That was so interesting! Something to add to my 'Inktober' ideas list! Your mushrooms are one of the Agaricus family - same family as 'supermarket' mushrooms. The gills start pink and darken to almost black as they begin to produce spores. Spore prints are fun. Take a mushroom that is almost open, gently remove the stalk and lay it gill side down on a sheet of white card, add a few drops of water to the cap and cover with upturned bowl to prevent draughts blowing the spores around. Leave for at least 24 hours then carefully lift up the mushroom. The print can be preserved with the same sort of spray used for charcoals or with hairspray.
What a great idea, Julia! I noticed some of the mushrooms had left a print on my table which is covered with white paper. I should give that a try. They definitely look as if they would be edible but I have a thing about not eating mushrooms that don’t come from the supermarket! Stupid I know!
@@DianeAntoneStudiothis does sound fun to do! I agree Diane- I only eat store bought mushrooms- not worth the risk of getting a dangerous one. I don’t know enough about them to pick a safe one from a dangerous one. I need to learn edible plants around me.
Spore prints sound fun! I remember seeing a Clint Eastwood movie called The Betrayed. At the end, Clint is saying how great the mushroom dish tastes and then realizes no one else is eating it.
Coincidentally I was in Debbie's Etegami group for yrs before I moved...we exchanged our art w others in the group fr all corners of the world...now you've inspired me to paint Etegami style again AND join back up w the group to exchange 🎉🎉🎉
Yes! DRAWING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN is a great book!I used it in my children’s art classes years ago and some of the ideas produced super results and surprised the children…one in particular was turn what you are using as your subject upside down and cover parts of it so you must draw what you see and not what you think it should look like.
Thank you for a wonderful demonstration, and explaining about sized and unsized paper. While this might not be something I'll jump into, the Sumi colors are intriguing!
This is a very new concept for me, I have never heard of it before today. This is very interesting and would be quite fun. Thank you so much for sharing. It has been an experience.
Lovely to see you trying Etigami. I have been having Chinese brush painting lessons, and it's a very loose type of painting. The Chinese paper bleeds a lot but can create really lovely work. Love to see more of this, Diane . Xx
I am excited to try this, two days ago I received my SUMI Kuretake set! Wasn’t quite sure what I was going to do with it, I just wanted to have all of the paint that Kuretake offered. And here you are, with the answer to my question of what to do! I will be sitting down tonight to experiment. Thanks once again, Diane, for a wonderful tutorial. ❤
Cutest mushrooms I’ve seen in a while! I think this method would be a great way to introduce people to watercolor painting. It seems much less intimidating.
Loved this class and I enjoy all things Japanese, their use of color, space and personal space. Thank you, and I’m off to try to order The Chop! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and expertise with me. Karen Dirmish, learner 0:30
I meant to say, You've certainly taught me a lot! I have hand issues??? Seriously, my hands are anything but steady, so I don't think holding my brush up straight will actually produce anything but squiggly lines and mishaps. I've just discovered tiny paintings on YT. It is when one uses a very small watercolor paper booklet (er, about 5cmX5cm) and a tiny palette (either an 8 wells and 1 mixing spot along with a clip that holds your booklet and the tiny palette together and then go outside somewhere to find a little scene you like and paint it. You can add black and/or sepia pens from .1-.5mm to fine tune any part of it if you like. Color welcome if desired. I haven't received my booklet or palette yet (they come together as a set) and I understand they are very well made. ps-you can buy bigger palette too that are still small or use an altoids can and make your own. the whole point is that it's easy to just take your supplies, a little bottle w.eye dropper or a tiny spray bottle to wet your paints. Just thought I'd mention this in case you're interested, though I think larger and looser are more your bag. tee hee. BTW, what do your words above the mushrooms mean? I feel very dense right now, duh. I think you painting came out great. And don't put yourself down, my friend. I love you. XOXOJANE
Bonsoir Diane , c est tres interressant ton etegami ? Je ne sais pas si je le dis comme il faut . J ai eu fait quelque chose de similaire il y a au moins 40 ans en arriere au travail , un artiste chinois etait venu nous faire une demonstration , mais c etait avec une plaquette d encre . Je me souviens que c etait pas facile de tenir le pinceau perpendiculairement a la feuille de papier . C est des bons souvenirs . L encre de chine ou l encre cepia ou l indigo cela doit donner de bons resultats . Merci d avoir partager tes experiences avec nous . Bises a bientot mon amie
Never heard of this. Thank you for showing us. Your mushrooms are amazing and yes, I do think…’Not mushroom here’ was funny and clever thinking! I also love the Osteospermum, anything from the daisy family really ❤
My pleasure! That’s the way I felt, I hadn’t come across this technique for a long time, and the first time I saw it, it didn’t resonate with me. Now is the time, apparently!
Diane, this is awesome! I've not started asian painting yet. Being a beginner watercolor artist, I've wanted to learn Chinese, Japanese painting. Over a year ago when I bought a few watercolor supplies, I also bought a Chinese brush (kinda like yours) rice paper, ink in a bottle, and the flannel-like material that goes underneath the rice paper. Oh and Marie's Chinese watercolor paints. I'm so glad you shared this~ excited actually! I love the artwork ya know! I've painted in bed and on the couch! I'm getting closer to a table top (kitchen table 🤭 ) Long story on that one! I'll spare you that story! I hope you do more with the paints and a asian type style. I'm am thrilled with this~ great mushrooms btw~
Hi Diane - FWIW - FYI - I have that exact same set from Kuretaki - Gansai Tambi, but they don't say "SUMI" or INK as in the link you provided. In the video on the link you gave, they use a regular watercolour brush (round, not calligraphy type) and describe the granulating colours. Mine behave as granulating colours, exactly as shown on this video. 🙂
How perfect! I found out about Etegami a few months ago. It looked fascinating! I'm so glad you're doing a video on this. It will inspire me to actually try it. ❤
Thanks so much for giving me the ideas of how to use my Sumi colors! I really was at a loss for what to do with them 😂 I love painting mushrooms. I'm trying the approach you have done here 🎉 I love love your content 💞
Thank you so much! I adore these paints! I've even made my own Graphite colors but that's unrelated... I need to get out my Mozart set and compare side by side to my Kuretaki. I'm in a sort of art slump so play with colors is a good thing. I'm going to listen to the rest of the video now 😂
I have a couple books on Sumi-e. I have long been interested in Chinese and Japanese watercolors, but haven't tried doing any yet. I am just learning watercolors. Thank you Diane for sharing Etigami with us.
There should be a notch on the name block, and it should go at the top when you stamp it. Then you know it is right side up. Thank you for another wonderful tutorial!!!
Love learning new ideas especially from other cultures! Without having the ink pallet to draw with, can you suggest a substitute? Draw with black paint?
Ooh, small world! It was my first job when I left school in 1971. Years later I married the son of the CEO of the Midland Bank! Life’s funny sometimes.
took me a minute to catch yr sentiment...perfect timing... similar to but different from zentangle practice, ii'd been wondering how to use my sets of boku undo skin pans & calligraphy different from much loved brush pens & nib pens....even found a tiny clear stamp & glued it to a wine cork as my chop.... ty for all your generosity.
Looks like fun, thanks Diane 😊 I can only eat mushrooms I have bought from the supermarket as well. I think it stems from childhood, my parents used to gather field mushrooms if we were on a country walk, they loved them with their weekend breakfast. But I remember seeing some horrible creepy crawlies in one of them before mum had prepped them, and it put me off completely 🤢
Yes, I think I might have had a similar childhood experience! Also stories of whole famillies succumbing to mushroom poisoning here in France after gathering so-called safe fungi in the forests - that’s enough to keep me well away from them! I had a friend here for a few years (who has now gone back to the UK) who used to ramble in the woods and come home with great collections of mushrooms and she would insist on giving some to me, although I always put them in the compost and nothing on earth would induce me to eat them!
How curious! I alsonsaw that video where thenlady says etagame and I could not make iut what she was referring to. Good to see you found out and that it turned out to be something so interesting!
If you want to know more, go to the Inspire and Uplift on line and look for wooden palettes (all made by hand and very well made I hear--also the tiny watercolor book is really well made.
This is definitely different. 😂I have these Special brushes . I bought them to use for watercolor painting. They have a good point. Yeah thats one thing I can't do is paint with my hand without resting it. I put Big mushroom 🍄 for little Brain on mine. I'm not giving it to anyone so? It will be in my sketch book 📖. Lolololol. I don't have the paints you have just watercolor DS. Yeah but i used black and wanted to try it with you. I splattered paint on it. Looks cool! Thank you 😊. JK FLORIDA USA 🇺🇸
Yes, that sounds perfect, and I think you’re absolutely entitled to put it in your sketchbook! The suggestion that was made was not to throw any of them away, but to give them to someone who might get a smile out of it!!!
Those 2 bigger mushrooms are beautiful!! This makes me think of 'artists trading cards'. Very Interesting. That does seem like fun AND adding the sweet/funny sentiments. I see you linked to amz that Japanese rice paper. I won't try till you try or someone here has used it and whether or not you like it? Thanks for sharing
Yes, the Japanese paper is a bit of a mystery to me I must say. I do have some rice paper in my plan chest, not sure where it came from, or whether it’s the right stuff to use for this, but I found using regular watercolor paper gave a pleasant effect, so I’d probably suggest going with that for the time being. And definitely cheaper watercolor paper, no need to use 100% cotton for a few strokes like this.
Love these…. I own a huge folders of “nengajo”….Cards sent at New Year in Japan. I’m about to check to see if I have any etagami. The name stamp in Japan is called “hanko”. I’m so going to have a go at etagami! Thank you
Hi Diane. I found Etegami last year and I have made numerous cards and sent them to friends. As you have found it takes no time at all to make. I am off now to look for the new set of Gansai Tambi Sumi paints. Thank you for this demo. Cheers.
You can use any colors to do this technique. This was just a starting point using neutral shades for the mushroom. I’ve seen things like roosters and flowers painted with bright vibrant shades. Don’t write it off on the basis of my one example Deb!
I got that from Etsy. There are several people doing them, mine came from China I believe, this was the shop. www.etsy.com/shop/SemliCalligraphy. Hope this helps!
This was so interesting that I had to give it a go! Thanks so much for introducing this art form to me and so many others. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-knFy4dnEfoE.html
