ink portrait drawings and figure paintings

small figurative ink painting by gallery juana

I've been exploring drawing directly with a sumi stick onto the paper and have completed several new figure and portrait paintings this month and will continue to update my Gallery Juana on Etsy shop throughout September.

sumi ink portrait, 9 x 12 inches on paper

The portrait above and in the following video was done from my imagination and drawn directly with the sumi stick.

It's available here:

https://galleryjuana.etsy.com/listing/1796379543

The figure in the following video and detail photo below is available here:

https://galleryjuana.etsy.com/listing/1796385669

detail of figure ink painting by gallery juana

I love how the mark making remains even when I follow with watercolor and acrylic inks. The result is a figurative nearly abstract painting of a body seemingly made of metal.

"Sumi ink etches the first movements—a skeletal whisper beneath the skin of acrylic reds, browns, and blacks. It’s a landscape of raw exposure, with the torso and thighs thrust forward, stripped of arms, disempowered but somehow defiant in its stark vulnerability." AI generated art critique

I have my art works available here: https://galleryjuana.etsy.com

sumi ink portraits and figure drawings

Portrait V, October 2024 I’ve been on this kick of drawing with a Sumi ink stick rather than pencil or other medium. Using a bit of water and this stone dish, I moisten the Sumi ink stick and then use the ink stick to draw on the paper. Figure I, November 2024 The lines and ink swatches vary in thickness and blackness verging on gray at times. There is a distinct visceral feeling using this method to draw on paper. The feedback from the friction of the stick to the paper comes forward in both sound and touch as I drag its rough edges across the paper translating my thoughts into lines. Portrait IV, October 2024 In the video below ( Figure IV, October 2024 ), you can see me mixing the Sumi ink. I scrape the ink stick against a stone block with a bit of water to soften the sumi stick. This creates a black paste. The thinness, thickness as well as the lightness or darkness of the ink is influenced by how much water I add. “We do not lose freedom by submitt...

9 x 12 abstract figure painting on paper

My latest painting is metallics and acrylic inks on 9x12 inch paper. Colors range from brown to grey to pink. Above is a detail of the painting and the video below shows how the colors change with the angle of light shifts and catches the metallics in the acrylic paint. What I like about painting abstract figures is the definition of what we see is blurred and allows the viewer to experience what they see from their own perspective and experience. " In Euclidean rapture, every time a habit circuit breaks an angle gets its wings When a habit circuit breaks, the mind creates a new vector for thought. Like a shift in an angle’s geometry, a fresh pathway emerges, opening new possibilities. The “wings”—freedom from the constraint of automatic behavior. The break is a rupture, allowing awareness to expand beyond what was, reaching a more clarified state. Transcendence is but an evolution of mental form. It’s the mind restructuring, reclaiming agency, and reshaping the plane of experie...

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