An artwork inspired by Katsushika Hokusai |creative-sunday


A new sunday, a new story and a new creation. Did you remember what I did last sunday yeah it was an paper cutwork of a dancing lady thanks for show casing my work these things and appreciation keep me motivated and urge me to do more. I'm a great fan of Japanese art till now I've shared only a single piece of art which was truly inspired by Japanese art although it was a scene from the movie but this time I did something which is completely an inspiration of original artwork of "The great wave 🌊 of Kanagawa" by Katsushika Hokusai a very popular Japanese Ukiyo-e type artist. The painting was made in 1831 in Edo period and this piece of art which I mentioned above is a part of the series "Thirty six views of Fuji 🗻" I have places the real inspiration at the end of the post

Process

You will need paper or sketchbook for drawing and colours (I have poster colours) brushes and some water in pot. I started the drawing from sketching the basic Idea which consists on a single wave as i was nt only hard to make more waves as well as I like making miniature versions.

  • Then I made the background first which is pretty similar in the original art. As we know for making landscape art we should paint background first.

  • In the original piece there is no sun as well as clouds I've added them myself just to make it a bit distinguish from the real work as well as making it more typical Japanese art.

  • When I look closer I realise that the colour of yhe wave was probably purple so I painted it with purple and then for making a shade on purple I ised light blue.

  • First I was not eager to colour the top of wave but later realised that I should paint it white and fill yhe shade with sky blue.

  • During the procedure many at each stage our mind change each time like after colouring the sun I was deciding why not to left it just black and white. Just like that at this stage I thought many times either should I paint the clouds or not but finally I just gave them a melodious shade to keep the simplicity of art.

  • Last shot right before makingan outline to the whole image. Did you notice the white splash.


It was so satisfying to outline the whole piece I really enjoyed making it

That's it above is the final result of art It was a lot fun making it. I've also add a video of complete process don't forget to watchit as well as give your suggestions about the art do you guys also love Japanese art.

  • The whole credit goes to Katsushika Hokusai the real Creater of the masterpiece who has become an icon of Japan.


The grat wave of kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai

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