Brush, Ink, Paper: Nature Painting and Calligraphy
August 9 - August 16
Brush, Ink, Paper: Nature Painting and Calligraphy
Program Leader: Marnie Peichel
Learn the art of Asian painting and calligraphy with ink and brush.
The Japanese word “Sumi” means “black ink” and “e” refers to painting. The art of Sumi-e uses plain or diluted ink to achieve shades of black to gray, using special brushes and rice paper. Join Marnie Peichel to try your hand at painting and calligraphy using Sumi-e ink on rice paper. Marnie will start each day with a short demo and background on the art style and then campers will paint different subjects or do calligraphy. Sometimes we’ll experiment with traditional Chinese or Japanese topics (bamboo, mountains/trees, plum blossoms), and other times we’ll take inspiration from around Camp UniStar.
Marnie Peichel is an architect focusing on affordable housing who squeezes in art and weaving whenever she can. She has traveled to China three times and has worked with a teacher of Sumi-e style painting since 2015. Marnie has had her art pieces accepted into the national Sumi-e Society of America show in five different years and has won two awards. In 2024 she had a piece selected for exhibit in the Fine Arts Building at the Minnesota State Fair!