Thursday, February 16, 2006

Illustration Friday: Simple

The word "simple" made me think of sumi-e, Japanese painting. Sumi-e is a philosophical art style. The paintings are often monochromatic with simple, very thoughtful, and philosophical design. Balance is always important. Here, I tried to imitate the sumi-e styles by painting an "ayame" or Iris. The poorly written Kanji says, "hana" (flower -- my signature) and below in red “ayame.”

8 comments:

Unknown said...

Very beautiful. I have always wanted to learn Sumi-e. I attempted something similar to Sumi-e in this illustration also.

yukoala said...

This is so beautiful. Many of Japanese traditions are very simple.
Maybe you know about it more than me.
The kanji looks great and matches with the ayame very well.

Anonymous said...

Exquisite simplicity!

Anonymous said...

Very simple, very elegant...supurb!
andrea

Unknown said...

lovely and elegant!

Bearuh said...

I once saw someone selling art in this style.. I thought it looked fun to try.. I still havn't tried though :) He sold them for quite a bit too! Maybe you could do that

Soul of the Rose said...

Thank you all for your inspiring comments! They mean a lot!

Digital Scott's Illustrationblog said...

Very nice work! I want to see more IF posts...