Sumi-e, literally “charcoal drawing,” is a form of Japanese ink painting brought from China in the 12th century. Students learn to grind their own ink and execute the primary sumi-e brushstrokes to ...

If Zabeth Cornelius-Knudsen could describe art as anything, she would equate it to a meditative practice. The Pacific Beach resident, yoga therapist and artists dove into her creative side during the ...

Kicking off a series of programs celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the Palos Verdes Library District hosted the Community & Family Sumi-E Painting project this past Sunday at the ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- The hiss of highway traffic seeps into Yumi Hogan's fourth-floor classroom through windows, muffling a fluttery recording of Asian music. For an instant, the room feels empty, ...

TOKYO -- Tamayo Samejima kneels on the ground, rubbing a stick of black sumi ink against a flat ink stone. She takes a brush and applies the ink in bold strokes over the white surface before her, ...

Sensei Tatsuko Sandin (artist name, Ryushu) will hold demonstrations explaining the technique of sumi-e on Sunday at Casa del Prado in Balboa Park. Imported from China to Japan in the 15th century, ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Marilyn Wells’ artwork “My Sort of Heart” was inspired by the following Sanskrit poem, translated into ...

A display of sumi paintings by Priscilla Maynard is on view this month at the Anderson Center in downtown Edmonds. The works are shown in two locations in the center, and the exhibit is jointly ...

The hiss of highway traffic seeps into Yumi Hogan’s fourth-floor classroom through windows, muffling a fluttery recording of Asian music. For an instant, the room feels empty, every desk abandoned.