Painting Video: Sumi-e Sunflower

Watch as the artist paints a sunflower in this Sumi-e painting video. This Asian painting style differs quite a bit from Western easel painting. For starters, you'll see that the brush is held in a vertical position. Then there's the question of controlling how much ink you load onto the brush, not simply slapping the brush into the ink and then onto the paper...

You'll see it's quite a world away from Vincent van Gogh's sunflowers, but has a distinctive beauty all of its own. Take a look...