The Hokusai drawing method is divided into 3 steps: drawing by geometrical shapes, using calligraphy and simplifying the line of the drawing.
This book brings you the 3 techniques in separate parts to become an artist with Japanese influences. Ukiyo-e, Japanese art, uses the concepts taught by Katsushika Hokusai.
Start by creating a character through geometry, continue by defining the lines of his clothes through calligraphy and then exhaust your drawing with a minimalist stroke.
Discover a way to draw animals, humans or even landscapes thanks to the teachings of the Japanese artist Hokusai.
Volume 1: Learning to draw with geometric shapes
Japanese drawing has been attracting attention since the great
Universal Exhibition of 1867, by its simple and refined appearance.
The Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai delivers the secrets of this art so much appreciated by the Western world.
This book is an explanation adapted to bring you the bases of the Hokusai method.
Through the different pages of this book, discover step by step how to use geometrical shapes to realize complex or moving forms.
Whether you are a tattoo artist, an artist or an amateur, each drawing will bring you enough material to create illustrations as harmonious as those made by the great names of Ukiyo-e.
Volume 2: Learning to draw through calligraphy
Japanese art is inspired on the one hand by geometric shapes and on the other hand by calligraphy. The Japanese artist Hokusai enlightens us on the use of Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji to create drawings with both elegant and dynamic forms.
Discover how to use the Japanese alphabet of the time to make a woman in a kimono, a landscape or even an elephant. Although the writing changes over time, the technique continues! The Hokusai style in Ukiyo-e, an ancestral Japanese art, is a real treasure as much for the one who holds his pencil as for the eyes of the one who admires it.
This book is intended to familiarize you with the use of Japanese calligraphy to create new works of art, tattoos or simply to teach you how to draw.
Whether you use a brush, a graphic tablet or a felt-tip pen, take advantage of the pages of this book to develop your own artistic style by following the precepts of the great Japanese master Hokusai.
Volume 3 : Learning to draw by simplifying lines
The Japanese painter Hokusai reveals his secrets to become an outstanding draftsman. Known to be the master of Japanese prints, Katsushika Hokusai is one of the founders of Japanese drawing and Ukiyo-e.
Learn how to draw nature, humans and animals in very few strokes! Use specific shapes from kanji (Japanese ideograms) and kana (Hiragana and Katakana) to create a castle, a pagoda or a woman in a kimono.
From very few shapes, you will be able thanks to this book to draw like the greatest artists of Japanese Art.