Art 17 gesture/contour
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Gesture and Contour
Gesture
Gesture with vine charcoal
A very quick gesture
Gesture with graphite pencil
Gesture with brush and ink
Gesture with brush and ink
A Surface Gesture
Surface Gesture
Surface Gesture
Surface Gesture
Gesture: 17th Century Japanese landscape
This work consists of a single stroke portrait of Bodhidharma (a legendary monk who brought Buddhism to China) with the simple inscription “To Know Not.”
One should abandon all finicky deliberation and inquiry, for ignorance is true Buddhahood; such, in essence, is the ultimate teaching of Zen.
Contour
Blind Contour
A Blind Contour
Blind Contour
Blind contours of ferns
Cross-Contours of shells
Our first assignment: a cross-contour of your shoe
Our second assignment: three ink wash gestures and contours with plant and animal forms
Now let’s do it!