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Workshop Sumi-e, Japanese traditional ink painting

Sumi-e has been developed since 1200 by Japanese Zen monks.

Learning sumi-e is traditionally passed down from teacher to student. My teacher, Beppe Mokuza, is a Zen Master who has practiced sumi-e for over 30 years. Through workshops I let people become acquainted with this and develop further.

In Japan, Zen painting is called Sumi-e: “Sumi” means black ink, and “e” means painting. The white surface (the paper) represents the universe and the ink the material forms that constantly appear and disappear. The sumi-e master teaches us to express the vital energy and eternal meaning contained in each form. Sumi-e deepens and complements meditation, and can provide many insights into the mind in which we carry out our actions. Through the stroke of a brush it becomes clear where we do and where we do not have attention and concentration. In this sense, it is a powerful tool for becoming aware of how attentive concentration is distracted by our emotions, our inner critic, or the actions of others. I have noticed that I have started to live more consciously, have a greater eye for my surroundings and my (drawing) work is improving.

A unique opportunity to get acquainted with this is a workshop of 2 hours, in a small group, given by me in Eindhoven

You start step by step in painting the bamboo, the trunk, nots, banches, leaves and all of the variants. You will also learn the various compositions, like the importance of triangles. Orchid, with all variants in flowers, grass leaves and in combinations with the bamboo. Rocks, plumblossom and chrysanthemum follow and then other nature, also in combination with each other. You will learn how to use the 4 treasures: brushes, paper, ink, the ink stone. Which brushes are suitable; how to handle the brushes, how you paint on your breath as well as giving space to your brush. It is an expressive art style in which reality is reduced to its pure, essential form. Sumi-e painting is connecting your head, heart, and hand. During the workshop, background information is given and a connection is made between painting, philosophy and history. Guidance is tailor-made at everyone’s individual level.

Some information for when you sign up:

It is not a continuous course, but separate workshops, which you can participate in when and where it suits you.Everyone paints at their own level, and I walk around, giving directions individually and sometimes to a group or the whole group. I’ll provide ink, paper and brushes if you don’t have them (yet).

Workshop Sumi-e Japans traditioneel inkt schilderen

Sumi-e is ontwikkeld sinds 1200 door Japanse Zen-monniken.

Het leren van sumi-e wordt traditioneel van leraar op leerling overgedragen. Mijn leraar, Beppe Mokuza, is een Zen Meester die ruim 30 jaar sumi-e beoefent.  Middels workshops laat ik mensen hiermee kennis maken en zich verder ontwikkelen.

In Japan wordt Zen-schilderen Sumi-e genoemd: ‘Sumi’ betekent zwarte inkt, en ‘e’ betekent schilderij. Het witte vlak (het papier) stelt het universum voor en de inkt de materiele vormen die onophoudelijk verschijnen en weer verdwijnen. De Sumi-e meester leert ons om de vitale energie en de eeuwigdurende betekenis die in elke vorm besloten ligt, uit te drukken.  Sumi-e is een verdieping en aanvulling op meditatie, en kan veel inzichten verschaffen in de geest waarin we onze acties uitvoeren. Via de streek van een penseel wordt helder waar we wel, en waar we geen aandacht en concentratie hebben. In die zin is het een krachtig hulpmiddel om ons bewust te worden van hoe de aandachtige concentratie wordt afgeleid door onze emoties, onze innerlijke criticus, of de acties van anderen.  Ik heb zelf gemerkt dat ik bewuster ben gaan leven, meer oog heb voor mijn omgeving en mijn (teken)werk verbetert.

Een unieke kans om hiermee kennis te maken is een workshop van 2 uur,      in een kleine groep, door mij gegeven in Eindhoven

Je begint stapsgewijs met het schilderen van de bamboe, de stam, knoopjes, takken, blaadjes, en alle varianten. Ook leer je de diverse composities, waarbij het belang van driehoeken.  Orchidee, met alle varianten in bloemen, grasbladeren en in combinatie met de bamboe. Rotsen, pruimenbloesem en chrysant volgen en daarna andere natuur, tevens in combinatie met elkaar. Je leert over het gebruik van de 4 schatten: penselen, papier, inkt, de inktsteen. Welke penselen zijn geschikt; en hoe hanteer je de penselen, waarbij je op je adem schildert en je penseel ook de ruimte geeft. Het is een expressieve kunststijl waarin de werkelijkheid wordt teruggebracht tot zijn pure, essentiële vorm. Sumi-e schilderen is een verbinding maken tussen je hoofd, hart, en hand. Tijdens de workshop wordt er achtergrondinformatie gegeven en zo een verbinding gelegd tussen het schilderen, de filosofie en geschiedenis. Begeleiding is maatwerk op ieders individuele niveau.

Even wat informatie voor als je je opgeeft:

Het is geen doorlopende cursus, maar losstaande workshops, waar je aan mee kunt doen wanneer en waar het je schikt.  Iedereen schildert op zijn eigen niveau, en ik loop rond, geef individueel aanwijzingen en soms aan een groepje of de hele groep. Ik zorg voor inkt, papier en de penselen als je die (nog) niet hebt. Als je wilt meedoen, kun je je aanmelding bevestigen per mail.

The art of looking from your heart

Artworks by Marjanne Geurtsen (Oosterbeek, 12 -01- 1959)
10.11.2021 – 23.01.2022

“Marjanne Geurtsen is a professional artist.

A few years ago, she also started practicing Zen painting style “Sumi-e”. She became the first Dutch student of the International School of Sumi-e of Zen-Buddhist monk & teacher Beppe Mokuza.

The Japanese term “Sumi” means “black ink” and “e” means “painting”. Sumi-e was brought to Japan from China around 1200 (AD) by Zen monks. Sumi-e has always been passed on from teacher to student.

The white surface (the paper) represents the universe and the black ink, the material forms. The vital energy and the everlasting meaning that is embedded in every form are emphasized. By correct body posture and breathing, the brush is controlled, and the brush stroke is set.

The main subjects in Sumi-e are bamboo (winter), orchid (summer), plum blossom (spring) and chrysanthemum (autumn). They represent the four seasons in a year and the four stages of the human life.

Marjanne: ‘I have been visually impaired since I was five; I don’t have sharp vision, nor do I perceive depth and my perspective is distorted.

As a result, I see images and situations literally and figuratively from multiple, different perspectives.

For me, my art is my means of communication. I want to show the viewer that he/she can also choose to see situations in a different way, to appreciate them differently, to feel and act differently.

Freedom: The art of looking from another perspective: observing, painting and drawing from your heart.

Practicing Sumi-e is painting in the rhythm of one’s breath, with concentration and awareness. This powerful energy helps me create other art, such as the charcoal drawings, with the same precision.

I work on such a drawing several days per week, sometimes for over a year.

Education: Artez Academy of Art, Upgraders in Art; Academy of Traditional Arts and Crafts, Courtauld Academy London; Prince’s School of Traditional Art London; Apprentice International School of Sumi-e Versailles.

Marjanne Geurtsen exhibits her artworks both nationally and internationally. And she already gives workshops in sumi-e.”

I paint sumi-e from June 2019. My teacher is the Zen Monk Beppe Mokuza. Sumi-e is important to me to make a connection. In making art, the world around me and myself.

This was my first bamboo: