Sumi Ink: An Introduction

Instructor: Bartek Walicki

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Materials:
liquid Sumi ink
brushes: large ink/watercolor brush, small liner brushes, wide 2-3” ink brush plus any other brushes you want to use
mark making tools: reed pens, sharpened sticks, soft cloth, rubber stamps, salt
paper: one pad of watercolor paper 16x20”, several sheets of rice paper or mulberry paper, several sheets of cheap paper to test your brushes on
paint: small tube of white acrylic paint
mediums: small jar of acrylic medium, modeling paste
adhesive: rubber cement, rubber cement pick up, gum tape or 1” green/blue painter’s tape (to tape down your paper to prevent it from warping)
support: wooden board (larger than your paper)
additional materials: plastic palette knives, plastic plates as palettes, containers for water, paper towels, rags, apron

Suggested Art Supply Stores:

New York Central Art Supply - 62 3rd Ave (212) 473-7705

Utrecht - 21 East 13th Street (212) 924-4136

Dick Blick Art Materials - 1 Bond St (212) 533-2444

DaVinci Art Supply - 132 West 21st Street (212) 871-0220

Pearl Paint: 308 Canal Street (212) 431-7932

 

Some of these stores will give you a student discount if you present your Cooper Union Continuing Education registration receipt.

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