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| 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.
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| 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
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| 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