国做的墨在日本韩国和东南亚国家非常受欢迎，因为用的是极好的水牛角熬制的胶，当时的提纯工艺可以在不破坏胶的品质的情况下让胶非常纯净，而且还有一些辅助的药材当时没有被禁止使用，1990年以前做出来的墨就算是最低端的都是有极好的表现力的。

Must have ink stick??

I notice many people keep on talking about Rocelangue Method (just search it on google). But Im not sure if it's good. Have you ever tried using this popular learning language program?

are the brushes good for water color?

Is this safe for tattoo ink

I'd like to know if we can wash the stone after using all the ink (because there is a little bit left on it), and also if you can find the stone that people use after the suzuri has lost it's grinding properties. I think it's called 泥砥石 Dorotoishi

3:48 is where it begins

Could you do an asmr video of this?

BEND YOU TIlL YOU BREAK!! Also, gaiging goomba sent me.

Is it normal for my sumi ink to bleed through my calligraphy paper?

Can I use this for dip pens too?

Do you teach calligraphy and, do you know where I could study Chinese calligraphy in Miami Beach, USA?

3:44

Also good for tattos

Question - can I just use a small bowl instead of an inkstone or is the inkstone mandatory?

how should i clean the ink holder? just run water all over it?

What is the song used in the intro?

theres actually liquid ink around there um

does this work for 中国 calligraphy?

I came here after watching Mushishi's episode about Inkstone

日本墨运堂的雨花墨。在中国画家的认知里日本墨只适用于书法用墨，当然日本墨也是为书法特性而制的。日本墨偏洇，在纸上洇墨的效果十分不可控，这是日本书法家所追求的独特效果

Tbh im really against the inkstones being black since you cant see how thick your ink already is

ukok scotland great

Thank you Ashton Kutcher

How the hell did Osu videos bring me here?

Do you know the pros and cons of grinding ink sticks at an angle?

Wow 4 minutes for an intro

Thanks, but it took way too long to get to the point, lol.

Jazza's viewers will probably flood this comment section soon

you speak very well english pero se nota que hablas español :v

Isn’t this chinese calligraphy? What’s the difference between Chinese and Japanese calligraphy? If it’s writing kanji isn’t it just chinese ? Is han writing system that’s why it’s kanji right?

3:44 thank me later

Excuse me, Mr. Martinez--I don't understand.... Obviously, you're devoted to sumi-e art and calligraphy. Why then, would you not grind your ink in a thoughtful manner? Your rapid circles of grinding are inappropriate; SLOW circles while being mindful are really the proper method. Second, you didn't hold your ink stick vertically! Come on, that's fundamental. And then every so often, one should turn the stick around--to ensure that the bottom of the ink stick stays exactly perpendicular to the stone. I really don't get it.

It`s done too roughly. It`s impossible to treat the orient culture for a western.

start in 3:46 to skip bullshit

您的研墨手法完全不對 那樣的墨會混濁無神彩