Dee Teller Sumie #18 - Artists paintbrush

 This was the final scroll done for Dee Teller's solo art exhibition. It is a painting of a peacock feather titled Artists Paintbrush. I really liked the design, but had some health issues while finishing it. Particularly, some areas on the mimiori did not go perfectly. However, I really liked the design we worked out for this wallscroll. I wanted to accent the purple and gold that makes this painting so beautiful. So I wanted to use this purple gold purple pattern in a Sandan Hyougu (3 Step) style kakejiku to accentuate these colors. I finished it with a Nashi Chi Jikusaki that has a gold/red glitter look to it, whcih I felt was good for the overall design. For the Kakehimo I used a deep purple with a gold pattern in it..

Dimensions as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	125	14.91
上中廻し	Ue Chuumawashi	43	5.13
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	13	1.55
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	70	8.35
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	223	26.60
柱	Pillars	15	1.79
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	9	1.07
下中廻し	Shita Chuumawashi	24	2.86
地	Chi	85	10.14
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	100	11.93
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	509	60.72

Kawa Uso Otter Sumie Kakejiku

川獺かわうそ墨絵

This is another painting by Mariusz Szmerdt. It is for sale and if you want to purchase the wallscroll contact to sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com. It  I kept this in the Maru Hyougu style because I wanted to keep it simple. I used a Navy silk with an Aka Renga (Brick Red) Ichimonji with a large Karakusa (arabesque).

In contrast to the other scroll, I kept the Kakehimo and the Jikusaki dark to be almost invisible. The Kakehimo is the kogecha color, and the Jikusaki is the Kokutan (ebony) style. I liked the scroll, except that there was a little Uki in the Ichimonji that I was not happy with.

Dimensions:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	115	13.72
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	16	1.91
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	118	14.08
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	214	25.53
柱	Pillars	20	2.39
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	9	1.07
地	Chi	77	9.19
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	158	18.85
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	431	51.41