Japanese calligraphy

A friend of mine runs a monthly workshop of Japanese calligraphy in ryoan Gojyuan in Balmain, Sydney.

She has ran numbers of workshops in Australia before.

Learning calligraphy was compulsory in any schools in Japan. I wish I took calligraphy lessons more seriously so that I could have had nice hand writing!

If you are interested in learning Japanese calligraphy in Sydney,  please contact Tomoko directly or ryokan Gojyuan.

Tomoko: tomokoworld514@hotmail.com

More details are available on Tomoko's website: https://sites.google.com/site/mojiyafudeart/

also on Gojyuan's website: http://www.ryokangojyuan.com/en/workshops_calligraphy.php

Kamisaka Sekka exhibition at Art Gallery NSW

The exhibition of Kamisaka Sekka is on at Art gallery of NSW in Sydney.

Sekka is a Japanese artist who brought traditional paintings and lacquer ware to more modern designs. 


He was around in 1866 to 1942.

I went there last weekend and I was astonished with the colours he used. He drew lots of plants which looked so real. I wonder how he managed to make such colours.

Most of plants he drew were common ones I used to see in my town in Japan. (ie bush clover, peony, willow tree, etc) It was very nostalgic.

If you like "Japanese fine art", please go to this exhibition. You can also see art works from other artists who were inspired by Kamisaka Sekka.

The exhibition is on until the 26th of August.

More information is available here.