Ink bleeds into soft gradients where mountain mist dissolves—each stroke holds the weight of a breath. Yohei III’s birds, mere dashes of charcoal, suggest movement caught mid-flight rather than form.

Why do the darkest marks feel lighter than the empty paper around them?

#JapanesePainting #InkArt #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.151

Some of my favorites from the VIP Preview of Art Central a couple days ago (thank you as always to Art Central for the invite!). The art fair is now open to the public!

1 - Me, #Photo booth.

2 - Lui Ching Nga, “Blown Out,” #ink and #colour on silk, 2025 UOB Art in #Ink Awards (in 2017, UOB Hong Kong and UOB #Art Academy introduced these awards to promote #inkart, preserve #Chinese cultural #heritage, encourage artistic innovation, and nurture artistic talents; they are open to #HongKong

30-second-sketches

reference pictures from https://line-of-action.com/

Day 771 - 773 (monday - today)

#Sketch #SketchBook #MastoArt #Art #Fineliner #FinelinerArt #Ink #InkArt #Linework #LineArt #Draw #FigureDrawing #GestureDrawing #KleineKunstklasse #DailyArt #TraditionalArt #DailySketch

The Bodyhammer
Tinte auf DIN A1 Karton

#sciencefiction #horrorart #darkart #steampunk #doom #heavymetal #drawing #ink #inkart #fromhell #dystopia #unknown #deathmetal #gothic #kunst #creepy

The tree’s gnarled roots clutch the riverbank, its branches arching over three buffalo as ink bleeds into wet paper. Guo Min’s brushstrokes swell with the animals’ weight, suggesting their slow, deliberate movement through mist and shallows.

How does the calligraphy’s placement shape the scroll’s balance of text and image?

#ChinesePainting #InkArt #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.216.2