Nihonga : Traditional Japanese Painting
This is the technique I fell in love with when I discovered it during my initial 3 month exchange in Japan… I returned there as soon as I could to further study this technique which I find so beautiful.
In Nihonga, you work with the elements of nature. The colours are made from semi-precious minerals such as malachite, lapis lazuli, azurite… as well as earth, plant pigments. They are mixed separately with water and ‘nikawa’ (hide glue). Applied onto beautiful Japanese washi paper made from the fibres of Kozo (mulberry)… sometimes painted onto silk and often onto gold, silver or other metallic leaf. The beautiful and brightest of whites, ‘gofun’ is produced from the oyster shell ‘itabogaki’.
Reinette, accroche-toi! 
Ciel étincelant 
Hakuchuumu 
Ageha and White Higanbana 
Lotus dreams 
Danse d’été 
Soft anemones 
Summer night 
Ageha-cho et Shirahiganbana 
Sakura Pompom 
Clematis 
Ajisai 
Encounter in Okinawa 
Shirahiganbana 
Naissance 
Oxalis 
Kirishima Tsutsuji 
Higanbana 
Souffle du printemps 
Avec douceur 
Gold leaved cherry blossoms 
Winter Robin 
Potsu-potsu 
Shira-hinageshi 
Himalayan Poppy 
Let’s play! 
Tsukimi 
Jomon sugi 
Koi 
Tomoe Gozen 
Famille de tortues 
Hi no iri 
Lueur d’espoir 
Hanami 
Lucioles de la mer 
Winter robins 
C’était charmant 
Marshi 
Autoportrait 
Escalade 
En plein hiver
